Welcome to AIAA-BWSI Build a CubeSat Challenge Final Event

Congratulations to everyone who made it this far!

I’m sure it was a challenging and intense journey to reach this point. You all had to learn a lot of new things, push that extra step to make progress each day, and figure out how to work as a team to get this far. Hats off to your determination and hard work!

I hope you have enjoyed and learned a lot about Aerospace Engineering through this challenge and have something to take away from your experience working with your teammates and mentors. Beyond the technical subjects, I believe hands-on projects like the CubeSat Challenge teach us how to work as a team to achieve some amazing results - Aerospace industry is full of such examples.

I believe the knowledge and the experience you have earned through this challenge will set you up well for your future journey, whether you’ll continue to pursue Aerospace or other expertise. I wish you the very best in your final event and your academic and professional endeavors! Yours truly, On behalf of AIAA-BWSI Build a CubeSat Challenge organizers.

Hiro Endo New England Section Chair American Institute of Aeronautics & Astronautics

AIAA-BWSI Build a CubeSat Challenge Teams

Flat Earthers
(Lexington High School, Lexington, MA)

Team members:
Jihan Bhuiyan
Nishitha Chhabra
Divya Narayanan
Helena Reavely
Akhilesh Varma Sangaraju
Ananya Sivasubramaniam
Swati Sriram
Coaches:
Siva Yegnanarayanan
Sharif Bhuiyan
Ashok Narayanan
Mentor: Hannah Tomio

GonkBots
(Algonquin Regional High School, Northborough, MA)

Team members:
Stef Linden
Isabella Palit
Fred Probst
Shivnath Shankar
Divyasiddha Shivashok
Charles Tang
Mihir Tatavarti
Alex Wang
Christopher Wang
Jonathan Wang
Coach: Daniel Strickland
Mentor: Thomas Sebastian

HawkSat
(Hunter College High School, New York, NY)

Team members:
Pierce Haider
Jaemin Kim
Olivia Long
Logan Reich
Alexa Rosenberg
Coach: Min Hsuan Kuo
Mentor: Michelle Sun

Mammoth Aerospace
(Western Center Academy, Hemet, CA)

Team members:
Francis James Adaliga
Zubin Carvalho
Franco Doval
Alexa Hadley
Skye Kultawanich
Yudhister Kumar
Aaron Ma
Levi Schain
Isaiah Suso
Vivian Xiao
Coach: Michael Horton
Mentor: Malkam Goldstein

Raiders
(Wellesley High School, Wellesley, MA)

Team members:
Madeleine Allen
Jaime Gonzalez
Ryan Harding
Gonzalo Martin
Ali Riad
Coach: Oscar Gonzalez
Mentor: Conor Galligan

Satellite Warriors
(Nipmuc Regional High School, Upton, MA)

Team members:
Sabrina Boyle
Mallory Chace
Connor Jason
Kevin John
Charlie Kerins
Darryl Lubin
James Overholt
Kaylee Servis
Jamie Sims
Luke Venable
Coaches:
Ron Cochran
Matthew Overholt
Mentor: Prof. Carl Hartsfield

Satickens
(William H. Taft Charter High School, Woodland Hills, CA)

Team members:
Soyeon Kim
Hyunwoo Lee
Aakash Senthilnathan
Jaden Suh
Logan Weinstein
Coach: Christopher Shining
Mentor: Malkam Goldstein

Space Hunters
(Alvirne High School, Hudson, NH)

Team members:
    Nicholas Marcotte
    Sameer Murthy
    Raswanth Srinivasan
    Dylan Zilifian
Coaches:
Chithra Jayakuma
Srinivasan Balasubramanian
Mentors: Jesse Olson, Jason Sievert

Yellow Dragons
(Howard W. Blake High School, Tampa, FL)

Team members:
Benjamin Barrera-Altuna
James LaFayette
Igor Morales
Jabez Rodriguez
Ethan Stephanis
Coach: Clayton Nylund
Mentor: Kevin Donnelly