Our Team

Team Leadership

PROJECT MANAGER

Ishaan Narain (2022) is pursuing a degree in Mechanical Engineering degree from the McCormick School of Engineering. He has been with the team since his Freshman year and became the Project Manager his Junior year. As the Project Manager, Ishaan oversees the entirety of NUsolar’s Projects and timelines, working with University administration and sponsors to gain resources for the team, while mentoring and advising students on their projects.

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Business Lead

Zachary Martin (2022) is pursuing a degree in Materials Science & Engineering from the McCormick School of Engineering. He joined the team during his sophomore year, and now oversees team outreach, budgeting, and purchasing as Business Lead. Zach leads a team in ongoing partnership efforts with Northwestern and industry, and works with fellow business team members to support the engineering teams.
 
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Software Lead

Leo Ling (2022) is pursuing a degree in Electrical Engineering with a minor in Material Science from the McCormick School of Engineering. He has been with the team since his Sophomore year and became Software Lead his Senior year. As the Software Lead, Leo oversees the design of firmware on the car’s microprocessors and its remote telemetry systems.
 
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Telemetry Lead

Chibueze Onyenemezu (2023) is a computer engineering major. He joined solar his freshman year in 2019 and currently, he is the telemetry sub-team lead but next year, he will be the software lead. He oversees software projects that support the team by displaying and (in the future) analyzing data retrieved from the car.

Vehicle Dynamics Lead

Miranda Brodsky (2022) is pursuing a degree in Mechanical Engineering from the McCormick School of Engineering.  She has been with the team since her sophomore year and became the vehicle dynamics lead her junior year. As the vehicle dynamics lead, Miranda oversees the design and manufacturing of the suspension, braking, and steering systems.
 

Vehicle Dynamics Lead

Miranda Brodsky (2022) is pursuing a degree in Mechanical Engineering from the McCormick School of Engineering.  She has been with the team since her sophomore year and became the vehicle dynamics lead her junior year. As the vehicle dynamics lead, Miranda oversees the design and manufacturing of the suspension, braking, and steering systems.
 

Electrical Lead

Nate Coirier (2021) is pursuing both a B.S. and M.S. in Electrical Engineering from the McCormick School of Engineering. He has been with the team since his freshman year, and became the Electrical Lead his Senior year. As the Electrical Lead, Nate is in charge of all of the electrical projects on the car. This includes integrating the car’s motors, battery pack, solar cell array, telemetry hardware, and driver controls/ heads up display.

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Solar Array Lead

Ivan Fithian (2022) is pursuing a degree in Physics  from the Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences. He has been with the team since his Freshman year and became Solar Array Subteam Lead his junior year. As Array Lead, Ivan oversees charging the car from the solar array. He leads research and testing to ensure maximum efficiency and longer range.
 
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Driver Ergonomics lead

Khizr (2022) is a junior studying Manufacturing and Design Engineering major. He joined NUSolar in 2020 and he is the Driver Ergonomics team lead. His team designs and manufactures parts of the car that the driver interacts with directly, such as the seat and steering wheel, to ensure they have a comfortable driving experience.
 

Members

Corey Wang
Windshield

Maddie Durmowicz
Windshield

Oliver Yocum
Windshield

Daniel Oh
Top Shell Lifting

Marko Beric
Top Shell Lifting

Jack Peckham
Top Shell Lifting

Owen Lubben
Top Shell Lifting

Eric Yang
Battery Box

Sparsh Gautam
Battery Box

Jacob Wit
Battery Box

Yuk Yi Chan
Battery Box

Joshua Park
Battery Box

Sean Morton
Battery Box

Junior Ndayikengurukiye
Aero Attachment

Penelope De La Torre
Aero Attachment

Cameron Moore
Aero Attachment

Trace Landreth
Electrical

Sharat Dhananjaya
Electrical

Antony Traino
Electrical

Arta Osmani
Electrical

Thomas Douglas
Electrical

Matthew Sinclair
Software

Mike Luvin
Software

Hunter Zhang
Business

Emre Alsaid
Business