Shadowfax was designed and built by Carolyn Estrada, Nik Martelaro, Scott Henkelman, and Arul Suresh.
Carolyn Estrada is a second year Master's student in mechanical engineering. She graduates in June and will be starting with Fitbit this summer. She enjoys building things and coding. Throughout her Master's program, she has been researching engineering education, with an emphasis in entrepreneurship programs for undergraduate engineers. She received her Bachelor's degree at Texas A&M University and loves college football and barbecue. Carolyn's not a native Texan, but got to Texas as fast as she could.
Nik is a 2nd year PhD student at Stanford's Center for Design Research DesignX lab. His interests focus on mechatronics prototpying, product design, and human-robot interaction design. In the past, Nik has built all kinds of mechanical and electrical devices including a miniature steam engine, an automotive data aquisition system, and an interactive prototyping robot.
Born and raised outside of Philadelphia, Scott went to Princeton to run track and field and get a BSE in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering. After graduating he spent two years in Singapore teaching mechanical engineering to 17-20 year-olds, as well as traveling around the region whenever possible. Now he's in his second year of an MSME program and hoping to find a job in the near future! He can be contacted at [email protected].
Arul grew up in Cupertino, CA, and completed a BSE in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at Princeton. He's now in the first year of a PhD program; interests include controls, robotics, and mechatronics. Arul enjoys machining/building things, programming, and solving the general problem when a simple solution would have sufficed. Past projects include an RC airplane autopilot, AIs for MIT BattleCode, and automating a small N-scale model railway.