Meet the Team

Student Leaders

Le Si Qu

President

Le Si (LEE-see) is pursuing a Bachelor of Engineering in Mechanical Engineering and is entering her senior year in fall 2019. Her technical interests are in aerospace, robotics, and system integration. Her other interests include exploring the intersection between engineering and art. She believes in the importance of inspiring younger generations AND your peers to pursue engineering through mentorship.

Matthew Mullin

Vice President

Matt is currently a junior in Mechanical Engineering, with aspirations of obtaining a PhD. He’s interested in alternative propulsion technologies, renewable energy, and becoming the next (better and far cooler) Elon Musk.

Andrew Arceo

Treasurer

Andrew is a junior in Mechanical Engineering. He is particularly fond of working in teams to tackle any engineering problem. If he isn’t working on coursework or projects, you can probably find him at the rec center working out.

Gwyneth Yi

Secretary

Gwyn is a junior studying Mechanical Engineering. She really likes reusable water bottles and wants to learn how to skateboard.

Eric Froehlich

Public Relations Director

Eric didn't write his description, which was a grave mistake, as I enjoy exploiting simple liberties such as this. Eric Froehlich dabbles in what can be best described as the Pavlovian strategy of bipedal hominid interaction. A life form who's territory encompasses a temperate, coastal island domain, Eric often subsists on vegetation and fauna, which do not inhabit his region, yet find their way here via great dynamic machines of fire, powered by a gravity-induced fusion reactor's stored energy over incomprehensible eons. Eric studies Mechanical Engineering.

John Kim

Project Lead/Chief Engineer

John is a senior in Mechanical Engineering. He is interested in Mechatronics because its flexibility increases the breadth of problems he can tackle. His goal as an AIAA chapter member is to optimize collaboration and promote learning among its members. In his free time, he enjoys playing outdoors sports and traveling to new places.

Faculty Advisers

Dr. Sotirios Mamalis

Faculty Adviser for Structures, Aerodynamics, and Propulsion (SAP) and Recovery & Navigation (R&N) Subsystems

Sotirios Mamalis is an Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Stony Brook University. His research focuses on advanced combustion engines using conventional and alternative fuels. His expertise lies in the area of Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD), system-level modeling, and thermodynamic analysis of internal combustion engines

Dr. Nilanjan Chakraborty

Faculty Adviser for Payload Subsystem (PAY)

Dr. Nilanjan Chakraborty’s research interests are in robotics, artificial intelligence, dynamical systems, and applied optimization. He is interested in developing capabilities for robots that will allow them to work robustly and reliably with or without human teammates and enable long-term autonomy in robotic systems. He specializes in developing contact dynamics-based algorithms for manipulation planning, robot motion planning, and distributed planning for multi-robot systems. He is a member of the IEEE Robotics and Automation Society and ACM.