Our Mission

Executive board

Structures

Energetics

Driverless

Marketing & Outreach

Race Ops

Finance

25e/24a

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.

Ayush Garg

VP of Energetics

Kavya Casula

VP of Finance

Kenji Espinoza

VP of Structures

Luna Lee

VP of Marketing and Outreach

Max Kramer

President

Quintin Ross

VP of Race Ops

Trisha Samba

VP of Driverless

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

Alexander Blasberg

VD Director

Beatrice Schroeder

AC Mechanical

Cooper Anglin

Powertrain

Felicia Lee

Driver Interface

Jackson Niheu

Monocoque Manufacturing

Krishnav Goyal

Electrical Integration

Nathaniel Bergman

Suspension

Ronan Tolla

Monocoque Design

Tommy Gordon

Aerodynamics

Structures Members

Achyut Prakash

Aerodynamics

Adam de la Houssaye

Monocoque

Aiden Jin

Monocoque

Akshay Joshi

Aerodynamics

Alex Leung

Monocoque

Alex Smith

Suspension

Ananya Pamal

Aerodynamics

Ashley Hu

Electrical Integration

Asope Kuyinu

Driver Interface

Avery Xia

Aerodynamics

Ayan Ghosh

Monocoque

Beatrice Schroeder

Monocoque

Beatrice Schroeder

Electrical Integration

Bennett Matthews

Aerodynamics

Bennett Wong

Aerodynamics

Caleb Lin

Aerodynamics

Carolina Warring

Suspension

Cathy Deng

Driver Interface

Chris Dycus

Electrical Integration

Chris Saucedo

Aerodynamics

Cole Drake

Powertrain

Cyrus Abraham

Aerodynamics

Danny Fiskin

Powertrain

Diya Nerurkar

Aerodynamics

Eliot Isenberg

Powertrain

Garima Bansal

Powertrain

Grayson Wileman

Monocoque

Helen Wang

Powertrain

Henry Diaz

Powertrain

Ian Morales

Suspension

Ishan Binu Sainudeen

Aerodynamics

Jackson Landy

Suspension

Jan Andretta

Powertrain

Jason Malik

Suspension

Jessica Wang

Monocoque

Joshua Tsang

Structures

Julian Sanchez

Powertrain

Kai Caothien

Aerodynamics

Kai Collins

Driver Interface

Kavya Casula

Aerodynamics

Kelvin Dong

Monocoque

Kenji Espinoza

Monocoque

Kevin Xu

Driver Interface

Krishnav Goyal

Driver Interface

Lana Portanova

Monocoque

Lana Portanova

Aerodynamics

Lukas Vargas

Electrical Integration

Luna Lee

Driver Interface

Mady Eidman

Monocoque

Mady Eidman

Driver Interface

Manu Amundsen

Powertrain

Max Kramer

Monocoque

Melinda Chen

Monocoque

Michael Huynh

Electrical Integration

Michael Molina

Suspension

Natalie Chang

Aerodynamics

Nate Bergman

Suspension

Noah Detiege

Monocoque

Owen Weltchek

Electrical Integration

Rahul Dube

Aerodynamics

Reagan Hamilton

Monocoque

Rishon Baiju

Suspension

Rishon Baiju

Aerodynamics

Ronan Tolla

Monocoque

Ronan Tolla

Suspension

Sascha Kudrytski

Powertrain

Sena Flo

Aerodynamics

Sheri Zhang

Monocoque

Taara Kuriyan

Aerodynamics

Tyler Schweitzer

Aerodynamics

Ufuk Kilinic

Monocoque

Vincent Chen

Aerodynamics

Warren Tamarree

Suspension

Alexander Blasberg

VD Director

Beatrice Schroeder

AC Mechanical

Cooper Anglin

Powertrain

Felicia Lee

Driver Interface

Jackson Niheu

Monocoque Manufacturing

Krishnav Goyal

Electrical Integration

Nathaniel Bergman

Suspension

Ronan Tolla

Monocoque Design

Tommy Gordon

Aerodynamics

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 Nadgir

Tractive Systems

Camden Hegarty

Grounded Low Voltage

Dhrithi Rachepalli

Special Projects

Jasmine Li

Data Acquisition

Nidhi Vadlamudi

Firmware

Saisha Kartik

Controls

Vanessa Lam

Accumulator

Energetics Members

Adie Guo

Grounded Low Voltage

Adie Guo

Special Projects

Akshaj Sharma

Grounded Low Voltage

Albert Luo

Firmware

Alexis Luo

Data Acquisition

Alison Ding

Firmware

Alison Ding

Data Acquisition

Ashley Yuan

Grounded Low Voltage

Ashley Yuan

Special Projects

Ayush Garg

DV Electrical

Clarence Choy

Special Projects

Daniel Lopex

Data Acquisition

Edwin Li

Data Acquisition

Evan Wu

Accumulator

Hridayam Tusnial

Data Acquisition

James Lin

Accumulator

