Last update 12/6/96

Team Information

The inaugural AIAA Student Design/Build/Fly Competition is off to a great start with 20 teams entered in the competition. This page gives a little information on each of the participating teams, and includes links to the team's home page on the web.

Participating Universities

University of Alabama

UCLA

City College of New York

University of South Florida

Florida Institute of Technology

University of Illinois, Chicago

University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

Western Michigan University

Polytechnic University (NY)

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

San Diego State University

SUNY at Buffalo

University of Sydney

Syracuse University

Texas A&M University

Utah State University

Virginia Tech

Washington State University #1

Washington State University #2

West Virginia University

Individual Team Information

School:        Univ of Alabama
Entry Name:    TK 421
Team www page [Goto Team page]
Advisor:       Dr. Michael Freeman 205-348-7304

Team Members   Tina Buckner, Jay Dellinger, Brian Isaac, 
               Cassondra Lenski, Tryshanda Moton, Jim Neidhoefer, 
               Keith Nicolosi, Chris Sutton, Matt Wiggins, 
               Andy Cocke, Shiko Ehara, Tracie Hicks, Jennifer Jones,
               Calvin Kalbach, Ryan Lawson, Carla Sachelford, 
               Ray Lenski, Tara O'Neill, Anne-Michelle Reif

Pilot:         Terry Shelton AMA#456693, Jim Neidhoefer AMA#479755

Sponsors:      

School:        UCLA
Entry Name:    GrandMaster "B"
Team www page [Goto Team page]
Advisor:       Prof. Oddvar O. Bendiksen

Team Members   Mike Fuchs, Adam Huang, Brian Leung, Anne Liu,
               Wayne Lu, Franklin Meng, John Moreland, Chris Silva,
               Hon Fai Vuong, John Isobe

Pilot:         John Isobe AMA#

Sponsors:      Engineering Society of UC - UCLA Chapter

School:        The City College of New York
Entry Name:    CCNY #1
Team www page 
Advisor:       Yiannis Andreopoulos 212-650-6705

Team Members   Clifton Regis, Danee Lake, Heararte Dolores,
               Verrol Adams, Minwei Gon, Clive Goring, 
               Ingrid Manderson, Christian Tandji, Marvin Manwaring,
               Edgardo Mune, Olympia Padmore, Dexter Bobb,
               Jean-Marc Carre, Kadimi-Skalli-Moulay

Pilot:         (TBD)

Sponsors:      

School:        Univ of South Florida (TENTATIVE)
Entry Name:   
Team www page 
Advisor:       (Advisor Entry Missing - Required)

Team Members   (TBD)

Pilot:         (TBD)

Sponsors:      

School:        Florida Institute of Technology
Entry Name:    Free-Wing Stability / Efficiency of UAV 
               Class Aircraft
Team www page [Goto Team page]
Advisor:       Yahya I. Sharaf-Eldeen 407-768-8000 
x8124

Team Members   John Crumpler, Cesar Martinez-Garza, Ryan Goveas,
               Johan Tobora, Erco Saracoglu, Aaron A. de Coteall,
               Kurt Goring, Nyron Eopeesingh, Linda Kay-Bunnel,
               Jeffrey Spicer, Michael Mannino, T.J. Fiala, 
               Rupal Amin, Garry Priolo

Pilot:         (TBD)

Sponsors:      

School:        Univ of Illinois, Chicago (TENTATIVE)
Entry Name:    
Team www page 
Advisor:       (Advisor Entry Missing - Required)

Team Members   (TBD)

Pilot:         (TBD)

Sponsors:      

School:        Univ. of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Entry Name:    RPR-1 Jack
Team www page 
Advisor:       Prof. K. R. Sivier 217-333-3364

Team Members   Andy Broeren, Ben Keen,Chad Henze, Chong Hin Koh,
               Chris Lyon, Josh Minks, Marty Klipp, 
               Patrick Boyssmith, Shalin Mody, Vijay Ram, Sam Lee,
               Tim Meyer

Pilot:         Chris Lyon AMA# 337371

Sponsors:      University of Illinois College of Engineering
               Hobbico
               Illinois Section of AIAA
               Univ. of Illinois Dept. of Aeronautical and
               Astronautical Engineering

School:        Western Michigan Univ.
Entry Name:    Total Drag
Team www page [Goto Team page]
Advisor:       Prof. Arthur Hoadley 616-387-6491

Team Members   Daniel Doyle, Michael Bierod,Mark Stangeland,
               Erik Pederson

Pilot:         (TBD)

Sponsors:      

School:        SUNY at Buffalo
Entry Name:    AIAA Chapter of SUNY at Buffalo
Team www page 
Advisor:       Dr. Cyrus Madinia 716-645-2593

Team Members   Ian Durham, Bill McKeon, Frank Yao, Peter Liu,
               Ward Vuillemont, Brian Cribbin, Carrie Harder, 
               Anill P. Rupan, Yi Shen, Durvejai Shenbaran, 
               Peter A. Titolo

