https://www.mach.engin.umich.edu/home daily 1.0 2025-03-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d5f417fec82690001e42024/1986b410-2be0-4686-a825-34d414e39580/PXL_20230312_171733598.jpg Home Hands on engineering work to take you beyond the classroom. Our primary goal is to get engineers excited and involved in real design work, that goes beyond the theories that they learn in class. Our aircraft are fully redesigned every year so there is lots of opportunity to learn and get hands on experience with as much of the aircraft as you want. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d5f417fec82690001e42024/1566597684826-J1CR9ZVBH4A5L434BVXT/SciTechPier.jpg Home A small team environment so you can have an immediate impact. Hate being delegated to menial tasks and sanding wood for a whole year before you can start participating in design? So do we. That why we keep our team small so that each member can have as much impact on the final design and construction as they want. Our small team also allows new members a lot of quick leadership opportunities. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d5f417fec82690001e42024/1622034098463-XWZACU6440EL5WZZBGR5/IMG_0026.JPG Home Increase your desirability with potential employers. We want our engineers to be successful after they leave school and engineering design teams have become a key aspect of securing jobs. Which is why we use industry standard software such as NX and Teamcenter so our members have a leg up on the competition. We also provide access to networking opportunities with our sponsors and other companies. https://www.mach.engin.umich.edu/contact-us daily 0.75 2025-09-02 https://www.mach.engin.umich.edu/about daily 0.75 2024-08-27 https://www.mach.engin.umich.edu/our-team daily 0.75 2025-10-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d5f417fec82690001e42024/32f96e37-007e-422b-a2e0-5ffbef45e0ed/headshot.png Leadership Team - Logan Akbas: Team Captain Major: Aerospace Engineering Year: Senior Role: Logan oversees all internal and external aspects of MACH, serving as the face of the organization to the aerospace community and filling in any gaps in the design and construction of MACH aircraft. Interests: Logan enjoys skiing, playing cards/board games, working out, playing sports, and watching movies https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d5f417fec82690001e42024/9109e3b2-a4a1-4750-9bda-e9bf7b46d613/alexPic.jpg Leadership Team - Make it stand out Alexander Rodriguez: Aerodynamics Lead Major: Aerospace Engineering Year: Sophomore Role: Alex leads the aerodynamic development of the aircraft, designing airfoils, control surfaces, and running simulations and wind tunnel tests. Interests: Alex enjoys playing and watching sports, hiking, and building Legos. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d5f417fec82690001e42024/86ced478-7073-47ca-86ac-cb916d4bf2b1/jasonPic.jpg Leadership Team - Make it stand out Jason Fan: Chief Engineer Major: Aerospace Engineering Year: Senior Role: Jason collaborates with leads and team members to ensure all aircraft components integrate seamlessly into a cohesive system, overseeing technical issue resolution and driving the adoption of new technologies. Interests: Jason enjoys playing musical instruments, especially piano, trombone, and guitar. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d5f417fec82690001e42024/ade28dfb-67d9-42df-aa94-c7c754d03dc9/BrendanPic.JPEG Leadership Team - Make it stand out Brendan Goll: Propulsion Lead Major: Aerospace Engineering Year: Senior Role: Brendan leads the propulsion subteam in thrust testing, propeller and battery selection, and propulsion system integration. He oversees the full control loop from RC transmitter to electronic speed controllers. Interests: Brendan enjoys spending his free time fishing, playing board/card games with friends, listening to music, and cooking. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d5f417fec82690001e42024/e77fc691-1e3c-484f-a02a-948916dce8c1/livvyHeadshot.png Leadership Team - Make it stand out Olivia Rollison: Construction Manager Major: Aerospace Engineering Year: Junior Role: Olivia manages the manufacturing of MACH’s prototype and competition aircrafts, overseeing build sessions and coordinating with all sub-teams to select materials, manufacture and assemble components, and conduct testing. Interests: Olivia's engineering interests include manufacturing, structures, and materials science. In her free time, she enjoys drawing and painting, reading, and attending live music and sporting events. