OREC Student Research Assistants
Laci Landon
Laci is a Junior in the MMET program with a minor in biology and is active as a research assistant on the 3BOE and AGPV projects.
Sydni Nakamura
Sydni is a Senior in the MMET program with a minor in biology and is active as a research assistant on the AGPV project.
Lane Hughes
Lane is a Senior in the MMET program and is active as a research assistant on the AGPV project.
Brody Miller
Brody is a Junior in the MMET program and is active as a research assistant on the 3BOE project.
Gabe Preston
Gabe is a Junior in the MMET program and is active as a research assistant on the CCAI project.
Ian Bermudez Rivera
Ian is a Senior is the EERE program and is active as a research assistant on the AGPV project.
Mohsin Al Mufargi
Mohsin recently graduated from the REE program and was a research assistant on the AGPV project and completed a senior project related to AGPV.
Greer Gonzolez
Greer is a Junior in the MMET program and is active as a research assistant on the CCAI project.
Josh Moore
Josh is a sophomore in the REE program and is a part of the OREC student workers and Association of Energy Engineers Club, working on a model water desalination and purification plant through the club.
Rayan Saggaf
Rayan recently graduated from the REE program and was a research assistant on the AGPV project and completed a senior project related to AGPV.
Alessandro Zago
Alessandro recently graduated from the REE program as an international student from Italy and was a research assistant on the AGPV project and completed a senior project related to AGPV as well. He is now working at Soleeva Energy Inc in San Jose, California.
Vitaliy Tveritin
Vitaly recently graduated from the REE and EERE programs and was a research assistant on the AGPV project and designed and built the planter boxes for the AGPV mini-dome. He also implemented the power system for the irrigation in the dome. He is currently interning at Kiewit and hopes to get his FE and PE certifications soon.
Roni Rountree
Roni graduated from the MMET program and was a research assistant on the AGPV and 3BOE research projects his senior year and a bow design project and composite belly pan project his junior year. Roni also assisted in the design for the 2022 Baja SAE vehicle suspension design. After graduation, he began pursuing a masters in materials science and engineering and is currently involved in research of mathematical modeling of aluminum welds at Lehigh University.
John Sarna
John graduated from the EERE program and was a research assistant on the AGPV project.
OREC Student Projects
Autonomous Hydroponic NFT System – Senior Project 2019
This system uses solar power to run
Electrically Converted Volkswagen Beetle
The Beetle was converted from gasoline to electric for a senior project and is still in the OREC projects lab.
Mobile Solar Tracking Frames
A set of mobile solar frames that track and move according to maximum solar light intensity to maximize the amount of energy the panels can absorb.
PEPE: Pure Electric Powered Engine
Pepe is a sparrow electric vehicle that is a limited production electric car from the early 2000’s. It was a senior project to get it controller upgrade to improve reliability and data acquisition. The manufacturing specs include 20kW continuous (26HP) 8” series DC motor batteries: 156VDC from 13 x 12V deep cycle lead acid and a Top speed of 70MPH and range: 20-30 miles, Fuel Efficiency of 4.8mi/kWh (162mpg)
AGPV Mini-Dome
This dome was created as a small prototype scale for the AGPV research project as a senior project and as presented at the 2023 Ideafest.
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