Nicholas Jayakar
President

Nicholas Jayakar is a senior in mechanical engineering at the University of Connecticut. After serving as President of UConn's FSAE team, Jayakar founded UCEM, a club where students would be able to learn and develop real-life engineering skills working on a sustainable vehicle that represents the future of transportation. Experienced with both manufacturing and design, Jayakar has led this team into a new era, looking to create the only aluminum chassis electric formula vehicle in competition.

Evan Gentile
Chief Engineer

Evan Gentile is a Senior in the Management and Engineering for Manufacturing Program at The University of Connecticut.  He is in charge of the design an implementation of the cars high voltage system and power array.  Evan is a member of the Stanford University Innovation Fellows Program and works as an Additive Manufacturing Lab Technician in the Operations and Information Management Department.  His interests include swimming, ice skating, yoyoing, robotics, and cars.

THE TEAM

"The strength of the team is each individual member. The strength of each member is the team" -- Phil Jackson

Michael Djanie​

​Aerodynamics & Suspension Lead

Michael Djanie is a Mechanical Engineering student at UConn. He is particularly interested in design, manufacturing, and mechatronics. Michael also enjoys drawing and playing table tennis.

Brian Abedon

Chassis & Controls Lead

Brian Abedon is a senior in mechanical engineering minoring in engineering management at the University of Connecticut. Abedon is leading the inclusion and design of the revolutionary Aluminum Honeycomb chassis along with the controls and ergonomics systems. Outside of UCEM and academics, Abedon plays ultimate Frisbee for UConn Grind traveling around the country.

Daryl Biron

Powertrain Lead

Daryl Biron is a senior in Electrical Engineering at the University of Connecticut.  Daryl's has an interest in power electronics and will be designing a custom made motor controller as well as overseeing the integration of the motor into the tractive system.  In his free time, Daryl interns at a local start-up company, EnviroPower. 

Tyler Sundara

Business Lead

Tyler Sundara is a rising senior at the University of Connecticut dual-degreeing in Mechanical Engineering and Business Fundamentals. The business department is responsible for sponsorship acquisition, club marketing, and sponsorship sustainability. Tyler enjoys playing soccer and hiking in his free time

Adrian Salustri

Electronics Lead

Adrian is a freshman material science student at the University of Connecticut. As electronics lead, he and his team are responsible for the car's low voltage electronics, computer system, and emergency shutdown circuitry. When he's not blowing up transistors, he enjoys teaching lifeguarding courses, playing the ukelele, and reading esoteric data sheets.

Aiden Busby-Mott

Finance Lead

Aiden is a rising senior actuarial science major who recently passed his third actuarial exam. As finance lead, Aiden is in charge of budgeting, funding requests, and acquiring grants among other things. In his free time, he enjoys playing ultimate Frisbee for the UConn club team and golfing.