THE TEAM

THE COOLEST MEMBERS.

PERIOD.


THE LARGEST ENGINEERING CLUB ON CAMPUS

The YUAA is proud to represent a diverse group of just over 120 active members as a unique hybrid of students, friends, and co-workers. There is no common major as members converge upon not only all walks of STEM, but economics, humanities, and even the occasional American Studies major. With the YUAA’s first major foray beyond STEM with SPRC, our 2024 Space Policy program, this intersectional community of thinkers and doers is bound to grow.

COMMITTED TO COMMUNITY

The YUAA firmly believes that students of any background should be able to join and contribute however they see fit while knowing they belong. With regular workshops, programs to randomly match members for weekly lunches, and plans to reinvigorate aerospace conferences and initiation, the YUAA furthers itself as a cross-project community.

BEYOND YALE: FORTUNE 500 TO AMERICAN NINJA WARRIOR

The YUAA’s broad offerings in aerospace offer a similarly broad preparation for intern, fellowship, and job opportunities. In 2023 alone, members worked spring, summer, and fall-term jobs, scored multiple national fellowships, and enrolled in world-class graduate programs. A Project Liquid member even propelled himself to American Ninja Warrior.

The 2024-2025 E-Board

  • Aaron Cope

    CO-PRESIDENT

  • Jonah Halperin

    CO-PRESIDENT

  • Israel Demandel

    PROJECT MANAGER

  • Matthew Mellas

    DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT

  • Lukass Kellijs

    DIRECTOR OF OUTREACH

  • Ebru Ayyorgun

    DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC RELATIONS

  • Rebecca Schussheim

    DIRECTOR OF EVENTS

  • Daria Valska

    TREASURER

  • Maria Korolik

    SOCIAL CHAIR

  • Ava Schwarz

    SPACE POLICY RESEARCH COLLABORATIVE CO-LEAD

  • Jackson Parrott

    SPACE POLICY RESEARCH COLLABORATIVE CO-LEAD

  • Kidus Abebe

    PROJECT LIQUID CO-LEAD

  • Casimir Hixon

    PROJECT LIQUID CO-LEAD

  • Alexander Morand

    ROCKET PROJECT CO-LEAD

  • David Gaetano

    ROCKET PROJECT CO-LEAD

  • Elijah Bakaleynik

    CUBESAT PROJECT CO-LEAD

  • Sean Lewis

    CUBESAT PROJECT CO-LEAD

  • Jerry Li

    CUBESAT PROJECT CO-LEAD

  • Rayhan Negedu

    ROVER LEAD