Our Team
(estd. 2013) Olin Aero is a completely student run team at the Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering constructing aerial vehicles to compete in the AUVSI SUAS Competition.
As Olin College of Engineering's AERO team, we design, build and fly unmanned aerial vehicles. We are a student run organization consisting of 18 undergraduates just entering its second year of activity. Our goal is to participate in the Sparkfun Autonomous Vehicle Competition this year with a unique fixed wing aerial vehicle. To successfully complete the mission, our plane must take off autonomously, locate a waypoint, and end in the landing zone without breaching the no-fly zone limitations. Bonus points we’re aiming for include autonomous landing, successful payload drops, clipping balloons, and passing under a wicket.
Olin Aero's Team Leaders
Dakota Nelson
Dakota's interests range from computer security to robotics to space - he read too much science fiction as a kid. He writes software in his free time, and loves watching planes fly themselves. Check out his website at dakotanelson.com
Griffin Tschurwald
Griffin is a software engineer who is passionate about designing great products. He also enjoys helping airplanes fly on their own. You can read more about him at his website.
Duncan Michael
Duncan Enjoys planes
Dimitar Dimitrov
He likes things that go sparky
