THE TEAM

THE COOLEST MEMBERS.

PERIOD.


THE LARGEST ENGINEERING CLUB ON CAMPUS

The YUAA is proud to represent a diverse group of just under 100 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 2023-2024 E-Board

  • Brendan Wilkowski

    CO-PRESIDENT

  • Henry Demarest

    CO-PRESIDENT

  • Esteban Figuera

    PROJECT MANAGER

  • Jonah Halperin

    TREASURER / SPONSORSHIPS

  • Aaron Cope

    DIRECTOR OF EXTERNAL EVENTS

  • Samantha Lorr

    DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT AND OUTREACH

  • Chris Santiago

    DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC RELATIONS

  • Kylyn Smith

    SPACE POLICY RESEARCH COLLABORATIVE LEAD

  • Elsa Durcan

    PROJECT LIQUID CO-LEAD

  • Maria Korolik

    PROJECT LIQUID CO-LEAD

  • Anne Lin

    ROCKET PROJECT CO-LEAD

  • Zachary Zitzewitz

    ROCKET PROJECT CO-LEAD

  • Grady Morrissey

    CUBESAT PROJECT CO-LEAD

  • Rome Thorstenson

    CUBESAT PROJECT CO-LEAD

  • Matilda Very

    CUBESAT PROJECT CO-LEAD