Mentor Expertise Areas AcousticsAerodynamics or Fluid MechanicsAerospace Specifications Airline SafetyAstronaut TrainingAviation Compliance and SafetyBusiness Operations, Administration, and ManagementCommercial and business aviation business operations, forecasting, market dynamics, certification & maintenance.Commercial AviationCommercial Space BusinessCommercial Space Business AdministrationCorporate OperationsDesign and ManufacturingDesign for Manufacturing ElectronicsGeometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing International trade, public policy, export regulations, export classification, international affairsManagement and LeadershipOperations; Trust & Safety; ManufacturingOptimization of Space Mission Architectures Propulsion and PowerPublic PolicyRadio Frequency SystemsRotorcraft SystemsSpace LawSpace PolicySpace System LicensingSpace Systems and OperationsSpacecraft Design and TestingSpaceflight OperationsSpacesuitsStartups and Venture CapitalStartups, Venture Capital, Deep Tech InvestingTelecommunication SystemsTurbine Airfoil design of commercial aircraft enginesAirline OperationsAutonomy or RoboticsDesign of Complex Vehicles and/or SystemsFixed Wing Aircraft SystemsFlight Dynamics or Control SystemsHuman FactorsModeling and SimulationPropulsion Systems for Aircraft or SpacecraftRotorcraft or Vertical Flight SystemsSoftware Engineering or AvionicsSpace SystemsStructures, Materials, or Structural DynamicsSystems EngineeringUAS (Unmanned Aerial Systems) Focus Areas Advice related to graduate schoolAI Product DevelopmentAirline Commercial AviationBusiness DevelopmentCareer Fair PrepCareer fair prep, Interview Prep, Resume reviewsCombustion DynamicsEnvironmental Control and Life Support SystemInternship and full-time offer successInterview PrepMobility EnginesMock InterviewsPropulsionResume ReviewsSpace Program ManagementSpace vehicle and ground hardware systemsWork-life balanceAdvice related to maximizing success at GTEntrepreneurial perspectivesGeneral career mentoringGovernment Agency (e.g. NASA, FAA, ONR, etc.) career perspectivesMental health awarenessMilitary career optionsNon-AE career optionsOpportunities for Non-US CitizensPrivate industry career perspectives Laura Acierno Senior Engineer at GE Aerospace Roland Barnes Senior Director of Quality, Pratt & Whitney Sean Bedford Director of Business Development at Astrobotic Technology Katie Blake Flight Test Engineer and Company Test Pilot, Genesys Aerosystems Simon I. Briceno Chief Commercial Officer at Jaunt Air Mobility Derrick Brown Capture Team Lead-Business Development, Boeing Edward V Byrns Jr. Head of Climate and Weather at Atrium Underwriters Leon Chen NASA ISS & CLDP ECLS Subsystem Manager The Aerospace Corporation Youngjun Choi Director of Advanced AI and Robotics at UPS Advanced Technology Group Charles Domercant Senior Research Engineer at Georgia Tech Research Institute Hunter Dreidame Program Manager at Google Ebru Hagen Director, Commercial Engines Business Improvement at Pratt & Whitney Tim Hamel, PMP Senior Director, Laboratory Equipment at Thermo Fisher Scientific Josh Ingersoll Senior Manager - Government Lasercom Products, Amazon - Kuiper Government Solutions Stephanie Introne Technical Staff, The Aerospace Corporation’s Space Enterprise Design and Optimization Department (SEDOD) Jesse Kallman Founder & CEO of Danti Cynthia Kirby Aviation Maintenance Instructor at US Aviation Group Kendra Kirkland Management Officer (Foreign Service), U.S. Department of State LCDR Jillian J. Lewis Engineering Test Pilot and Project Officer at U.S. Navy Sandra "Sandy" Magnus Professor of the Practice Kavya Kamal Manyapu Lunar Surface Operations and Training, NASA Adjunct Professor, Department of Space Studies at University of North Dakota Ethan Maretich Director, Trade Compliance at Microsoft Anne Patterson Founder & CEO Women's Telehealth Niya Perry General Manager of Delta Air Lines’ Airbus Fleet Engineering team Michael Portman Accident Investigator and Recorder Specialist at the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) Tejas Puranik Senior Engineering Data Scientist at Boeing Kishen Raghunath Principal, American Center for Manufacturing & Innovation Capital Group John Rusin General Manager of Avionics Engineering and Aircraft Cybersecurity Natasha Lydia Schatzman Aerospace Engineer, NASA Ames Research Center Toyin Shodiya Senior Program Manager for Blue Origin's New Glenn Orbital Space Program Amanda Simpson Consultant (Aerospace, Energy, and DEI) Former V.P. Airbus Americas, Former Deputy Secretary of Defense at U.S. DOD Harshini Sivakumar MBA Student, Harvard Business School Robert Sprayberry Airframe Section Manager, Federal Aviation Administration Charlie Tyndall Principal Engineer, Pratt & Whitney Sabrina Ussery Senior Systems Engineer, Amazon Jake Wachlin Research Engineer at the Earthly Dynamics Corporation Gary Weissel Managing Officer at Tronos Aviation Consulting, Inc. Aimee Williams Staff Systems Engineer at GE Aerospace Catherine Wright Founder and CEO of Indigo Strategic Consulting Doug Wright Lead Systems Engineer, L3Harris Mark Yerger MDY Services LLC (Owner) Retired, SVP FedEx Express
