SunRISE Ground Radio Lab
Team
Leadership
Research Faculty
Dr. Mojtaba Akhavan-Tafti
Postdoc Research Fellow
Dr. Shirsh Lata Soni
Student Team
Software Team
Yiwen Jiang,
Computer Engineering ’25
Aashi Mishra,
Computer Science ’27
Mechanical Team
Kelly Park,
Mechanical Engineering ’27
Zhuoheng Li,
Computer Science ’25
Akshay Valoor,
Computer Science ’27
Elise Segal,
Space Science and Engineering ’27
Qijia Liu,
Computer Science ’25
Zhuoyuan Liu,
EECS/Aerospace ’26
Gabriela Querino,
Mechanical Engineering ’28
Electrical Team
Willem Thornborrow,
Electrical Engineering ’27
Lewin Shen,
Engineering Physics & Aerospace Engineering ’25
System Integration Team
Nolan Tribu,
Space Science Engineering ’26
Nicholas Henry,
Mechanical Engineering ’27
Student Team Alumni
Rashika Rao ’21, Space Instrumentation Engineering, Electrical Lead
Karthik Bijoy ’21, Mechanical Engineering, Ground Radio Prototype Project Manager
Joy Aun ’22, Mechanical Engineering, System’s Engineering Lead
Joshua Corsello ’21, Physics, Data Pipeline Lead
Shahzaib Hussain, Aerospace Engineering MSE
Kaitlyn Moo ’22, Materials Science Engineering and Astronomy
James Sliwa ’21, Computer Science and Economics
Jacob Solomon ’21, Engineering Physics
Joshua Corsello ’21, Physics, Software Lead
Rohan Chandy ’22, Computer Engineering
Sean Getty ’21, Computer Science
Haoran Zhang ’21, Aerospace Engineering, Mechanical Lead
Reid Backus ’23, Mechanical Engineering
Hope Lamphere ’21, Mechanical Engineering
Mateo Amprimo ’23, Aerospace Engineering
Kafka Wei ’23, Aerospace Engineering
Josh Carroll ’23, Aerospace Engineering