2017-18 Team Members

Officers

Annie Brunton

President

Sophomore, Biosystems Engineering.

Annie is the current president of Rube Goldberg and was the secretary last year. When she's not studying or enjoying one of her clubs, she plays card games, reads, and goes hiking. She may or may not have a twin brother suspected of kidnapping the club treasurer, Rory. This is an on-going investigation, and in the meantime, we hope all the best for Rory.

Lindsey Carranza

Vice President

Sophomore, Chemical Engineering.

Lindsey is the current Rube Vice President. Her main career focuses (at the moment) are wastewater treatment and city planning. Her favorite thing about this club is its opportunity to compile many engineering concepts onto a single machine in creative and often silly ways. Non-Rube interests of hers include fiber arts (knitting and crochet, but not always in the "domestic" setting), lucha libre, and the paranormal.

Rory Scobie

Treasurer

Junior, Electrical & Computer Engineering & Computer Sci.

Rory is the current Treasurer of Rube, and previously served as Historian. His current location is unknown, but he has previously been sighted in the depths of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering with Annie's twin brother, working on computer architecture projects. Coincidentally, Rory also has a twin brother, but his twin made the poor choice of attending Arizona State University. While not in the captivity of homework and/or Annie's twin, Rory enjoys numerous hobbies such as fencing and long-distance running. He can also be found most days working in the University of Arizona Bookstore providing computer support and repairs.

Amanda Bertsch

Historian

Freshman, Chemical Engineering & Computer Sci.

Amanda's favorite part about Rube is creating a machine where the process is significantly more important than the output. When she's not snapping her fingers in mousetraps in the Rube room, she works in a soil microbiology lab, plays the flute, and writes.

Sam Lombardi

Goat & Webmaster

Junior, Mechanical Engineering.

Sam is currently serving as Rube's GOAT (Go, Officer Always Training) and Webmaster. Alongside mechanical engineering, Sam likes to crochet and play croquet and his high score on iPhone Tetris is 2090044.

Gerardo "Jerry" Perez

Consigliere

Senior, Mechanical Engineering.

Jerry has been a member of the UA Rube Goldberg club for four years, having served as Vice President, President and now Consigliere, he is an integral part of Rube who unfortunately, is incapable of writing his own bio. He also volunteers at the Microelectromechanical Systems Lab doing research.

Active Members

Anas Ba Shaaib

Junior, Mechanical Engineering.

Anas is very interested in automation systems, building small constructions, inventions, and creative ideas. He lives with a passion to learn new things. He is also minoring in electrical and computer engineering.

Thatcher Warrick Hess

Junior, Spanish & History.

With his double major, Thatcher is also a double minor in Portuguese and Film. He works at the local ghost tour company Specter Ghost Tours. He created a bucket list four years ago and is slowly fulfilling his list every day. Many of his various skill-sets are: crossword designer and creator, soccer player, table tennis player and Ultimate Frisbee player, and music curator of over 2,800 songs in his iTunes library.

Frankie Garcia

Freshman, Pre-Neurosci & Cognitive Sci.

Madison Bigham

Freshman, Anthropology.

Jordan Gotwalt

Freshman, Pre-Neurosci & Cognitive Sci.

Jordan is a current Neuroscience and Cognitive Science major with a minor in math. In her spare time, she enjoys tinkering, reading books, and doing logic puzzles.

Ben Barnett

Junior, Chemical Engineering.

Fabian Medina

Graduate Student, Mechanical Engineering.

Daniel Bish

Freshman, Mathematics.

Jimmy Tran

Junior, Electrical & Computer Engineering

Faculty Advisor

Dr. Paul Blowers

Chemical and Environmental Engineering.

University Distinguished Professor.

His research interests include pedagogically based instructional innovation, using quantum chemistry techniques to characterize the environmental footprint of chemicals before they are widely deployed for use, and life-cycle assessments of technology and product choices. Outside of his work life, he is father to two children, bikes more than 3,500 miles a year, reads 53+ books per year and is learning to play the piano on his own. Paul likes to cook, create new recipes, play table tennis, and do random adventures by bicycle. Source. ACUE

Horatio Magellan Crunch

Horatio Magellan Crunch is a new member who provides the club's emotional support. He hasn't figured out his major, in fact, he hasn't even enrolled in the university yet, but maybe he'll get there someday. He hopes to study nutrition. In his free time, Horatio likes to sail, eat sugary cereal and avoid taking a bath.

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