Meet The Team
Saahir Essa | Program Manager
School: University of Houston, Senior
Major: Mechanical Engineering, Minor in Mathematics
Experience: Shell, Google Hardware Product Sprint, Williams Energy, BP, Subsea Engineering Robotics, Dream Harvest Farms
Engineering Interests: Hardware Product Design, Robotics and Automation, Renewable and Sustainable Engineering
Personal Interests: World Traveling, Cooking, Board Games, Racing and Flight Simulators, 3D printing
Neha Venkatesh | Director of Electrical Engineering
School: University of California - Berkeley, Senior
Major: Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Minor in Design and Innovation
Experience: Google Hardware Product Sprint, Analog Devices, Dawson Lab @ UC Berkeley
Engineering Interests: PCB design, Mixed-Signal Circuits, Signal-Chain Circuit Design, Software Engineering, Biodesign, Human-Centered Product Design
Personal Interests: Hiking, Fencing, Traveling, Kayaking
Kyle Han | Strategy Director
School: University of Pennsylvania, Junior
Major: Mechanical Engineering, Minors in Mathematics and Engineering Entrepreneurship
Experience: Incoming Summer 2021 @ Boston Consulting Group (BCG), Tesla, Google Hardware Product Sprint, Ford, Unilever, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, UPenn GRASP Lab
Engineering Interests: Consumer Electronics, Industrial Design, Autonomous Vehicles
Personal Interests: Taco Bell, Soccer, Formula 1, Supercars, Traveling
Yash Kishore | Workshop Coordinator
School: University at Buffalo - New York | IIT Bombay, Senior
Major: Mechanical Engineering
Experience: Tesla, Google Hardware Product Sprint, NASA JPL, Hyperloop (SpaceX), OpenScout, Indian Institute of Science - ISRO
Engineering Interests: Consumer Electronics, Freight Transportation, Sustainable Engineering
Personal Interests: Video Games, Badminton, Soccer, Formula 1, Politics
Fawaz Mohsin | Curriculum Coordinator
School: University of Connecticut, Senior
Major: Biomedical Engineering, Minor in Economic Theory and Mathematics
Experience: Yale-New Haven Hospital, Google Hardware Product Sprint, Collins Aerospace, Institute for Regenerative Engineering, UT Austin BELL Lab
Engineering Interests: Hardware Engineering, Biomimicry and Design, Automation, Regenerative Engineering
Personal Interests: Traveling, Economics, Fitness, Entrepreneurship
Jared Jaramillo | Director of Student Engagement
School: Tufts University, Senior
Major: Mechanical Engineering, Minor in Entrepreneurship
Experience: Google Hardware Product Sprint, Tufts Center for Engineering Education and Research (CEEO), Tufts Nolop FAST Facility and Makerspace
Engineering Interests: Consumer Electronics, Mechatronics, Human Factors Design, Rapid Prototyping, Entrepreneurship
Personal Interests: 3D Printing, biking, gaming, audiobooks
Elizabeth Wang | EE Mentor
School: University of California - Berkeley, Recent Graduate
Major: Bioengineering, Minor in Electrical Engineering & Computer Science
Experience: EECS 16B Lab Course Staff, Biodesign Immersion Experience, BioActinide Chemistry Group @ Berkeley Lab
Engineering Interests: Biotechnology, Human-Centered Design, Rapid Prototyping
Personal Interests: Running, Walking my dog (see left), Games (eg. Valorant)
Risheek Pingili | EE Mentor
School: University of California - Berkeley, Junior
Major: Electrical Engineering & Computer Science, Bioengineering
Experience: EECS 16B Staff, MATE Robotics, Maharbiz Lab @ UC Berkeley, Vive Lab @ UC Berkeley
Engineering Interests: Robotics, Biotechnology, Computer Vision, PCB Design, Software Engineering, Brain-Machine Interfacing
Personal Interests: Biking and Hiking, Smash, (E)-sports watching, Literary Analysis, Robotics Projects
Paul Diaz | ME Mentor
School: University of California - Los Angeles, Recent Graduate
Major: Mechanical Engineering
Experience: Lockheed Martin, Google Hardware Product Sprint, Boeing, GE Aviation
Engineering Interests: Rapid Prototyping, Design, Guidance Navigation and Controls
Personal Interests: Rock Climbing, Running, Video Games