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d5f417fec82690001e42024/176e82c3-34d7-46bd-a94e-8e7687cf72a1/NicoPic.jpg Leadership Team - Make it stand out Nicholas Hussey-Gonzalez: Structures Lead Major: Aerospace Engineering Year: Sophmore Role: Nico, along with Matt, leads the Structures subteam and designs, stress tests, and selects materials for the plane using CAD and FEA. Interests: In his free time Nico enjoys reading, playing music, 3d printing and biking. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d5f417fec82690001e42024/a699222d-0b3f-431a-a9d2-151a94384741/emillyPic.PNG Leadership Team Emilly Marciszewski: Systems Lead Major: Aerospace Engineering Year: Senior Role: As the Systems lead, Emilly oversees systems level management among sub-teams, and maintains records of the design process including requirements breakdowns and risk management. She also manages team budget, team visibility, and sponsorship connections. Interests: Emilly enjoys birdwatching, planespotting, sketching, and painting in her free time. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d5f417fec82690001e42024/d2a30dc8-e002-4510-8426-fc31798e613b/bobPic.jpg Leadership Team - Make it stand out Bob Gu: MDO Lead Major: Aerospace Engineering Year: Senior Role: Bob collaborates with other aircraft subsystem teams as MDO lead, determining competition strategy and conducting aircraft preliminary design using gradient based optimisation tools. Interests: Outside MACH, Bob enjoys travelling, photography, and flying general aviation airplanes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d5f417fec82690001e42024/3a246ebe-154f-4c67-876d-7956a0b7d5ec/image.png Leadership Team - Make it stand out Matthew Dunninger: Structures Lead Major: Aerospace Engineering Year: Senior Role: Matt trains and leads team members in preliminary and detailed design of the aircraft using CAD software. As part of this process, he works with other leads to select the materials the aircraft will be built out of and determine how they will be manufactured Interests: Outside of Aerospace and hypersonics, Matt’s interests include reading, writing, playing sports, and working out. https://www.mach.engin.umich.edu/become-a-sponsor daily 0.75 2025-03-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d5f417fec82690001e42024/734bf23b-47ae-4c31-8bed-445d395dd546/Michigan-Engineering+Horizontal-RGB.png Become a Sponsor https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d5f417fec82690001e42024/5099c991-57a3-4b6f-b93f-1c3a65176894/Screenshot+2025-02-18+at+7.06.28%E2%80%AFPM.jpg Become a Sponsor - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d5f417fec82690001e42024/005636ab-a9f1-4f21-80f8-d723158df187/mks.jpg Become a Sponsor - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d5f417fec82690001e42024/017f6709-e74e-482a-8a14-3782378df2cc/UM-Aerospace.png Become a Sponsor - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d5f417fec82690001e42024/d38d536f-29c5-4ea8-bbb6-e870a0d1264f/Williams-International-Logo-1-450x141.jpg Become a Sponsor - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d5f417fec82690001e42024/017cba48-8002-4d0d-9442-96ccd7a32196/Onshape_logo_full.png Become a Sponsor https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d5f417fec82690001e42024/7bbacc90-ccc1-47f7-8e5b-eee379de848b/download.png Become a Sponsor - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d5f417fec82690001e42024/5ff75312-cea6-40c4-89aa-f46ed45db738/image-28.png Become a Sponsor https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d5f417fec82690001e42024/6955ff2a-f7e1-436f-9083-5d2af939d263/scorpion-300px.jpg Become a Sponsor - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d5f417fec82690001e42024/1566848869294-KGT3F5MLFURUS8QD3D7C/bronze.png Become a Sponsor - Bronze Tier $100 and above Inclusion on our website, promotional material, t-shirts, and planes Access to our resume book Monthly Newsletters https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d5f417fec82690001e42024/1566848887095-3824FQ6SBJAPBKN908XY/silver.png Become a Sponsor - Silver Tier $1500 and above All rewards from the Bronze Tier Organization of exclusive recruitment events