Meet the People Behind AVT
Penn State Advanced Vehicle Team brings together faculty advisors, industry mentors, graduate researchers, and student leaders working across vehicle systems, connected and automated vehicles, propulsion, software, hardware, safety, testing, and project management.
Meet Our Student LeadersAVT Lead Faculty Advisors and GM Mentor
Faculty and industry mentors provide technical guidance, program leadership, and support for AVT’s engineering activities.
Gary Neal
Brian Zajac
Jason Ekelmann
AVT Advisors
AVT benefits from expertise across autonomous vehicles, controls, robotics, artificial intelligence, transportation, cybersecurity, and systems engineering.
Sean Brennan
Autonomous VehiclesDonald Ebeigbe
Controls & RoboticsEric Reischer
ARL R&D Engineer / ITSatadaru Dey
Systems Controls & RoboticsMadhusudan Singh
Artificial Intelligence, Blockchain Technology & Cyber SecurityRomulo Meira Goes
Control and Decision Systems; Security and PrivacyXianbiao (XB) Hu
Transportation EngineeringIlya Kovalenko
Systems Controls & RoboticsTeam Leads
AVT’s team leads coordinate technical development, integration, project execution, and collaboration across the student organization.
Mutasim Quraishi
James Christian Williams
Student Leaders
Student leaders coordinate AVT’s technical and operational work across safety, software, project management, hardware, CAV, propulsion, and supporting engineering activities.
Lodovico De Ponti
Ahmad Darami
Cole Kvasnak
Michal Zdanowicz
Sakineh Khodadadi
Arifur Khandoker
Kasra Sinaei
Ali Noureldeen
Want to Work With the AVT Team?
Meet our student leaders, attend a regular team meeting, and explore the technical areas where you can contribute.