A group picture of our team in 2019

The Team

Our team is made up of brilliant high school engineers.

Officer Team

The dedicated students who lead AmadorUAVs.

Aayush Gupta

Aayush Gupta '24

President

Nikhil Sunkad

Nikhil Sunkad '24

Software Lead

Rachel Schmidt

Rachel Schmidt '26

Mechanical Lead

Ibrahim Kiziloglu

Ibrahim Kiziloglu '26

Electrical Lead

Anya Jain

Anya Jain '26

Business Lead

Christopher Hazell

Christopher Hazell '26

Program Manager

One of our software members coding

Software Team

Our software team handles all the software systems on the drone from end to end. Whether it's writing and improving path planning routines for our drone, building aerial computer vision systems, or contributing needed open-source features to the PX4 autopilot,the Software division is constantly working on new things.

Members


Angad Bhargav

Angad Bhargav '24

Website + Simulation

Allen Ding

Allen Ding '26

Gimbal Driver Code

Karan Gupta

Karan Gupta '24

Ground Control Software

Pratham Mehta

Pratham Mehta '26

Pilot Code

Pratham Mehta

Sahil Mehta '24

Obstacle Avoidance

Vardaan Singhania

Vardaan Singhania '25

Website + Simulation

Henry Tsay

Henry Tsay '24

Computer Vision

Brandon Yao

Brandon Yao '24

Object Detection

The frame of one of our drones

Electromechanical Team

Our electromechanical team handles all things hardware on the drone. Whether it's upgrading motors and ESCs, designing stronger and better parts with CAD, or wiring up electrical components, they do it all.

Members


Abhiraj Bhashkar

Abhiraj Bhashkar '25

Documentation

Tanmayee Chalamalasetti

Tanmayee Chalamalasetti '24

Power Distribution

Daniel Choi

Daniel Choi '25

Payload Drop

Aadi Dahake

Aadi Dahake '26

Payload Drop

Jason Hu

Jason Hu '26

Payload Drop

Connie Lee

Connie Lee '25

Wiring Clips

Brady Lucas

Brady Lucas '25

Gimbal

Jerry Peng

Jerry Peng '26

Drone Legs

Our team posing with a banner from one of our sponsors, SKB Cases

Business Team

The business team is constantly thinking of ways to promote our work and secure critical funding. The business division is responsible for contacting companies, managing sponsorships, and organizing publicity for the club.

Members


Olivia Cheng

Olivia Cheng '24

Sponsor Outreach

Shree Khangaonkar

Shree Khangaonkar '25

Merchandise Design

Syaon Kumar

Syaon Kumar '26

Sponsor Outreach

Darsh Shah

Darsh Shah '24

Digital Growth

Shantelle Tupaz

Shantelle Tupaz '24

Graphic Design

Clara Yin

Clara Yin '24

Design + Social Media

Alumni

AmadorUAVs members who have graduated high school.

Michael Phillips

Michael Phillips '23

Mechanical

Akshay Javvaji

Akshay Javvaji '23

Mechanical

Luke Scheuffele

Luke Scheuffele '23

Electrical

Lucas Zhong

Lucas Zhong '23

Software

Raghav Misra

Raghav Misra '23

Software

Aditi Pattanshetti

Aditi Pattanshetti '23

Electrical Lead

Kush Nayak

Kush Nayak '23

Software Lead

Dylan Kwong

Dylan Kwong '23

President

Justin Zhao

Justin Zhao '22

Mechanical

Kathryn Xiong

Kathryn Xiong '22

Software

Siddharth Bhargav

Siddharth Bhargav '22

Mechanical

Marie Lee

Marie Lee '22

Founder

Business

Frank Yu

Frank Yu '22

Founder

Electrical

Derick Mathews

Derick Mathews '22

Founder

Business Lead

Justin Park

Justin Park '22

Founder

Mechanical Lead

Ishan Duriseti

Ishan Duriseti '22

Founder

Mechanical Lead

Kai Gottshalk

Kai Gottshalk '22

Founder

Electrical Lead

Vincent Wang

Vincent Wang '22

Founder

Software Lead

Kalyan Sriram

Kalyan Sriram '22

Founder

President

Sungje Park

Sungje Park '21

Founder

President

AmadorUAVs

© 2018 - 2023