People

MXL/People

Staff

Dr. James W. Cutler – Director

1320 Beal Ave.
3013 FXB Building
Ann Arbor, Mich. 48109
[email protected]
734.615.7238
734.763.0578

Dr. Cutler founded MXL in 2008 to develop novel flight vehicles for bold flight to the extremes. His research interests center on space systems–a multidisciplinary approach to enabling future space capability with particular emphasis on novel, nanosatellite missions. He studied at Purdue University and Stanford University. Prior to MXL, Dr. Cutler was director of the Space Systems Development Laboratory (SSDL) at Stanford.

    Tran Anh Nguyen

    Tran Anh Nguyen – Chief Engineer

    [email protected]

    Tran Anh is the Chief Engineer for MXL, as well as for the educational activities of the Space Institute.

      Daniil Voloshin – Chief Data Scientist

      Space Systems MSE
      [email protected] LinkedIn

      Daniil is the Chief Data Scientist for MXL. His research focuses include AI/ML applications in the space domain, and in big data analysis. He has done work ranging from novel computer vision techniques in space, to deorbit prediction analysis of space assets.

        Students

        John (Jack) Evans

        Mechanical Engineering, MSE
        [email protected]
        LinkedIn

        Jack is conducting research on mechanical systems within the space domain, especially gravity-gradient designs and systems for near-space (balloon venting) and space applications.

          Ayush Pujara

          Aero Engineering, BSE
          [email protected]
          LinkedIn

          Ayush is conducting research on magnetometers, specifically UBSS methods of cleaning magnetometer data for use in attitude determination in space.
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            Shivani Sunil

            Aerospace, MSE
            [email protected]

            Shivani works on Project STARI, specifically overseeing systems engineering tasks and designing CAD models for the mission.
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              Jacob Klingler

              Robotics, MSE
              [email protected]
              LinkedIn

              Jacob works on Project STARI, working on interferometery research and orbit formations of the mission.
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                Akshat Dubey

                Aero, MSE
                [email protected]
                LinkedIn

                AK is developing advanced simulations and architectures for the STARI mission.
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                  Matthew Wang

                  Aero, BSE
                  [email protected]
                  LinkedIn

                  Matthew is developing advanced avionics for our StratoSats.

                    Alumni

                    A whole host of students have been MXLers during their time at the University of Michigan – they are listed below.

                    Adolfo Apolloni
                    Daniil Abramov
                    Duane Achterof
                    Chris Acosta
                    Tochukwu Amugo
                    Mari Battaglia
                    Dan Becker
                    Cameron Behar
                    Matt Bennett
                    Adam Bertrand
                    Ernesto Boanerges
                    Isha Bhatt
                    Jim Blanchard
                    Martin Brzozowski
                    Kaitlyn Burke
                    David Cardelli
                    Matthew Chase
                    Valerie Chen
                    Brad Cotten
                    Garrett Cullen
                    Allison Craddock
                    Luke DeGalan
                    Emanuela Della Bosca
                    Tatyana Dobreva
                    Kiko Dontchev
                    Jack Evans
                    William Fang
                    Sahil Farishta
                    Alex Fox

                    Alyssa Franken
                    Anton Frolnekov
                    Charles Galey
                    Ken Gmerek
                    Dan Gu
                    Dr. Eric Gustafson
                    Jillian Haas
                    Maia Herrington
                    Phillip Hargrove
                    Natalie Hazapis
                    Brandon Heidt
                    Tom Heine
                    Evan Hillgemann
                    Collin Hockey
                    Steve Howland
                    Robert Huddleston
                    Austin Huffman
                    Devin Hupp
                    So-hee Kang
                    Tatsuya Kano
                    Dr. Candice Kaplan
                    Dr. Ben Kempke
                    Andrew Kim
                    Dr. Andy Klesh
                    Noah Klugman
                    Paul Knudsen
                    Prince Kuevor
                    Yethinder R. L. Kumar

                    Jacob Kurtz
                    Charles Lacy
                    Dr. Dae Young Lee
                    Hung-Hsiang Liang
                    Joshua Liphshaw
                    Beldon Lin
                    Matt Lindner
                    Anny Lin
                    Jonathan Liou
                    Ted Lorts
                    James Lowe
                    Kathryn Luczek
                    Rebecca Martin
                    Lucas Mason
                    Rutvik Marathe
                    Caitlin Martinez
                    Joshua McCready
                    Nathan McKay
                    Terrance McKnight
                    Dan Meinzer
                    Duncan Miller
                    Griffin Miller
                    Travis Milstein
                    Mike Mistaleski
                    Ren Monroe
                    Ali Mosallaei
                    Alyson Mosher

                    Jin Xin Ng
                    Rupal Nigam
                    Ari Porter
                    Scott Perry
                    Jeffrey Poon
                    Andrew Plave
                    Harrison Price
                    Ethan Prober
                    Rohan Punnoose
                    Michael Ramirez
                    Anis Rehman
                    Tyler Rose
                    Beth Rosenbaum,
                    Fernando Saca
                    Sandro Salgueiro
                    Ariel Sandberg
                    Justin Schachter
                    TJ Schmitz
                    Dr. Srinagesh Sharma
                    Justin Shetty
                    Hrishi Shelar
                    Logan Sisca
                    Alex Sloboda
                    Dan Smith
                    Dr. Sara Spangelo
                    Dan Spatcher

                    Dr. John Springmann
                    Abby Stautberg
                    Casey Steuer
                    Diego Suazo De la Rosa
                    Josh Synowiec
                    Matthew Szczerba
                    Andrew Taylor
                    Aryanna Thompson
                    Samir Tripathy
                    K. Scott Tripp
                    Shikhar Verma
                    Jorge Vilchis
                    Andrew Wagonmaker
                    Dr. Alex Walsh
                    Angela Wang
                    Tammy Wang
                    Avishai Weiss
                    Josh Weiss
                    Adam Werries
                    Michael Wilson
                    Jacob Winnick
                    Andrew Wood
                    Amy Yang
                    Joe Yates
                    Cooper Young
                    Kimberly Zwolshen

                    (PS…if you’re missing on the list, oops! Let us know, please!)

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