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Michael J. Leamy joined the George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Tech, as an assistant professor in August 2007. He was later promoted to associate professor in 2012 and professor in 2018. He received his B.S. from Clarkson University and his M.S. and Ph.D. from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor - all in Mechanical Engineering.

Prior to his position at Georgia Tech, Professor Leamy worked as an assistant professor at the United States Military Academy, a research scientist at the MITRE Corporation, a research associate at the NASA Langley Research Center and a postdoctoral fellow at Israel’s Institute of Technology.

Professor Leamy’s research interests are in emerging and multidisciplinary areas of engineering science, with an emphasis on nonlinear dynamical behavior in structures, materials and complex systems. Emerging engineering materials of particular interest include acoustic metamaterials, topological insulators and reciprocity-breaking nonlinear lattices. Other nonlinear dynamical systems of interest include hybrid vehicle powertrains and vehicle accessory drives.

He has received the Distinguished Achievement Award in 1998 from the University of Michigan, a Koret Foundation Fellowship from the Technion in 1998, the Army’s Superior Civilian Service Award in 2003, the Lockheed Dean’s Excellence in Teaching Award in 2010 and the Lloyd Hamilton Donnell Best Paper Award from Applied Mechanics Reviews in 2016. In addition, he was named a Fellow by ASME in 2014 and a Woodruff Faculty Fellow in 2017 by the George Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering.

His past and current editorial positions include serving as an associate editor for the Journal of Vibration and Acoustics, Wave Motion, Applied Mechanics Reviews  and Nonlinear Dynamics.

Professor Leamy’s research program has been supported by the Ford Motor Corporation, General Motors, Honeywell Inc., Ferrari S.p.A., ThyssenKrupp Elevator America, the National Science Foundation, the Department of Energy, the Defense Threat Reduction Agency, the Army Research Office and the Office of Naval Research. 

David Taylor received his BS degree from the University of Tennessee, and his MS and Ph.D degrees from the University of Illinois - all in Electrical Engineering.

He has been a member of the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering's faculty for 36 years, and he has been serving as a faculty advisor on Georgia Tech’s EcoCAR team for 14 years.

His teaching and research focus is on control systems theory and applications, and his EcoCAR activities focus mainly on the Propulsion Controls and Modeling and Connected and Automated Vehicles sub-teams. 

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Dr. Antoniou is a professor at the Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering. Her research is focused on thermomechanical testing and reliability of electronics and structural components.

She led the development of NCorr - the most used open-source digital image correlation code built in MATLAB, which provides experimental measurements of material deformation and strain across scales.

Dr. Antoniou served as the inaugural member and subsequent Chair of the Georgia Tech College of Engineering Diversity and Inclusion Council. The Council’s mission is to identify and advocate on issues of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion for faculty, staff and students across the College of Engineering.

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Angel Garcia is a fourth-year mechanical engineering undergrad student at Georgia Tech. Angel has been on the EcoCAR team for just over a year as a communications manager.

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Prathik Reddy is a second-year Ph.D student in mechanical engineering at Georgia Tech. He received his bachelor’s and master’s degrees from IIT Bombay, India prior to coming to Georgia Tech.

This is Prathik's second year with the EcoCAR team as well. 

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Braeden Dickson is a second-year master's student studying computer engineering, who also went to Georgia Tech for his undergraduate degree in computer engineering.

He has been on the team for four years and has worked on both EcoCAR Mobility Challenge and now EcoCAR EV Challenge.

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Laurence Leon is a second-year master’s student in the school of electrical and computer engineering at Georgia Tech.

Laurence received a Bachelor of Science in electrical engineering from Georgia Tech, during which he focused on controls and was a part of the EcoCAR Mobility Challenge team during Spring 2021.

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Zachary Shuler is a first-year Ph.D student, studying mechanical engineering at Georgia Tech. This is his first semester on the EcoCAR team, and he enjoys running in his free time.  

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Natalia Alvarez-Rodriguez is a second-year undergraduate literature, media and communications student at Georgia Tech. She has been a communications manager for the Georgia Tech EV Challenge team for one year now!

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Suhani Mahajan is a second-year literature, media and Ccmmunications undergraduate student at Georgia Tech. This is her first semester on the EcoCAR team.

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Sophie Ayoung-Chee is a current master’s student in electrical engineering at Georgia Tech. This is her fourth year being involved in EcoCAR. Prior to this year, she was a member of the PCM team. Outside of EcoCAR, she is also the president of the women’s rugby team.