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Thomas Denewiler Nima Ghods Project Manager Andrew Meares Electrical & Mechanical Team Lead Thomas Denewiler Software & Controls Team Lead Paul Wisecaver Administrative Team Lead Conrad Salinas Embedded Systems Specialist Jenny Wise Finance Coordinator Gideon Prior Computer Vision & Public Relations Greg Mills Mechanical Bryan Urquhart Mechanical & Software Design Kevin Chen Electrical Chris Barngrover Software Software & Controls Team Lead Degree: M.S. Mechanical Engineering School: University of California, San Diego Degree: B.S. Mechanical Engineering   Extracurricular Activities   Software & Controls Lead Developed architecture for multiple, networked modules to work together including navigation, planning and vision systems and a GUI for testing. Assisted with mechanical and electrical design and fabrication. Big Brothers and Sisters, San Diego County - Mentor   Current Employment   Systems Engineer SPAWAR Working on ground, air and surface vehicles and the related command and control systems. Responsible for vehicle modernization program to upgrade sensors and vehicle design. Design hardware testing environment and tasks including test track and wireless network to cover the test area. Design and fabricate system for autonomously launching, landing, refueling and relaunching a small VTOL unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). Wrote software to command multiple UAVs on missions including automated landing and refueling that was integrated with existing command and control software. Wrote software to detect UAV landing on AUMS platform and to automatically and safely refuel UAV.