People

yhong AT hmc.edu

Yeahmoon is a junior engineer at Harvey Mudd College. He enjoys flying RC helicopters, making hobby rockets, and has experience flying planes, and modeling pigeon flight modulation. His ongoing projects include building a light saber rocket, fixing a gasoline powered RC plane, and creating a high performance minimum diameter rocket.

Matthew Gentile | Static Test

mg677 AT cornell.edu

Matthew is a junior Mechanical Engineering and Aerospace major at Cornell University. He is the Vice President of the Cornell University Rocketry Club, and has experience with construction of composite rocket airframes and solid fuels. He is currently working at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory on the LDSD project.

Christopher Hirlinger | Project Manager

chirlinger AT hmc.edu

Chris is a junior pursuing a B.S. degree in Engineering major at Harvey Mudd College. His previous experience includes construction management and estimating for Hawaii DOT and DOD contracts, as well as high-power rocketry. He enjoys studying political philosophy, constitutional law, and martial arts. His technical interest are focused on aerospace, robotics, and UAVs.

Sean Messenger | Communications & Associate Head Shop Proctor

smessenger AT hmc.edu

Sean is a junior pursuing a double major in engineering and computer science at Harvey Mudd College. As one of the school's associate head shop proctors he will primarily focus on machining. His academic research involves decentralized multi-robot motion planning and autonomous navigation in unknown environments. His interests are in design, modeling, and manufacturing with a focus in robotics

engineering.

Kristina Ming | Fuel Development

kming AT hmc.edu

Kristina is a junior pursuing a B.S. in Engineering at Harvey Mudd College. Her other research includes working with computer vision and image processing for the 3D localization of robots that only sense in two dimensions.

Taylor Peterson | Associate Head Shop Proctor

tpeterson AT hmc.edu

Taylor is a junior pursuing B.S. degrees in Engineering and Computer Science at Harvey Mudd College. As one of the school's associate head shop proctors he will primarily focus on machining. His academic research includes control theory used to handle inter-AUV cooperation and shark-tracking in 3-dimensions. His main interests are in autonomous multi-robot systems.

Jessica Chen | Fuel Development

jechen AT hmc.edu

Jessica is a junior engineering with a passion for chemistry. She is still exploring her interests, currently studying signals and systems engineering, microprocessors, and analog circuits. She enjoys Japanese culture, ranging from their language, fantastic pens, food, anime, and cute accessories. She has experience flying a Cessna and a glider.

Jonpaul Littleton | Chemical

jlittleton AT hmc.edu

Jonpaul is a junior pursuing a B.S. in Engineering at Harvey Mudd College. He is interested in mechanical engineering and would like to work with a small company such as Tesla Motors or Space-X. He is involved in the HMC Rocketry Club, Combat Robotics Club, and the Sailing Club. His hobbies are sailing, outdoor activities, woodworking, metal working, and building remote control airplanes and boats.