
Meet The Team

Project Team Lead
Sebastian Llaguno
Pronouns: He/Him
Fun Fact: A TV show character whose dream is to reach the moon piqued my interest in astronomy and rockets
Favorite Part About Rocketry: Watching the culmination of a motivated team's hard work represented in a <2 minute launch

Design Lead
Isaac Pinedo
Pronouns: He/Him
Fun Fact: I got that dawg in me
Why Rocketry: I've always wanted to be an astronaut since I was 6 years old

Project Manager/Project Documentation Lead
Yu-Shu Hsieh
Pronouns : She/Her
Fun Fact : my nickname is Lulu... which originated from my very intelligent baby babble, "lululululululu"
Why Rocketry : I enjoy seeing hard work paying off and exploding things are pretty cool

Outreach Lead
Zayna Ansari
Pronouns: She/Her
Fun Fact: When I was little I used to have a fear of plants
Why Rocketry: I love going to launches, despite having to wake up at 6am. It’s fun to help assemble the rocket and watch our hard work pay off.

Payload Lead (software)
Sahil Shah
Pronouns: He/Him
Fun Fact: idk
Why Rocketry: I'm interested in exploring space

Payload Lead (hardware)
Corbin Lang
Pronouns : He/Him
Fun Fact : I'm definitly totally qualified I swear
Why Rocketry : Watching our efforts come to life over the course of the year

Safety Lead
Hamza Hasan
Pronouns: Heli/Copter
Fun Fact: I have been to the TARC Nationals in Virginia twice in a row!
Why Rocketry: It is cool seeing all of my hard work blowing up in the sky.

Test Team Co-Lead
Brandon Ramos-Bailon
Pronouns: He/Him
Fun Fact: I can cook a perfectly medium rare steak with a side of garlic confit
Why Rocketry: Working with driven intelligent people in a field of work that I plan to pursue

Test Co-Lead
Aryan Mehrotra
Pronouns: He/Him
Fun Fact: I like computers
Why Rocketry: I like rockets and when they fly

​Build Lead
Edward Wang
Pronouns: He/Him
Fun Fact: Playing jingle bells on every instruments is my life’s calling, I also know portal magic
Why Rocketry: Because rockets go boom

Safety Team
Justin Cabrales
Pronouns : He/Him
Fun Fact : I play badminton for the high school
Why Rocketry : I'm excited to see our team succeed and launch successfully

Safety Team
Alexander Knoop
Pronouns: He/Him
Fun Fact: I like Liverpool
Why Rocketry: I'm excited to work with close friends on this project and hopefully make good memories with them throughout the year

Build Team
Nathaniel Fregoso
Pronouns: He/Him
Fun Fact: I once ate 6 burritos in one sitting and I have two extra rib bones (bilateral cervical ribs)
Why Rocketry: Honestly just because assembling seemed really fun.
Favorite Part: Getting to help in the assembly/build process of the rocket and working with a team.

Build/Test Team
Hoyoon Woo
Pronouns: He/Him
Fun Fact: I am also top 7000 in Valorant out of a few million players.
Why Rocketry: I joined rocketry to fuel my passion for rocketry and aerospace. I enjoy learning about aerospace due its relatively new appearance in the modern history of science and the unknown possibilities that come with it.

Project Documentation Team
​Vihaan Chokhani
Pronouns: He/Him
Fun Fact: I am considered an “advanced pianist” and have been playing for almost a decade.
Why Rocketry: I have a passion for space exploration and I want to discover something new

Build/Test Team
Nilay Jhaveri
Pronouns: He/Him
Fun Fact: A fun fact about me is that I like enjoy traveling
Why Rocketry: I enjoy rocketry becuase I love to design and build things. One memory I have of rocketry was watching the launches at ohlone as a kid. One thing I am excited for is learning more about the process which goes into building a rocket like this.

Project Documentation Team
Christopher Navarro
Pronouns: He/Him
Fun Fact: I run track
Why Rocketry: Excited to see some rockets launch and be a part of a successful and active team

Outreach
Annabelle Kim
Pronouns: She/her
Fun fact: I like Sanrio characters and cars ranging from jdm to hypercars (Supra mk4, R34 Nissan Skyline, McLaren P1, Koenigsegg Agera RS)
Why Rocketry: I'm excited for the memories i'll make from participating through this program and the contributions I will be able to bring!!

Test Team
Diego A. Dueñas
Pronouns: He/Him
Fun Fact: A rocket has almost taken my head off before
Why Rocketry: Blowing stuff up

Test Team
Luke Van Rossem
Pronouns: He/Him
Fun Fact: I'm Tall
Why Rocketry: I joined because I thought it would would be a great opportunity and experience for myself and to do something fun with my friends over a long period of time so I could learn with them and learn how to commit to a long project.

Payload/Outreach Team
Kaustavi Mukherjee
Pronouns: she/her
Fun fact: I like to read
Why Rocketry: I wanted to get hands on experience with rockets and to be engaged in something delved deeply in STEM