with your company Participation in our Preliminary Design Review https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d5f417fec82690001e42024/1566849025009-WM74QEA23KVGF4BM89MZ/gold.jpg Become a Sponsor - Gold Tier $3000 and above All of the rewards from the Bronze and Silver Tiers Participation in our Critical Design Review Access to our report rough drafts Additional recruitment event priority https://www.mach.engin.umich.edu/get-involved daily 0.75 2025-09-02 https://www.mach.engin.umich.edu/join-our-team daily 0.75 2025-09-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d5f417fec82690001e42024/1566696737562-JE76NFQSKWFNKCQTEBI4/Degrees_15.jpg Join our Team - Aerodynamics: Our aerodynamics team is focused on getting our aircraft to fly. They focus on sizing, airfoil selection, lift vs drag, stability, and Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) analysis. This sub-team has applications in the aerospace, green energy, and automotive industries. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d5f417fec82690001e42024/1622034648470-UY0TZZEU67J5PBS56RPG/MACH5+Upper+Ortho+Rear.png Join our Team - Structures and Mechanisms: Our structures team focuses on keeping our planes from falling apart, both in flight and in crashes. They work on CAD design of all parts in Siemens NX, making sure all parts will fit and operate together, and stress analysis with Finite Element Analysis (FEA) packages. This sub-team has applications in nearly all engineering fields with a focus on aerospace and mechanical engineering. Our mechanisms team designs any payload-related mechanisms, which are typically internal to the aircraft and may involve aspects of robotics, such as actuators and microcontrollers, in addition to mechanical engineering with an emphasis on mass reduction. Past mechanisms have included: dropping “vaccine vial” packages with minimal impact shock, loading many syringes as quickly as possible, and carrying nerf footballs. This sub-team works closely with structures and has applications in mechanical, aerospace, and robotics engineering. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d5f417fec82690001e42024/29cceab3-3e34-432c-a651-4e2200514368/IMG_0371.jpg Join our Team Propulsion: Our propulsion team is focused on getting our planes and all their mechanisms to move. They focus on the motors, batteries, electronics, radios, wiring harnesses, and control programming for our aircraft. This sub-team has applications in aerospace, computer science, and electrical engineering. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d5f417fec82690001e42024/1566699295712-3X7PEXQL96PV9YUDXXOS/Snapchat-1629324269.jpg Join our Team Construction and Testing: Our construction and testing team is in charge of all physical aspects of our aircraft. They handle all of the wind tunnel, stress, and flight testing, foam and wood cutting, mechanism fabrication, and aircraft construction. All team members participate in these activities under the leadership of the construction lead. This sub-team has applications on the manufacturing side of nearly all engineering disciplines. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d5f417fec82690001e42024/1596149946754-NIJGR795AQGB0FULPLO5/Image%2Bfrom%2BiOS%2B%25283%2529.jpg Join our Team Business: Our business team is in charge of all non-engineering aspects of our organization. They focus on event organization, recruitment, securing sponsorships, managing our budget, and planning travel. This sub-team has a wide application in business, marketing, and the non-engineering side of all engineering fields. https://www.mach.engin.umich.edu/past-aircraft daily 0.75 2025-03-19 https://www.mach.engin.umich.edu/past-aircraft/dust monthly 0.5 2020-07-30 https://www.mach.engin.umich.edu/past-aircraft/rona monthly 0.5 2022-08-23 https://www.mach.engin.umich.edu/past-aircraft/rona-pxhcs monthly 0.5 2022-08-29 https://www.mach.engin.umich.edu/past-aircraft/rona-pxhcs-4jse3 monthly 0.5 2023-08-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d5f417fec82690001e42024/af24c423-80d3-4d15-a064-70332fbbe3a3/Screen+Shot+2022-08-29+at+6.46.00+PM.png Our Aircraft - MACH 6: The MACHaw https://www.mach.engin.umich.edu/past-aircraft/mach-7 monthly 0.5 2024-05-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d5f417fec82690001e42024/8d5adf57-9004-4213-8fab-54fd96567795/52849391629_90be52864a_o.jpg