The Team

ARG26 System Leads

Ryan Lee
Ryan Lee
Team Lead · Mechanical Engineering '26
Amanda Backholm
Amanda Backholm
Chassis Lead · Mechanical Engineering '26
William Baumoel
William Baumoel
Chassis Lead · Mechanical Engineering '26
Jacob Gonzalez
Jacob Gonzalez
Powertrain Lead · Mechanical Engineering '26
Jolene Gagliano
Jolene Gagliano
Business Lead · ECE '26
Subteams

Ten systems, built by students.

Every member sits on one of these teams with real ownership over a piece of the car.

Accumulator

Will HutterLead
  • Jimmy Kurtis
  • Jeremy Simon
  • Aryaman Roongta
  • Tavan Bhatia
  • Raidul Islam

Aerodynamics

Helen LairdLead
  • Lilly Varon
  • Montse McCoy
  • Kate Ainley-Zoll

Business

Cameron HarveyLead
  • Caroline Moskal
  • Alex Baker
  • Amrita Talwar
  • Parker McLaughlin
  • Sujan Munver
  • Usanbolor Amartuvshin
  • Sayee Edekar
  • Davis Rattanavijai
  • Sean Tao
  • Ava Johnson
  • Kate Collard

Ergonomics

Claire McKechnieLead
  • Usanbolor Amartuvshin
  • James King
  • Tennyson Nelson

Firmware

Mark FranklinLead
  • Aneesh Naresh
  • Amrita Talwar
  • Sean Tao

Low Voltage

Kailey YeLead
  • Liam Lahar
  • Isabel Chan
  • Sean Tao
  • Sayee Edekar
  • Keira Chen
  • Arielle Huang
  • Nate Harris

Monocoque

Isabel ChangLead
  • Kate Collard

Powertrain Peripherals

Leah GlasserLead
  • Alex Baker
  • Adair Bluman
  • Nathaniel Su
  • Christina Huang
  • Lauren McKechnie
  • Yolanda Zhou

Suspension

Sujan MunverLead
  • Junseok Kang
  • Yassine Coulibaly
  • Davis Rattanavijai
  • Keira He
  • Ava Johnson

Unsprung

Sam ZhenLead
  • Aarian Mepani
  • Parker McLaughlin
  • Caroline Moskal
  • Theresa Franklin
  • Nicholas Gavalas
  • Jawad Mohamed
Class of Next Year

New Members

Benzon Zhuo
Aven Li
Sam Hunter
Stephen Cannizzo
Hagen Lu
Sean Li
Ilana Yousuf
Teddy Duncker
Valerie Shu
Emily Ng
Charlotte Filer
Shadman Syed
Aidan Moller
Ethan Gu
Sydney Mallow
Daniel Wtorkowski
John Richard Callister
Advisors

John Richard Callister

Faculty Advisor · MAE Department

John Callister holds a joint appointment in the Sibley School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering and the School of Operations Research and Industrial Engineering, and serves as the Harvey Kinzelberg Director of Entrepreneurship in Engineering at Cornell, where he's taught since 1999. Before Cornell, he spent eight years at General Motors working on aerodynamics, engine cooling, air conditioning, and wind noise.

jc62@cornell.edu