Jasmine Li

Grounded Low Voltage

Jason Huang

Data Acquisition

Jeffrey Liu

Accumulator

Jeffrey Shen

Firmware

Kaveh Fayyazi

Firmware

Kelvin Dong

Special Projects

Kevin Wang

Firmware

Liam Merino

Firmware

Liam Merino

Special Projects

Lucca Rodrigues

Data Acquisition

Luna Lee

Controls

May Paek

Firmware

Nadia Palar

Firmware

Nick Yaeger

Grounded Low Voltage

Nick Yaeger

Special Projects

Nick Yaeger

Data Acquisition

Rohan Ganesh

Grounded Low Voltage

Samuel Sun

Controls

Sharia Farhan

Tractive Systems

Sidharth Srivastava

Energetics

Sophia Deng

Grounded Low Voltage

Sophia Deng

Special Projects

Sophia Deng

Data Acquisition

Tanish Bengani

Data Acquisition

Tedd Jung

Firmware

Thomas Sorensen

Firmware

Tomas Brito Goncalves

Data Acquisition

Vanessa Lam

Special Projects

Vera Yu

Firmware

Victor Li

Accumulator

Vitor Morgensztern

Data Acquisition

Vivaan Sawant

Tractive Systems

Anvita Nadgir

Tractive Systems

Camden Hegarty

Grounded Low Voltage

Dhrithi Rachepalli

Special Projects

Jasmine Li

Data Acquisition

Nidhi Vadlamudi

Firmware

Saisha Kartik

Controls

Vanessa Lam

Accumulator

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

Alex Yoon

DV Electrical

Arya Lohia

Perceptions

Chris Su

Controls

Mady Eidman

DV Mechanical

Matthew Rao

Software Architecture

Richard Zhang

Path Planning

Driverless Members

Aadhavan Kumaran

Path Planning

Adam de la Houssaye

DV Mechanical

Adie Guo

Path Planning

Aditya Dewan

Path Planning

Alana Pereira

Controls

Alex Dietrich

Controls

Alexander Blasberg

DV Mechanical

Alexis Luo

DV Mechanical

Angela Shen

DV Electrical

Anthony Honeine

Path Planning

Anthony Yip

Controls

Anvita Agarwal

DV Electrical

Anvita Nadgir

DV Electrical

Arin Bhandari

Controls

Arya Lohia

DV Mechanical

Ashank Manda

Software Architecture

Ayush Garg

DV Electrical

Benjamin Chen

DV Mechanical

Cyprus Gop

DV Mechanical

Daniel Nguyen

Path Planning

Daniela Bellido

Path Planning

Divya Gupta

Software Architecture

Diya Nerurkar

DV Mechanical

Doris Wang

Path Planning

Hailey Kim

DV Mechanical

Husain Raja

Perceptions

Ian Youn

Path Planning

Ishayu Shikare

Controls

Jack Fallows

Software Architecture

Jasmine Li

DV Electrical

Jojo Li

Path Planning

Joshua Yang

Path Planning

Krish Mody

Path Planning

Maggie Chen

Software Architecture

Mahika Varma

Controls

Manan Agarwal

Driverless

Nanaki Singh

Perceptions

Natalie Chang

DV Mechanical

Nico Piken

DV Mechanical

Owen Lu

Controls

Sagar Gupta

Controls

Saket Kulkarni

Perceptions

Shreya Kalavur

DV Electrical

Stanley Yin

Perceptions

Thomas Zhang

DV Mechanical

Tim Wang

Software Architecture

Trisha Samba

DV Mechanical

Ufuk Kilinc

DV Mechanical

Victoria Han

Path Planning

Vikram Mani

DV Electrical

Wayne Mei

Controls

Alex Yoon

DV Electrical

Arya Lohia

Perceptions

Chris Su

Controls

Mady Eidman

DV Mechanical

Matthew Rao

Software Architecture

Richard Zhang

Path Planning

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

Maddie Philhower

Design

Mario Grugan

Media

Marketing & Outreach Members

Alexander Blasberg

Media

Bella Alt

Media

Brandt Melville

Design

Jason (Xuze) Shao

Media

Jean Chen

Design

Joey Zeng

Media

Karis Choe

Design

Luna Lee

Design

Luna Lee

Media

Rebecca Rotenberg

Design

Sena Flo

Media

Serena Cai

Design

Sonya He

Design

Sophia Deng

media

Sophia Deng

Design

T'Ana Moore

Media

Taara Kuryan

Media

Timothy Yang

Design

Zoe Robinson

Media

Zoe Robinson

Design

Maddie Philhower

Design

Mario Grugan

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

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

Luna Lee

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

Kavya Casula

Finance

Lana Portanova

Finance

Mady Eidman

Finance

Quintin Ross

Finance

Sean Richards

Finance