Collin Heiser

Team Leader

Collin Heiser is currently a senior of mechanical  engineering at Florida State University and will be graduating in the spring of 2015
with a specialized track in thermal fluids. He has had a project  management internship with Jarden Consumer Solutions in the summers 
of 2013 and  2014 and plans on bringing that experience to the design project. 

Bryan Anderson

Financial Advisor

Bryan is a senior graduating in May of 2015 with his BS in Mechanical Engineering. He works as the team's financial advisor 
ensuring the project is allocating their resources in the most productive way. Bryan hopes to move forward using his engineering
degree to analyze the social fabric that governs the world's finances.

James (Ben) Richardson

Team Leader (brazil) / Lead Mechanical Engineer

Ben  is a senior graduating from Florida State University in May, 2015 with a  Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering.  He
is currently working in Curitiba, Brazil at Universidade Federal do  Paraná performing research using a prototype alkaline membrane
fuel cell with a team of American and Brazilian students.   His effective communication skills have helped foster the continuing success
of this international team.

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Mustafa Nek

Web Master/ Assistant Mechanical engineer

Mustafa is a senior in mechanical engineering with a thermal fluids track. As a previous tutor in math and sciences for Florida State Universty,
he believes success is a part of hard diligent work as everything does not come easy to everyone. His experience with Adobe programs makes 
him a great web editor.

Nicole Alvarez

Assistant Mechanical Engineer (Brazil)

Born and raised as a military child, Nicole has had the opportunity to grow up around the world, including many states in the USA, Italy, Argentina,
and Bolivia. She is currently studying mechanical engineering at FSU and has held internship positions with Rolls-Royce and Pratt & Whitney. 
Her work within and outside of school has grown her interest to pursue a career in the aerospace industry.       
                                      

Dr. Juan Ordonez

project advisor / mentor at FSU

Dr. Juan Ordonez is an associate professor of Mechanical Engineering at FSU and is the principal coordinator for the Thermal Modeling
and Management Group at CAPS. He obtained his Ph.D. in mechanical engineering at Duke University in 2003, and has research interests 
in sustainable energy systems, thermodynamics, heat transfer, etc.

Dr. JosE Vargas

project advisor / mentor at UFPR in Brazil

Serving as a faculty member at the Federal University of Parana (UFPR), in Curitiba, Brazil, Dr. Vargas has served as a cooridinator for
the Engineering Graduate Program. His research interests include areas in Energy and Thermal Sciences, thermodynamics, and Biomedical
Engineering. Dr. Vargas obtained his Ph.D. from Duke University in 1994.