Our Mission

Executive board

Structures

Energetics

Driverless

Marketing & Outreach

Race Ops

Finance

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Our team.

The team

Carnegie Mellon Racing is made up of undergraduate students from a range of disciplines across Carnegie Mellon University.  Each year students collaborate to design, manufacture, and race a brand new Formula style electric race car. This year is the ninth in which CMR will compete in the electric division of the FSAE circuit.

Our interdisciplinary team of roughly 150 members is organized into 6 departments: Structures, Energetics, Driverless, Finance, Marketing & Outreach, and Race Operations. It takes lots of collaboration to design, build, manufacture, and compete at the highest level with our race car.

EXECutive Board

These are the leaders of Carnegie Mellon Racing for the 2025-2026 Season.  The executive board directs the team's design, manufacturing, and testing as well as managing CMR as an organization of students.

Anvita Nadgir, VP of Energetics

Anvita Nadgir

VP of Energetics

Arya Lohia, VP of Driverless

Arya Lohia

VP of Driverless

Beatrice Schroeder, VP of Finance

Beatrice Schroeder

VP of Finance

Cooper Anglin, VP of Race Ops

Cooper Anglin

VP of Race Ops

Joey Zeng, VP of Marketing and Outreach

Joey Zeng

VP of Marketing and Outreach

Nate Bergman, VP of Structures

Nate Bergman

VP of Structures

Trisha Samba

Trisha Samba

President

structures

The Structures team is responsible for the design and manufacturing of each mechanical subsystem in the car.  Captains oversee sub-structures and their respective System Leads.

