Our Team

University of Alberta Aero Design is a student engineering design group. We are a group of undergraduate students from various disciplines that designs and builds remote controlled aircraft. We aim to provide students experiences in working in a student vehicle project and an exposure to real life challenges engineers face. Members gain valuable practical knowledge and experience in CAD, hands-on construction, control systems and trade studies such as FEA and CFD.

Executive team

September 2024 
PRESIDENT
Mckenna Warawa
4th Year Electrical Engineering Co-op
VP FINANCE
Jamil Mulji
4th Year Chemical Engineering
VP OPERATIONS & SAFETY
Katrina Hamdon
3rd Year Mechanical Engineering

Design team

September 2024 
DESIGN LEAD
Michael Caulfield
4th Year Electrical Engineering Co-op
AERODYNAMICS LEAD
Juan Zuluaga
4th Year Mechanical Engineering
PROPULSION LEAD
Julia Bichel
3rd Year Electrical Engineering Co-op
AVIONICS LEAD
Ben Damant
4th Year Electrical Engineering Co-op

Advisors

FACULTY ADVISOR
Dr. Sina Ghaemi, Ph.D, PEngAssociate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering
University of Alberta
TECHNICAL ADVISOR
Ethan Chua Manager, Elko Engineering Garage
University of Alberta

Previous members

2023-2024

Mckenna Warawa
Daniel Kichma
Deep Rajani
Jacqueline Snider
Michael Caufield
Markus Lear
Juan Zuluaga
Arno Claassens
Ryan Tymkow
Julia Bichel

2022-2023

Gaurav Bola
Deep Rajani
Manav Singh Anand
Tanisha Sashu
Daniel Kichma
Mckenna Warawa
Michael Caufield
Markus Lear
Jashan Gill
Ejouan Agena
Jeff Sinclair
Jacqueline Snider
Parker Oishi
Bibek Kahlon