Our Aircraft - MACH 7: Boom Subsonic https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d5f417fec82690001e42024/d3db8321-a5ac-41cb-8344-88baadda87f5/PXL_20230417_002226578.jpg Our Aircraft - MACH 7: Boom Subsonic https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d5f417fec82690001e42024/dc4554f2-f07c-4223-98f4-628b65c70603/52849660298_f61e99071b_o.jpg Our Aircraft - MACH 7: Boom Subsonic https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d5f417fec82690001e42024/ca73112d-6a03-4867-8ca6-3e99308a2861/PXL_20230319_211729892.jpg Our Aircraft - MACH 7: Boom Subsonic https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d5f417fec82690001e42024/92c75343-5f94-4549-a519-e475cffef6c0/PXL_20230416_184113271.jpg Our Aircraft - MACH 7: Boom Subsonic https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d5f417fec82690001e42024/b2dc56a7-3cf8-43d7-a5a6-9e9c94e50dd9/PXL_20230416_235119527.jpg Our Aircraft - MACH 7: Boom Subsonic https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d5f417fec82690001e42024/f297cab9-36cc-4449-9c11-84d159106bd1/PXL_20230416_171137257.jpg Our Aircraft - MACH 7: Boom Subsonic https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d5f417fec82690001e42024/ca50a528-09ae-4e68-9808-c5e35207ec38/PXL_20230319_193853567.jpg Our Aircraft - MACH 7: Boom Subsonic https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d5f417fec82690001e42024/50696b3b-410b-445a-81ab-8b2935e26914/PXL_20230415_183638007.jpg Our Aircraft - MACH 7: Boom Subsonic https://www.mach.engin.umich.edu/past-aircraft/mach-8 monthly 0.5 2024-05-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d5f417fec82690001e42024/eea469f1-f65d-43da-aa3e-f6273db70b6c/PXL_20240116_013011660.jpg Our Aircraft - MACH 8: Scorpion (Optimal Moment) Prototype under construction https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d5f417fec82690001e42024/46e9b7e9-44e3-47ba-95b4-b00b4cc9ad4b/IMG_0917+%281%29.jpg Our Aircraft - MACH 8: Scorpion (Optimal Moment) Prototype before static test https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d5f417fec82690001e42024/4482109d-6b58-41df-a47f-83b7e2811cba/PXL_20240404_204308815.jpg Our Aircraft - MACH 8: Scorpion (Optimal Moment) Wing skins in molds https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d5f417fec82690001e42024/2eb8dd44-b00f-400e-8685-c7288caef424/image001+%281%29.jpg Our Aircraft - MACH 8: Scorpion (Optimal Moment) Flight line crew https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d5f417fec82690001e42024/8677b03c-c0ed-4a49-ad6b-aebe60a9468a/DSC01202.jpg Our Aircraft - MACH 8: Scorpion (Optimal Moment) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d5f417fec82690001e42024/8179370c-9fe6-41bc-a979-345e04cba815/img_7086.jpg Our Aircraft - MACH 8: Scorpion (Optimal Moment) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d5f417fec82690001e42024/9ae29c2b-6d59-4ac5-9a32-0e0cb3a14b9c/img_7082.jpg Our Aircraft - MACH 8: Scorpion (Optimal Moment) Scorpion tail https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d5f417fec82690001e42024/6f3e8433-ecb0-431a-a171-bea6ff5620ec/img_7096.jpg Our Aircraft - MACH 8: Scorpion (Optimal Moment) Team photo https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d5f417fec82690001e42024/170e0fd9-ce64-4f57-a4da-f0dd8be3c0c0/IMG_0051.JPG Our Aircraft - MACH 8: Scorpion (Optimal Moment) Pulling G's in a 360 turn at competition https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d5f417fec82690001e42024/d03554c2-6295-4b4f-bf12-1a01415ff213/IMG_0373.JPG Our Aircraft - MACH 8: Scorpion (Optimal Moment) Takeoff https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d5f417fec82690001e42024/cc3640cb-4416-49b3-a4ff-5cd24e982a1f/IMG_20240422_140337.jpg Our Aircraft - MACH 8: Scorpion (Optimal Moment) Takeoff on a sunny day https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d5f417fec82690001e42024/b0d5e2d1-5aea-4791-b7ea-26651e0ce00f/IMG_5715.JPG Our Aircraft - MACH 8: Scorpion (Optimal Moment) Big 10 photo. MACH was the top placing Big 10 team https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d5f417fec82690001e42024/791131e5-297f-4ae5-9998-8df1c45e4544/IMG_0435+%282%29.JPG Our Aircraft - MACH 8: Scorpion (Optimal Moment) Approach to landing https://www.mach.engin.umich.edu/past-aircraft/flying-dutchman monthly 0.5 2019-08-23 https://www.mach.engin.umich.edu/past-aircraft/dragonfly monthly 0.5 2019-08-24