Pilot:         Yi Shen AMA#456157

Sponsors:      

School:        Polytechnic University (NY)
Entry Name:    PIRANHA
Team www page [Goto Team page]
Advisor:       Prof. Pasquale M. Sforza 516-755-4205

Team Members   Predeep Fernandes, Jonathan Katz, Ron Amster,
               Soufiane Toury, Wei-Jen Su, Khurram Butt, 
               Igor Cherepinsky, Stan Markelov, Nicole Massey, 
               Sema Simsek

Pilot:         Igor Cherepinsky AMA#

Sponsors:      Alumni Association - Polytechnic University

School:        Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Entry Name:    
Team www page 
Advisor:       Assoc. Prof. Zvi Rusak 518-276-3036

Team Members   David Pitcairn, Ronen Elkboy, Alec Bateman, 
               Joon Kim , Carina Simons, Jonathan Chang, 
               Dave Lewison, Leslie Hellerer, Tim Walters

Pilot:         Dabid Pitcairn AMA#
               Alex Bateman AMA#
               Joon Kim AMA#

Sponsors:      

School:        San Diego State University
Entry Name:    SDSU
Team www page [Goto Team page]
Advisor:       George Faulkner 619-270-7354

Team Members   Chris Nguyen, Bukola Afolayan-Jejelsye, 
               Jeffrey Reyes, Dwane Domingo, Jason Hite, 
               Andrew Funke, Eric Jacobsen, David Grechowski, 
               Sheila Cornejo, Shaun Byrne, Ryan Call, 
               Sourikone Phommahaxay

Pilot:         Chris Nguyen AMA#

Sponsors:      

School:        University of Sydney (TENTATIVE)
Entry Name:    
Team www page 
Advisor:       

Team Members   

Pilot:         

Sponsors:      

School:        Syracuse University
Entry Name:    Orange Flyer F1000
Team www page 
Advisor:       Dr. Hiroshi Higuchi

Team Members   Alex Ansah-Arkorful, Kevin Bendowski, Arun Chawan,
               Michelle Hurler, Tom Jones, Richard Lee, 
               Ed Raymond, Jason Seklejian, Anthony Vinciquerra

Pilot:         Walt, Walt's Hobby Shop AMA#

Sponsors:      Walt's Hobby Shop, Syracuse NY

School:        Texas A&M Univ.
Entry Name:    The Aggie Flyer
Team www page 
Advisor:       Tom McElmurry. 409-845-1659

Team Members   Robbert Rippey III, Michael Parks, Jason Field,

Pilot:         Robert Rippey III AMA#390706

Sponsors:      

School:        Utah State University
Entry Name:    Aggie Arrow
Team www page 
Advisor:       Warren F. Phillips 801-797-2950

Team Members   James Furfaro, Ashley Childs, Matthew Erni, 
               Robert Strahl, Mike Rigby, Mike Christensen, 
               David Kent, Greg Nielson, Kara Palkki, Kirk Sorensen,
               Dominic Florin, Shelly Barlow

Pilot:         James Furfaro AMA# 574256

Sponsors:      

School:        Virginia Tech
Entry Name:    Hokie Bird
Team www page 
Advisor:       Dr. Fred Lutze 540-231-6409

Team Members   Geoffrey Buescher, Rebecca Gassler, John Gundlach,
               Khalil Nasser, Christopher Gunther, Mike Russell,
               Oleg Golovidon, Jason Dare, Bo Naasz, Lance Jacobson,
               Matt Coffin, Alexander Roup, Greg King, James Bamba

Pilot:         Matthew Orr AMA# 322722

Sponsors:      Allied Signal

School:        Washington State Univ
Entry Name:    Kyron Design Team
Team www page [Goto Team page]
Advisor:       Dr. Cil Richards 509-334-0434

Team Members   Michael Vinje, Mark Fuller, Dan Kenny,Kevin Kohler

Pilot:         (TBD)

Sponsors:      

School:        Washington State Univ
Entry Name:   
Team www page [Goto Team page]
Advisor:       Dr. Walter J. Grantham 509-335-3224

Team Members   David Cramer, Shinichi Sugiura, Scott Crawford, 
               Chris Coppok, Silas Robertson, David Darrow, 
               Megan Symons, Roger Manuel, Sydney Gaisano, 
               Mark Fuller, Suresh Arumuganathan, Joe Martines, 
               Craig Bowlin

Pilot:         David Darrow AMA# 305775

Sponsors:      

School:        West Virginia Univ
Entry Name:    Soaring Mountianeer
Team www page [Goto Team page]
Advisor:       (Advisor Entry Missing - Required)

Team Members   Todd Aston, Geoffrey Bland, Christy Koloszair, 
               F. Adam Korona, Joseph Leporini, Eric Meyer, 
               Scott Owens, Stelios Pispitsos

Pilot:         Peter Cooke AMA#315640

Sponsors:

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