Meet the 2020-2021 Team
The Lafayette Motorsports team is comprised of a group of undergraduate seniors who study at Lafayette College. These seniors are either Electrical and Computer Engineers or Mechanical Engineers who join together in a class for an interdisciplinary project, demonstrating the experience gained by the team throughout their college experience.
The Faculty Advisors for the 2021 LFEV Team are Professors Nadovich (ECE), Helm (ME). There are 17 ECEs and 14 MEs on the project team.
Management
Andrew Bachman (ECE)
Thomas Stranick (ECE)
Zach Pitner (ME)
Devin Murphy (ECE)
System Engineers
Ben Surman (ME)
Adam Tunnell (ECE)
Lucas Foulk (ME)
Battery Packs
Tony Xiao (ECE) (Team Lead)
Da Cheng (ECE)
Ethan Miller (ECE)
John Mueller (ME)
CarMan
Ethan Miller (ECE)
Nathan Beal (ECE)
John Burk (ECE)
Troy Coleman (ECE)
Zack Martin (ECE)
Zhanfan Yu (ECE)
External Panels & Lights (EPAL)
Han Xu (ECE) (Team Lead)
Andrew Bachman (ECE)
Thomas Stranick (ECE)
Chris Mackey (ME)
Drivetrain & Cooling
Matthew Eckhart (ME) (Team Lead)
Bert Atwater (ME)
Lucas Foulk (ME)
Jack Mills (ME)
Chassis
John Mueller (ME) (Team Lead)
Sam Bluvol (ME)
Chris Mackey (ME)
SCADA
Irwin Frimpong (ECE) (Team Lead)
Lia Chrysanthopoulos (ECE)
Mithil Shah (ECE)
Adam Tunnell (ECE)
Harrison Walker (ME)
Steering & Suspension
Mike Anderson (ME) (Team Lead)
Jackson Pogue (ME)
Emily Cook (ME)
Interconnect
Ben Surman (ME) (Team Lead)
Devin Murphy (ECE)
Jonathan Rosenblum (ME)
Class of 2020
Electrical Engineers
Jon Abel
Jordyn Brosemer
Alicia Carone
Leah Diamantides
Noah Engime
Phillip Harding
Clement Hathaway
Zhengxie “Tony” Hu
Simone Khalifa
Maureen McShane
Feng “Tiger” Qiu
Dwayne Whittaker
Connor Winiarczyk
Mechanical Engineers
Dan Becker
Luc D’Andrea
Carl Doucette
Gabriel Fagan
Tim LaGreca
Monserrat Mendez
Zach Miller
Jack Mueller
Cat Neely
Austin Ray
Michael Rittmaster
Nick Steele
Class of 2019
2019 Team
Cooling: Hongbo Du
GLV: Robson Adem, Max McFarlane
Interconnect: Drew Carlton, Weston Lickfeld
Management: Robson Adem, Yishak Desta, Alex Kmetz, Katie Lee,
TSI: Xiaonan Chen, Hongbo Du, Antonio Esposito, Tianyu Zhu,
TSV: Yishak Desta, Hayden Dodge, Clement Hathaway, Weston Lickfeld
VSCADA: Zian Geng, Samuel Mwaura
Advisors: Prof. Nadovich
Class of 2018
2018 Team
Cooling: Russell Tanaka
DYNO: Russell Tanaka, Chen Xin
GLV: Tianmin (Kevin) Kong, Russell Tanaka
Interconnect: Amrit Bhandari, Shuyu Jia, Matt Hyde, Nakul Talwar
Management: Waseh Ahmad, Amrit Bhandari, Tianmin (Kevin) Kong, Nakul Talwar
TSI: Tom Clagett, Austin Mam, Peter Phelan
TSV: Waseh Ahmad, Sarah Botteron, Shuyu Jia
VSCADA: Connor Nace, Geoff Watson, Chen Xin
Advisors: Prof. Nadovich, Prof. Nestor
Class of 2017
2017 Team
Cell App: Kemal Dilsiz
Cooling: Xingyuan Guo, Yi Han
DYNO: Richard Diego, Eric Martocci
GLV: Chris Bennett, Kyle Phillips, Joseph Sluke
Interconnect: Larisa Chiesa, Jeremy Port
John Gehrig Board (JGB): Raji Birru
Physics Investigation: Zainab Hussein
Management: Stephen Beggs, Gregg Flynn, J. Mahati Hari, Rachel Szteinberg, Marty Townley
TSI: Christopher Hoeflinger, Jack Plumb, Adam Ness
TSV: Emilie Grybos, Meri Guro
VSCADA: Craig Lombardo, Austin Wiles
Advisors: Prof. Nadovich, Prof. Schmult
Class of 2016
2016 Team
Timothy Andrews, Daniel Bolognini, Brendon Carroll, Joeseph Cericola, Domenick Falco, Brandon Martinez, Armen Mkhitarian, Geoffrey Nudge Jaejoon Yang
Class of 2015
Jordan Blake, John Bloore, Sam Cesario, Yiming Chen, Adam Cornwell, Nicholas Dinino, Jordan Frank, John Gehrig, Nathaniel Hand, Zachary Helwig, Alexander Hytha, Duheng Liang, Brendan Malone, Stephen Mazich, Katherine Nellis, Aloysius Posillico, Rameel Sethi, Bikram Shrestha, William Stathis, Jaejoon Yang, Daniel Zakzewski
Class of 2014
Constantine Deir, Benjamin Drake, Drew Jeffrey, Robert Lombino, Htet Naing, Ben Richards, Jakob Steinmetz
Class of 2013
Amira Ahsan, John Augelli, Alexander Berner, Gerard Deblasi, John Fedak, Brendan Flood, Jacob Hartwig, Anthony Lorence, Callum Maine, Nicholas Orzol, Prarthana Ranjit, Kevin Schmid, Sabir Siddiqui, Kai Wang, Siyuan Wang
Class of 2012
Greg Earle, Will Schlansker