Captains

Kenji Espinoza, Electrical Integration Captain

Kenji Espinoza

Electrical Integration

Ufuk Kilinc

Ufuk Kılınç

Driver Interface

Rishon Baiju

Rishon Baiju

Suspension

Alex Smith, Powertrain Captain

Alex Smith

Powertrain

Vincent Chen

Vincent Chen

Aerodynamics

Noah Detiege

Noah Detiege

Monocoque Manufacturing

Eliot Dunn, Monocoque Design Captain

Eliot Dunn

Monocoque Design

Charlie Levine, VD Director

Charlie Levine

VD Director

Adam de la Houssaye

Adam de la Houssaye

DV Mechanical

Structures Members

Achyut Prakash

Aerodynamics

Akshay Joshi

Aerodynamics

Ananya Pamal

Aerodynamics

Avery Xia

Aerodynamics

Bennett Matthews

Aerodynamics

Bennett Wong

Aerodynamics

Caleb Lin

Aerodynamics

Chris Saucedo

Aerodynamics

Cyrus Abraham

Aerodynamics

Diya Nerurkar

Aerodynamics

Ishan Binu Sainudeen

Aerodynamics

Kai Caothien

Aerodynamics

Kavya Casula

Aerodynamics

Lana Portanova

Aerodynamics

Natalie Chang

Aerodynamics

Rahul Dube

Aerodynamics

Rishon Baiju

Aerodynamics

Sena Flo

Aerodynamics

Taara Kuriyan

Aerodynamics

Tommy Gordon

Aerodynamics

Tyler Schweitzer

Aerodynamics

Vincent Chen

Aerodynamics

Asope Kuyinu

Driver Interface

Cathy Deng

Driver Interface

Felicia Lee

Driver Interface

Kai Collins

Driver Interface

Kevin Xu

Driver Interface

Krishnav Goyal

Driver Interface

Luna Lee

Driver Interface

Mady Eidman

Driver Interface

Ashley Hu

Electrical Integration

Beatrice Schroeder

Electrical Integration

Chris Dycus

Electrical Integration

Krishnav Goyal

Electrical Integration

Lukas Vargas

Electrical Integration

Michael Huynh

Electrical Integration

Owen Weltchek

Electrical Integration

Adam de la Houssaye

Monocoque

Aiden Jin

Monocoque

Alex Leung

Monocoque

Ayan Ghosh

Monocoque

Beatrice Schroeder

Monocoque

Grayson Wileman

Monocoque

Jessica Wang

Monocoque

Kelvin Dong

Monocoque

Kenji Espinoza

Monocoque

Lana Portanova

Monocoque

Mady Eidman

Monocoque

Max Kramer

Monocoque

Melinda Chen

Monocoque

Noah Detiege

Monocoque

Reagan Hamilton

Monocoque

Ronan Tolla

Monocoque

Sheri Zhang

Monocoque

Ufuk Kilinic

Monocoque

Cole Drake

Powertrain

Cooper Anglin

Powertrain

Danny Fiskin

Powertrain

Eliot Isenberg

Powertrain

Garima Bansal

Powertrain

Helen Wang

Powertrain

Henry Diaz

Powertrain

Jan Andretta

Powertrain

Julian Sanchez

Powertrain

Manu Amundsen

Powertrain

Sascha Kudrytski

Powertrain

Joshua Tsang

Structures

Alex Smith

Suspension

Carolina Warring

Suspension

Ian Morales

Suspension

Jackson Landy

Suspension

Jason Malik

Suspension

Michael Molina

Suspension

Nate Bergman

Suspension

Rishon Baiju

Suspension

Ronan Tolla

Suspension

Warren Tamarree

Suspension

energetics

The Energetics team makes the race car come alive by designing nearly every electrical and firmware system.  Team members are responsible for the design, fabrication, programming, and testing of each custom PCB hardware on the vehicle.

Captains

Anvita Agarwal, Grounded Low Voltage Captain

Anvita Agarwal

Grounded Low Voltage

Sophia Deng

Sophia Deng

Firmware

Joseph Willmore, Tractive Systems Captain

Joseph Willmore

Tractive Systems

Matthew Rao, Controls Captain

Matthew Rao

Controls

Jasmine Li, Data Acquisition Captain

Jasmine Li

Data Acquisition

Lukas Vargas, Accumulator Captain

Lukas Vargas

Accumulator

Energetics Members

Evan Wu

Accumulator

James Lin

Accumulator

Jeffrey Liu

Accumulator

Vanessa Lam

Accumulator

Victor Li

Accumulator

Luna Lee

Controls

Saisha Kartik

Controls

Samuel Sun

Controls

Alexis Luo

Data Acquisition

Alison Ding

Data Acquisition

Daniel Lopex

Data Acquisition

Edwin Li

Data Acquisition

Hridayam Tusnial

Data Acquisition

Jason Huang

Data Acquisition

Lucca Rodrigues

Data Acquisition

Nick Yaeger

Data Acquisition

Sophia Deng

Data Acquisition

Tanish Bengani

Data Acquisition

Tomas Brito Goncalves

Data Acquisition

Vitor Morgensztern

Data Acquisition

Sidharth Srivastava

Energetics

Albert Luo

Firmware

Alison Ding

Firmware

Jeffrey Shen

Firmware

Kaveh Fayyazi

Firmware

Kevin Wang

Firmware

Liam Merino

Firmware

May Paek

Firmware

Nadia Palar

Firmware

Nidhi Vadlamudi

Firmware

Tedd Jung

Firmware

Thomas Sorensen

Firmware

Vera Yu

Firmware

Adie Guo

Grounded Low Voltage

Akshaj Sharma

Grounded Low Voltage

Ashley Yuan

Grounded Low Voltage

Camden Hegarty

Grounded Low Voltage

Jasmine Li

Grounded Low Voltage

Nick Yaeger

Grounded Low Voltage

Rohan Ganesh

Grounded Low Voltage

Sophia Deng

Grounded Low Voltage

Adie Guo

Special Projects

Ashley Yuan

Special Projects

Clarence Choy

Special Projects

Kelvin Dong

Special Projects

Liam Merino

Special Projects

Nick Yaeger

Special Projects

Sophia Deng

Special Projects

Vanessa Lam

Special Projects

Anvita Nadgir

Tractive Systems

Sharia Farhan

Tractive Systems

Vivaan Sawant

Tractive Systems

Driverless

The Driverless team creates the first autonomous Formula Student racecars in North America through a combination of computer science and robotics. The team integrates their software stack with the vehicle to maximize performance.

