William(Logan) Hubert is a Master’s Student from the United States Air Force Academy. He joined Purdue AI Racing in 2024 as a control engineer. He has expertise in linear controls, robotic sensing, path planning and vehicle dynamics. His research interests involve longitudinal control and vehicle dynamics.

Eyan Hudson is an M.S. candidate from the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering. He joined Black & Gold Autonomous Racing in 2024 as a control engineer and began working on the cameras and lidars onboard the AV-24. He has rich expertise in Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, Robot Operating System, Internet of Things, and embedded systems. His research interests involve communication between different systems of a network and the coordination between complex processes.

Sashank is a PhD student at Purdue University specializing in Autonomy and Control. He has been working as a Controls Engineer for this team since 2021. He earned his bachelor's degree in aerospace engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology Madras in 2020, where he worked on approach vector control of UAVs for his bachelor's thesis. He also earned his master's degree from Purdue University in May 2023. He is currently working on multi-agent learning and control as part of the AIMS lab at Purdue University.

Drake Ott is a Second Lieutenant in the United States Army and is a master’s student from the School of Engineering. He has been a part of Purdue AI Racing since August 2024 as a perception engineer focused on LiDAR. He has experience in Robot Operating System, LiDAR hardware and software, consumer electronics design, and electromechanical systems. His research interests involve controls and control systems, human-robot interactions, autonomous vehicles, and automated solutions for defense technologies.

Alec Pannunzio is pursuing a master's degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering at Purdue University advised by Professor Shreyas Sundaram. He's been with the IAC team since 2020, and works in Planning, Perception, Controls, Localization, Telemetry, and Simulation.

Greg Shaver is a Full Professor, SAE and ASME Fellow, and Director of the Ray W. Herrick Laboratories and the Smart Crossroads Research Consortium. He leads a research team with ~20 graduate students. His research program is dedicated to clean, safe, and efficient commercial vehicles – via advanced diesel, natural gas, hydrogen, ethanol and biodiesel engine systems/controls/electrification, powertrain electrification, and vehicle automation/connectivity. Greg's students have published more than 130 peer-reviewed journal and conference papers. Greg has directed the research efforts of more than 150 current/former Purdue students (76 graduate, 82 undergraduate). Greg has acquired >$26M in external research funding for projects that he has also led or co-led. Greg earned graduate (PhD 2005, MSME 2004) and undergraduate (BSME 2000 w/ highest distinction) degrees from Stanford and Purdue, respectively. His research is currently funded by DOE, DOT, Cummins, Eaton, Deere, Caterpillar, and Allison.

Yuchen Song is a PhD student at the Herrick Laboratories, School of Mechanical Engineering. He received his Bachelor’s in Vehicle Engineering from Wuhan University of Technology and his Master’s in Mechanical Engineering from UC Berkeley. His research focuses on autonomous systems, vehicle dynamics and control, particularly in the context of autonomous driving and vehicle control systems. His aim is to explore and address challenges in vehicle engineering, contributing to the development of more efficient and innovative mobility solutions.

Shreyas Sundaram is the Marie Gordon Professor in the Elmore Family School of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Purdue University, and Co-Director of the Institute for Control, Optimization and Networks (ICON). He received his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 2009, and was a Postdoctoral Researcher at the University of Pennsylvania from 2009 to 2010. He was an Assistant Professor at the University of Waterloo from 2010 to 2014. His research interests include control of distributed and multi-agent systems, fault-tolerant and secure control, game theory, and network science. Dr. Sundaram is a recipient of the National Science Foundation CAREER award, and an Air Force Research Lab Summer Faculty Fellowship. At Purdue, he received the Dean H. T. Yang Faculty Excellence Award in Leadership in Service, the HKN Outstanding Professor Award, the Outstanding Mentor of Engineering Graduate Students Award, the Hesselberth Award for Teaching Excellence, and the Ruth and Joel Spira Outstanding Teacher Award.

Dan Williams recently became a full time Purdue Professor of Practice after spending 37 years in industry developing vehicle control systems and more recently autonomous vehicles. In addition to engineering degrees (BS, MS Illinois, Ph.D. Florida Tech), he has an MBA (Florida Tech) and MA (History, Purdue). He has written over 60 papers and 35 patents on vehicle control systems, and recently authored a book on “Generalized Vehicle Dynamics.” Dan is a licensed Professional Engineer, and a fellow of SAE, ASME, and IMechE.

United States Military Academy (West Point) graduate with a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering, magna cum laude. Purdue University Master of Science in Electrical & Computer Engineering candidate. Specializing in autonomous systems research, with a passion for progressing technology in both military and civilian sectors. Optimized 155mm Howitzer round production for the Iowa Army Ammunition Plant by implementing a prototype 6-DOF autonomous robotic manipulator with multi-tiered safety features. Currently developing simulation capabilities for high-speed autonomous racing as part of the Black and Gold Autonomous Racing team.

Dalseong Yoon is a Ph.D. student in the School of Mechanical Engineering. He joined Black & Gold Autonomous Racing in 2024 as a control engineer. He has extensive expertise in system control, dynamic modeling, and autonomous systems. His research interests include developing control algorithms, system analysis, autonomous navigation, and unmanned vehicles.

Jiqian (Frank) Dong is currently a PhD candidate at Lyles School of Civil Engineering and a graduate research assistant at Center for Connected and Automated Transportation (CCAT) at Purdue University. He is currently a developer at the perception team for PAIR. His doctoral research investigates information fusion, computer vision and control strategies, for connected autonomous vehicles (CAVs) and intelligent transportation systems (ITS) using advanced machine learning techniques including deep learning (DL) and reinforcement learning (RL).

Jelin Sabu is a Graduate Student at Purdue University, pursuing his master's degree in Construction Engineering, and is also working as a graduate research assistant under Dr. Samuel Labi. Jelin has 1 year of industry experience in core construction. He is part of the business operations team since 2024.

Haoguang Yang is a PhD. candidate from School of Engineering Technology. He joined Black & Gold Autonomous Racing in 2021 as a control engineer and became chief systems engineer in late 2022. He has rich expertise in mobile robots, Robot Operating System, dynamics and control, and embedded systems. His research interests involve software-hardware computer-aided co-design and real-time fault mitigation of control systems.