Olivia Bogna

President, Team Lead

Olivia Bogna

Senior, Mechanical Engineering

Oversees team operations and is the liaison to NASA, the university, and the crew. She supports the technical leads, keeps sub-teams resourced, and holds the work to a professional standard.

o.bogna@vikes.csuohio.edu
Ben Kraft

Vice President, Project Manager

Ben Kraft

Sophomore, Mechanical Engineering

Directs design, manufacturing, and assembly. His work also drives the experimental motor program beyond this competition.

b.a.kraft@vikes.csuohio.edu
Secretary, Payload Lead, portrait to be posted

Secretary, Payload Lead

Jonah Kilo

Sophomore, Mechanical Engineering

Needs to be filled in.

Sabastian Kotar

Structures Lead, Treasurer

Sabastian Kotar

Sophomore, Mechanical Engineering

Structural design and fabrication, and the club books. Works with sub-teams so the airframe meets requirements, holds, and is toleranced honestly.

2918688@vikes.csuohio.edu
Eric Magvas

Co-President, Deputy Team Lead

Eric Magvas

Senior, Physics and Mechanical Engineering

Co-founder. Stakeholder outreach, recruitment, and keeping sub-teams on the competition calendar. Ohio Space Grant Consortium scholar. His research in additive manufacturing for nuclear electric propulsion informs how we design and fabricate.

e.magvas@vikes.csuohio.edu
Abdullah Shariff

Vehicle Lead

Abdullah Shariff

Senior, Mechanical Engineering

Founding member. Aerodynamic analysis, CFD, mechanical design, and NASA research. Owns the vehicle from drawing through integration, testing, and flight.

a.shariff@vikes.csuohio.edu