Captains

Matthew Rao, Controls Captain

Matthew Rao

Controls

Nidhi Vadlamudi, Software Architecture Captain

Nidhi Vadlamudi

Software Architecture

Joshua Chong, Path Planning Captain

Joshua Chong

Path Planning

Raymond Jiang, Perceptions Captain

Raymond Jiang

Perceptions

Driverless Members

Alana Pereira

Controls

Alex Dietrich

Controls

Anthony Yip

Controls

Arin Bhandari

Controls

Chris Su

Controls

Ishayu Shikare

Controls

Mahika Varma

Controls

Owen Lu

Controls

Sagar Gupta

Controls

Wayne Mei

Controls

Manan Agarwal

Driverless

Alex Yoon

DV Electrical

Angela Shen

DV Electrical

Anvita Agarwal

DV Electrical

Anvita Nadgir

DV Electrical

Ayush Garg

DV Electrical

Jasmine Li

DV Electrical

Shreya Kalavur

DV Electrical

Vikram Mani

DV Electrical

Adam de la Houssaye

DV Mechanical

Alexander Blasberg

DV Mechanical

Alexis Luo

DV Mechanical

Arya Lohia

DV Mechanical

Benjamin Chen

DV Mechanical

Cyprus Gop

DV Mechanical

Diya Nerurkar

DV Mechanical

Hailey Kim

DV Mechanical

Mady Eidman

DV Mechanical

Natalie Chang

DV Mechanical

Nico Piken

DV Mechanical

Thomas Zhang

DV Mechanical

Trisha Samba

DV Mechanical

Ufuk Kilinc

DV Mechanical

Aadhavan Kumaran

Path Planning

Adie Guo

Path Planning

Aditya Dewan

Path Planning

Anthony Honeine

Path Planning

Daniela Bellido

Path Planning

Daniel Nguyen

Path Planning

Doris Wang

Path Planning

Ian Youn

Path Planning

Jojo Li

Path Planning

Joshua Yang

Path Planning

Krish Mody

Path Planning

Richard Zhang

Path Planning

Victoria Han

Path Planning

Arya Lohia

Perceptions

Husain Raja

Perceptions

Nanaki Singh

Perceptions

Saket Kulkarni

Perceptions

Stanley Yin

Perceptions

Ashank Manda

Software Architecture

Divya Gupta

Software Architecture

Jack Fallows

Software Architecture

Maggie Chen

Software Architecture

Matthew Rao

Software Architecture

Tim Wang

Software Architecture

Marketing & outreach

The Marketing and Outreach team coordinates CMR's crowdfunding efforts, our racecar's livery creation process, and the upkeep of our website and social media.

Captains

Rebecca Rotenberg, Design Captain

Rebecca Rotenberg

Design

Aravind Kannan

Aravind Kannan

Media

Marketing & Outreach Members

Brandt Melville

Design

Jean Chen

Design

Karis Choe

Design

Luna Lee

Design

Luna Lee

Design

Rebecca Rotenberg

Design

Serena Cai

Design

Sonya He

Design

Sophia Deng

Design

Timothy Yang

Design

Zoe Robinson

Design

Sophia Deng

media

Alexander Blasberg

Media

Bella Alt

Media

Jason (Xuze) Shao

Media

Joey Zeng

Media

Luna Lee

Media

Sena Flo

Media

Taara Kuryan

Media

T'Ana Moore

Media

Zoe Robinson

Media

Race operations

The Race Operations team works closely with all of CMR to ensure the success of weekly track testing sessions, annual competitions, and racecar transport logistics.

Race Operations Members

Alexander Blasberg

Race Operations

Arthur Zheng

Race Operations

Chris Dycus

Race Operations

Dhrithi Rachepalli

Race Operations

Keithan Pai

Race Operations

Lana Portanova

Race Operations

Luna Lee

Race Operations

Nidhi Vadlamudi

Race Operations

Oliver Graham

Race Operations

Quintin Ross

Race Operations

Rohit Garikipati

Race Operations

Saisha Kartik

Race Operations

Sharia Farhan

Race Operations

Smrithi Krishnaswamy

Race Operations

Yuki Ma

Race Operations

Finance

The Finance Team works with all departments of CMR to manage CMR's budget and all purchases. They also work with corporate sponsors and the CMU administration to ensure the financial stability of the team.

Finance Members

Alexander Blasberg

Finance

Andrew Atkinson

Finance

Beatrice Schroeder

Finance

Justin Jiang

Finance

Kavya Casula

Finance

Lana Portanova

Finance

Mady Eidman

Finance

Quintin Ross

Finance

Sean Richards

Finance