Mentor Expertise Areas AcousticsAerodynamics and Fluid MechanicsAeroelasticity and Structural DynamicsAirline OperationsArtificial Intelligence and Machine LearningAstronaut TrainingAutonomy and RoboticsAvionics, Electronics and TelecommunicationsBusiness Operations, Administration, and ManagementDesign and ManufacturingFixed Wing Aircraft SystemsFlight Dynamics and ControlHuman FactorsInternational AffairsMaterials and StructuresModeling and SimulationPropulsion and PowerPublic PolicyRotorcraft SystemsSoftware EngineeringSpace Systems and OperationsStartups and Venture CapitalSystems EngineeringUnmanned Aircraft Systems Focus Areas Advice for graduate schoolBusiness DevelopmentCareer Fair PrepInternship and full-time offer successInterview PrepLeadershipNetworkingResume ReviewsWork-life balanceAdvice to maximize success at GTEntrepreneurshipGeneral career mentoringGovernment agency career perspective (e.g. NASA, FAA, ONR, etc.)Mental 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 Senior Director of Business Development, Astrobotic Technology Katie Blake Senior Flight Test Engineer and Company Test Pilot, Moog Avionics Simon I. Briceno Chief Commercial Officer, 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 Global Robotics and Physical AI Leader at EY Charles Domercant Senior Research Engineer, Georgia Tech Research Institute Hunter Dreidame Program Manager at Google Ebru Hagen Director, Commercial Engines Continuous Business Improvement, RTX / Pratt & Whitney Tim Hamel, PMP Senior Director, Laboratory Equipment at Thermo Fisher Scientific Josh Ingersoll Senior Manager - Government Lasercom Products, Amazon LEO for Government Solutions Stephanie Introne Space Enterprise Optimization Analyst, The Aerospace Corporation 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 Deputy Government Flight Test Director and Engineering Test Pilot, 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 Airbus Fleet Engineering, Delta Airlines Michael Portman Senior Aerospace Engineer - Recorder Specialist, National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) Tejas Puranik Senior Engineering Data Scientist, Boeing Kishen Raghunath Principal, American Center for Manufacturing & Innovation Capital Group John Rusin General Manager - Liaison Engineering, Delta Air Lines 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 Founder and CEO of Third Segment LLC Retired from Airbus, US DoD, and Raytheon 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 Senior Research Engineer, Earthly Dynamics Corporation Gary Weissel Managing Officer, Tronos Aviation Consulting, Inc. Aimee Williams Staff Systems Engineer at GE Aerospace Catherine Wright VP Brand and Communications, BWX Technologies Doug Wright Lead Systems Engineer, L3Harris Mark Yerger MDY Services LLC (Owner) Retired, SVP FedEx Express