2009-2010 AIAA Officers
Listed below are all of the officers for the University of Florida Chapter of the AIAA. Click on the position to read a short biography of the person who holds that position. To close the biography, just click on the position again.
Ahmed Jorge
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- Major: Aerospace Engineering
- Hometown: Havana, Cuba
- After College: Start Working
- Favorite Airplane/Spacecraft: Boeing 747 & Voyager 2
- Random: "If you are going through hell, keep going." -Winston Churchill
- Email: ahmedcj@ufl.edu
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Niserg Rao
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- Major: Aerospace/Mechanical Engineering /Minor: Business
- Hometown: Tampa, FL.
- After College: Graduate School
- Favorite Airplane/Spacecraft: Viking Missions
- Random: "Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall." -Confucius
- Email: niserg@ufl.edu
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Jason Panzarino
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- Major: Aerospace Engineering
- Hometown: Melbourne Beach, FL.
- After College: Graduate School while flying as a hobby.
- Favorite Airplane/Spacecraft: Pitts Special & Piper Cub
- Random: "Excuse me while I kiss the sky..." -Jimi Hendrix
- Email: jpanzarino@ufl.edu
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Jonathan Hipps
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- Major: Mechanical/Aerospace Engineering
- Hometown: Fort Lauderdale, FL.
- After College: Graduate School
- Favorite Airplane/Spacecraft: F-22 Raptor & Apollo 12
- Random: "ENGAGE!" -Star Trek: The Next Generation
- Email: jchipps3@ufl.edu
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Ty Morton
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- Major: Aerospace Engineering /Minor: Business Administration
- Hometown: West Palm Beach, FL.
- After College: Work at NASA
- Favorite Airplane/Spacecraft: Ares-I
- Random: I am also the BEC Representative.
- Email: tymort@ufl.edu
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Michelle Rodriguez
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- Major: Aerospace/Mechanical Engineering
- Hometown: Fort Myers, FL.
- After College: Work at NASA, Disney or travel the globe for international aid.
- Favorite Airplane/Spacecraft: Space Shuttle
- Random: My favorite Disney princess is Ariel.
- Email: michrodriguez@ufl.edu
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Nicholas Papaianni
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- Major: Aerospace Engineering
- Hometown: Miami, FL.
- After College: Graduate School
- Favorite Airplane/Spacecraft: B-2 Spirit
- Random: One day, I'm going to run for the presidency of the United States.
- Email: npapaianni@ufl.edu
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Ty Morton
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- Major: Aerospace Engineering /Minor: Business Administration
- Hometown: West Palm Beach, FL.
- After College: Work at NASA
- Favorite Airplane/Spacecraft: Ares-I
- Random: I am also the Treasurer.
- Email: tymort@ufl.edu
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Nakisha Gray
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- Major: Chemical Engineering
- Hometown: Sunrise, FL.
- After College: Graduate School
- Favorite Airplane/Spacecraft: Paper
- Random: I love video games, preferably Nintendo!
- Email: aerodynamic9@ufl.edu
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Daniel Whittemore
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- Major: Aerospace Engineering
- Hometown: North Palm Beach, FL.
- After College: Become an airman in the USAF.
- Favorite Airplane/Spacecraft: F-22 Raptor
- Random: Surfing and fishing have always been two of my favorite ways to relax and have fun.
- Email: dfwhittemore@ufl.edu
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Natalia Gordiyenko
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- Major: Aerospace Engineering
- Hometown: Key West, FL.
- After College: Become an aeronautical engineer specializing in structural design.
- Favorite Airplane/Spacecraft: Ones that don't crash.
- Random: I speak Russian
- Email: ngordiyenko@ufl.edu
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Hannah Bascombe
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- Major: Aerospace Engineering /Minor: Sales Engineering
- Hometown: Oviedo, FL.
- After College: Work in the space industry.
- Favorite Airplane/Spacecraft: Apollo 11
- Random: "Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure." --from the movie Coach Carter
- Email: hbascombe@ufl.edu
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Alexander McCollough
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- Major: Mechanical Engineering /Minor: Mathematics
- Hometown: Miami, FL.
- After College: Graduate School
- Favorite Airplane/Spacecraft: All spacecraft
- Random: "A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new." -Albert Einstien
- Email: amccollough@ufl.edu
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Tao Lin
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- Major: Aerospace Engineering
- Hometown: Orlando, FL.
- After College: Graduate School
- Favorite Airplane/Spacecraft: SR-71
- Random: "Man must rise above the Earth--to the top of the atmosphere and beyond--for only thus will he fully understand the world in which he lives." -Socrate
- Email: taolin@ufl.edu
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Abraham Pachikara
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- Major: Aerospace Engineering
- Hometown: Coral Springs, FL.
- After Graduate School: Work in Industry
- Favorite Airplane/Spacecraft: X-48
- Random: "Go Gators!" -Gator Nation
- Email: ajpach@ufl.edu
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Michael Andrews
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- Major: Mechanical/Aerospace Engineering /Minor: Electrical Engineering
- Hometown: Panacea, FL.
- After College: Director of Lockheed Martin's Skunk Works
- Favorite Airplane/Spacecraft: F-22 Raptor
- Random: I love to scuba dive and fish.
- Email: wildfire1313@ufl.edu
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Chris Leonard
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- Major: Aerospace/Mechanical Engineering
- Hometown: Orlando, FL.
- After College: Work with Lockheed Martin or Boeing.
- Favorite Airplane/Spacecraft: SR-71
- Random: Multitalented athlete for any sport including a ball.
- Email: cpaleonard@ufl.edu
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Dr. Rick Lind
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- Graduated: Ph.D., University of Minnesota, 1995
- Hometown:
- Field of Study: Robust control, uncertainty modeling, aeroservoelasticity, nonlinear limit cycle oscillations, flight test techniques, time-frequency wavelet analysis.
- Favorite Airplane/Spacecraft:
- Random:
- Email: ricklind@ufl.edu
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Nakisha Gray