SunRISE Ground Radio Lab
Team
Leadership
Research Faculty
Dr. Mojtaba Akhavan-Tafti
Postdoc Research Fellow
Dr. Shirsh Lata Soni
Student Team
Software Team
Callen Fields,
Computer Engineering ’25
Aashi Mishra,
Computer Science ’27
Chuhan Cai,
Mechanical & Computer Engineering ’26
Arunima Vasudev,
Computer Science ’28
Jenny Nam,
Computer Science ’26
Gareth Tatum,
Computer Engineering ’28
Michael Shepard,
Electrical & Computer Science ’26
Mechanical Team
Abel A. Valcarcel Rivera,
Aerospace Engineering ’28
Callie Clarkson,
Aerospace & Materials Science Engineering ’27
Gabriela Querino,
Aerospace Engineering ’28
Max Swartz,
Mechanical Engineering & Math ’28
Cameron Conner,
Mechanical Engineering ’28
Jonathan Xie,
Mechanical Engineering ’27
Electrical Team
Aydin Martuscelli,
Electrical Engineering ’28
Jia-Yu Chen,
Electrical Engineering ’26
Vaibhavi Rajesh,
Electrical Engineering ’28
Leo Greenleaf,
Mechanical Engineering ’25
System Integration Team
Nolan Tribu,
Space and Science Engineering ’26
Julia Kirkey,
Space and Science Engineering ’27
Natalija Matic,
Engineering Physics ’27
Science Team
Lucas Julian Hernandez,
Aerospace Engineering ’26
Saul Roman-Ramirez,
Electrical 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
Yiwen Jiang ’25, Computer Engineering
Zhuoheng Li ’25, Computer Science
Qijia Liu ’25, Computer Science
Lewin Shen ’25, Engineering Physics/Aerospace Engineering
Zhuoyuan Liu ’26, EECS/Aerospace
Akshay Valoor ’27, Computer Science
Kelly Park ’27, Mechanical Engineering
Elise Segal ’27, Space and Science Engineering
Willem Thornborrow ’27, Electrical Engineering
Nicholas Henry ’27, Mechanical Engineering