THE TEAM
2020-2021
WHO IS TAR?
We are a team composed of about 40 members spread out through five sub-teams: Hardware, Computer Vision, Controls, Simulations, and Business. Currently, all sub-teams are working towards making Mission 9 a success!
President
Archer Hasbany
Vice President
Ben Miller
Project Managers
The hardware team is responsible for designing and manufacturing the drone, including any mission-specific add-ons, and any props needed for physical testing
Team Leads
John Sherar & Ishani Narwankar
COMPUTER VISION
Everything to do with how the drone visualizes it's surrounding. The computer vision team is constantly researching new AI methods for optimizing drone visuals
Team Lead
Gauraang Dhamankar
CONTROLS
The controls team writes all of the code involved in flight path management using ROS. Controls "controls" how the drone maneuvers to reach different locations
SIMULATIONS
Team Lead
Brian Menezes
The simulations subteam runs all of the simulations used for testing the computer vision and flight planning code - a pivotal part of diagnosing bugs before physical testing
Team Lead
Preston Hart
BUSINESS
Business is in charge of everything from industry sponsorship to event planning to social media
Team Lead
Enrique Leo-Lim