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Seasoned members who will lead the team to win the competition
Bailey Grisez
Project Manager
e. a. fernandez idea factory
bgrisez@umd.edu
Arnaud Trouvé
Professor and Chair
Fire Protection Engineering
atrouve@umd.edu
Shapour Azarm
Director, Design Decision Support Lab
Mechanical Engineering
azarm@umd.edu
Lina Castano
Assistant Research Scientist
Aerospace Engineering
linacs@umd.edu
Inderjit Chopra
Director of Gessow Rotorcraft Center (AGRC)
Aerospace Engineering
chopra@umd.edu
Evan Ellicott
Associate Research Professor
Geographical Sciences
ellicott@umd.edu
Jeffrey Herrmann
Professor, St. Abbo of Fleury Chair in Engineering
Mechanical Engineering
hermannj@cua.edu
Kayo Ide
Associate Professor
Atmospheric and oceanic science
ide@umd.edu
Derek Paley
Willis H. Young Jr. Professor of Aerospace Engineering Education
Aerospace engineering
dpaley@umd.edu
Mumu Xu
Associate Professor
Aerospace Engineering
mumu@umd.edu
Fernando Raffan-Montoya
Assistant Professor
Fire Protection Engineering
fraffan@umd.edu
Carlos Rios Ocampo
Assistant Professor
Materials Science and Engineering
riosc@umd.edu
Umberto Saetti
Assistant Professor
Alfred gessow Rotocraft center
saetti@umd.edu
Matt Scassero
Director
UMD UAS Test Site Former Vice Commander for Naval Air Warfare Center, Aircraft Division
mscasser@umd.edu
John Slaughter
Director
UMD UAS Research and Operations Center
slots@umd.edu
Stanislav Stoliarov
Professor
Fire Protection engineering
stolia@umd.edu
Mike Tinskey
Professor of the Practice, Chair Fellow of Entrepreneurship
Georgia Tech
mike.tinskey@me.gatech.edu
Pratap Tokekar
Associate Professor
Computer Science
tokekar@umd.edu
Emmanuel Eshemokhai Etsu
Graduate Student
Supply Chain
etsuhai@umd.edu
Satish Vennapu
Graduate student
Robotics
satish@umd.edu
Graham Buccheri
undergraduate student
computer science
buccheri@umd.edu
Patrick James Collins
Research Graduate Assistant
Aerospace engineering
pjc@umd.edu
Lindon Luu
undergraduate student
fire protection engineering
lluu1@umd.edu
Eashwar Sathyamurthy
Ph.d. candidate
Robotics
eashwar@umd.edu
Captain Jim Golondzinier
Fire captain, fire behavior training lead
los angeles county fire department
james.golondzinier@fire.lacounty.gov
