Meet The ROCCstarts

Meet The ROCCstarts

Kayla Woods

Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Senior

Kayla is a fifth-year student who has experience in the renewable energy field through her internship with Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy, and is also a Teaching Assistant for the Aerospace Design 1 Capstone course. Kayla also has leadership experience as Fundraising Lead for the Engineers Without Borders Nepal Team.


Tom Rice-Bladykas

Tom Rice-Bladykas

Electrical Engineering, Senior

Tom is a fifth-year Electrical Engineering student, interested heavily in digital design, semiconductor research, and circuit integration. Outside of the classroom, he spends his free time volunteering for Generational Relief In Prosthetics (GRiP) as a research captain. His day job focuses on critical communications infrastructure and data communications equipment.


Jack Carmody

Mechanical Engineering, Senior

Jack is a fourth year Mechanical Engineering major with a minor in Business Administration. Outside of IPPD, Jack has experience as a Teaching assistant for the Computer Aided Graphics & Design course and as an intern for Triumph Group


Headshot of Quinton Wiebe

Quinton Wiebe

Computer Science (Physics Minor), Senior

Outside of IPPD, Quinton holds a research position under Dr. Alireza Entezari in the UF CISE department aiming to significantly increase the computational efficiency of the Model Based Iterative Reconstruction (MBIR) method for generating CT images. Prior to this, he has had experience in biomedical engineering, data science, and experimental physics.