Hello everyone, welcome to our IPPD blog! We are Team 09, sponsored by GE Aerospace and coached by Dr. Bruce Carroll. Our mission is to develop a waste heat recovery system for hypersonic propulsion. 

This week we introduced ourselves, met outside of class to start discussing our project, and met with our coach. We’re looking forward to tackling this ambitious project! Be on the lookout for our official team name and logo coming soon! 

Meet our team: 

• Simon Gil Estiz – Mechanical Engineering
• Naman Goyal – Mechanical Engineering 
• Michelle Gutierrez – Materials Science & Engineering 
• Phillip Lipman – Aerospace Engineering 
• Nicolas Riveros – Mechanical Engineering 
• Kevin Rubin – Mechanical Engineering 
• Aaron Song – Computer Engineering