Team

Student Leaders / Team Members / Faculty Advisors / Additional Mentors / Alumni

The EcoMakers are an international, diverse team of undergraduate and graduates, faculty advisors and additional university mentors across various schools at Purdue University.

Student Leaders↑

Haley Moore:Serves as the Project Manager and Co-team lead for the Front Drivetrain team. She is a graduate student in Mechanical Engineering Technology and will be researching designs for hybrid exhaust systems with a biodiesel engine. As an undergraduate, she interned with General Motors in Bowling Green and General Electric in Louisville, Kentucky and was a member of Phi Sigma Rho.
Ashish Vora: Ashish is the Technical team lead for the EcoMakers and is pursuing a PhD. in Mechanical Engineering focusing on automotive powertrain control.
Chris Rhoades:Currently resides as Front Drivetrain team leader for the EcoMakers and is pursuing a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering Technology. Chris graduated in 2011 with a MS degree from Western Carolina University in Engineering Technology with a focus on 3D metrology, and in 2009 with a BS degree in M.E.T. from WCU.
Haotian Wu: As the Ecomaker's Controls team lead, Haotian works with Controls and CAN system and is a Ph.D student in Mechanical Engineering of Technology focusing on powertrain design and control sytem integration. He has a strong background in vehicle engineering and various industrial-university joint research experience.
Adam Fogarty: Adam is the Rear Drivetrain team leader. He is responsible for installation of the electric motor into rear axle of vehicle, high voltage battery pack storage design and integration, integration of power electronics into rear of vehicle, design of custom rear axle sub frame,and design and integration of rear drivetrain thermal management system.
Bilwa Jadhav: Bilwa is working as the electrical team lead and focusing on overall HV integration and simulation. She finished her undergrad in '12 with a degree in Electronics and Telecomm and is currently pursuing her Master's in Mechanical Engineering. She has spent time as an intern with ABO - Power Electronics Global Design Centre of Cummins India Limited.
Josh Petty: Works as one of the Communication Co-Managers for the EcoMakers and is a senior studying Public Relations and Advertising with a minor in Organizatinoal Leadership. This is Josh's first year with the team, bringing a strong background in public relations, marketing,and video production to the Ecomaker's outreach strategy.
Lauren Berghoff: In her first year with the team, Lauren stands as one of the Communication Co-Managers working exclusively with event coordination and media relations. Lauren brings a personable presence with high energy to the team. Her past experience includes time spent working in Public Relations in Los Angeles, California.
Jose Viana: Jose is a fourth year engineering technology student majoring in Mechanical Engineering Technology and minoring in Business. He is expected to graduate in the fall of 2013 and will be attending graduate school at Purdue University to pursue a Masters in Sustainable Energy Systems.Currently Jose is leading the Business team in balancing the budget and seeking new sponsors.
Joseph Maddy: Joe studies Organizational Leadership and Supervision and works as apart of the EcoMaker Business Team. In particular, Joe focuses on sponsors relations and risk analysis. In his second year with the team, Joe has established himself as a real leadership presence and continues to build campus relations here at Purdue University.
   


Team Members ↑

First Last Major
Munadir Ahmed ME
Ruchika Bajaj EE
Eric Barber ME
Aaron Boltz EE
Qingyu Bu ME
Jordan Butler ME
Minyu Cai ME
Yongbum Cho ME
Zhi Jian Chong ME
Katie Daugherty MET
Jinzhao Feng ME
Rachael Ferguson Management
Michael Frey MET
Xuelei Han EE
Menglong Hao ME
Kuan Hua ME
Santiago Ibarra AE
James Issac EE
Bilwa Jadhav ME
Alex Jones MET
Michael Kastner MET
Tzu-Chuan Lee AE
Kevin Lee MET
Tong Li ME
Mochen Li MET
Michael Lie ME
Tainwei Liu ME
Chenhao Ma ME
Joseph Maddy OLS
Jasmine Mcgee BIO
Eshamogbo Ojuba ME
Kevin Oswald ME
Kruten Patel MET
Julia Penafiel ME
Yili Qian ME
Chenyang Qu CS
Chris Rhoades MET
Alois Schmid MET
Andrew Sears MET
Andrew Senetar ECE
Nicholas Shearer MET
Nathan Smart ME
Inhan Song MET
Garret Spencer MET
Kuanhua Su MET
Brandon Thayer ME
Jose Viana Jr. MET
Asish Vora ME
Alex Wallace ME
Shih-Chieh/td> Wang ME
Chuang Wang ME
Ian Waterfield-Copeland MET
Yifu Wu ME
Haotian Wu VE
Yangqiao Zheng ME
Dachuan Zhou ME
Yi Zhu ME
Wenjie Zhuang ME


Faculty Advisors ↑

 Vahid Motevalli: Professor of Mechanical Engineering Technology and lead faculty advisor for the team.
Gregory Shaver: Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering, leading engine control and overall mechanical systems.
Oleg Wasynczuk: Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, advising the team on power electronics and the electric motor and controller.
Haiyan (Henry) H. Zhang: Assistant Professor of mechanical engineering technology, overseeing the modeling and simulation and work on the vehicle's transmission.
Peter Meckl: Professor of Mechanical Engineering, overseeing work in power train controls and diagnostics.
Eric Dietz, Associate Professor of Computer and Information Technology, leading work on batteries and computer and information systems
 
 

Additional Mentors ↑

Galen King: Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Maryam Seedifard: Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Alumni↑

Yu Feng Hung:When with the Ecomakers,Yu helped the development of the plant model of HIL for the EcoMakers. He also worked as a Research Assistant in MET with Dr. Zhang on hybrid electric vehicle powertrain architecture and transmission.
Whitney Belt:While at Purdue, Whitney served as an engineering GRA through EcoCar and as a research assistant. He served on the steering committee and led the Energy Storage System design as well as helped out with all of the other areas on the project.