Full Time Staff
Karl Williamson
Position title: Shop Manager
MFA, Design for Emerging Technologies (Art Inst. of Chicago)
BFA, Industrial Design (Milwaukee Inst. of Art & Design)
More info here.
Lennon Rodgers
Position title: Director, Grainger Engineering Design Innovation Lab
Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering (MIT)
M.S., Mechanical Engineering (MIT)
B.S., Mechanical Engineering (U. of Illinois, Urbana/Champaign)
More info here.
Carly Benish
Position title: Shop Manager
BS, Biomechanical Engineering (Stanford) MS, Mechanical Engineering (Stanford)
Maggie Muldowney
Position title: Operations Manager
BFA, Fine Art (Minneapolis College of Art & Design)
Graduate Assistants
Patrick Faue
Position title: Assistant Shop Manager
Major: Mechanical Engineering
Hometown: Brooklyn Park, MN
Hobbies: Fishing, biking, and anything outdoors
Christian Martinez
Position title: Assistant Shop Manager
Major: Electrical Engineering & Computer Science
Hometown: Lake Geneva, WI
Hobbies: Lifting and Electronics
Brett Prussack
Position title: Assistant Shop Manager
Major: Mechanical Engineering
Hometown: Long Valley, NJ
Hobbies: I enjoy listening to and making music, woodworking, and houseplants
Nathan Strachen
Position title: Assistant Shop Manager
Major: Electrical Engineering
Hometown: Prescott, AZ
Hobbies: Woodcarving, reading, journaling, and hiking
Student Staff
Madison Edgren
Position title: Student Staff
Major: Industrial Engineering
Hometown: Cedarburg, WI
Hobbies: Reading, camping, photography, gardening
Ethan Foley
Position title: Student Staff
Major: Mechanical Engineering
Hometown: Minneapolis, MN
Hobbies: Listening to podcasts, playing FIFA, watching sports
Emma Fuller
Position title: Office Assistant
Major: Accounting
Hometown: Kieler, Wisconsin
Hobbies: Running, skiing, and ice skating
Nick Garber
Position title: Student Staff
Major: Mechanical Engineering
Hometown: Milwaukee, WI
Hobbies: Stocks, Electronics, Cooking, and Baking
Kevin Guenthner
Position title: Student Staff
Major: Electrical Engineering
Hometown: Cottage Grove, WI
Hobbies: Tennis, Singing, Electronics, Video production
Drew Kimmell
Position title: Office Assistant
Major: Journalism and Mass Communications
Hometown: Monona, WI
Hobbies: Video Games, Stand-Up Comedy, Sleeping
Grace Klage
Position title: Student Staff
Major: Civil Engineering
Hometown: Minneapolis, MN
Hobbies: Embroidery, Knitting, Playing the Sims
Mabel Malhotra
Position title: Office Assistant
Major: Communication Arts & Psychology
Hometown: Washington, DC
Hobbies: Cooking, yoga, making playlists, exploring Madison
Pronouns: she/her/hers
Hannah McGraw
Position title: Student Staff
Major: Materials Science & Engineering
Hometown: Mahtomedi, Minnesota
Hobbies: Math, Hiking & Playing Piano and Guitar
Josie Minz
Position title: Office Assistant
Major: Agricultural and Applied Economics
Hometown: Waukesha, WI
Hobbies: Hiking, gardening, golfing, and baking.
Corbin Neutgens
Position title: Student Staff
Major: Mechanical Engineering
Hometown: New Berlin, WI
Hobbies: Snowboarding, Soccer, Running
Caleigh Parsons
Position title: Office Assistant
Major: Graphic Design
Hometown: Milwaukee, WI
Hobbies: Hiking, Drawing, Yoga, and Making Jewelry
Pronouns: she/her/hers
Emma Rachum
Position title: Student Staff
Major: Biological Systems Engineering, Engineering for Energy Sustainability
Hometown: Mequon, WI
Hobbies: Biking and Slam Poetry
Pronouns: she/her/hers
Arushi Renschler Pandey
Student Staff
Major: Electrical Engineering and Data Science
Hometown: Buffalo, NY
Hobbies: Fencing, knitting, cooking, baking
Quinn Sabin
Position title: CNC Routers, Laguna Maintenance & Operation Manager
Major: Electrical Engineering
Hometown: Cannon Falls, MN
Hobbies: Tinkering with electronics and playing guitar; building a 1/3rd scale formula car with the FSAE team on campus.
Gaby Setyawan
Position title: Student Staff
Major: Electrical Engineering
Hometown: Jakarta, Indonesia
Hobbies: Yoga, Reading, Traveling
Samantha Starks
Position title: Office Assistant
Major: Mathematical Economics; Gender & Women’s Studies
Hometown: Fairbanks, AK
Hobbies: Running, Camping, Metal Fabrication, and Creative Director at Moda Magazine
Pronouns: she/her/hers
Akshay Vankayala
Position title: Student Staff
Major: Biomedical Engineering
Hometown: Shakopee, MN
Hobbies: Ultimate Frisbee, Magic, Watching Movies
Alex Vesel
Position title: Student Staff, VR Tech Support
Major: Electrical Engineering/Computer Science
Hometown: Hartland, WI
Hobbies: Playing guitar, going to concerts, bodybuilding
Yash Wani
Position title: Student Staff
Major: Electrical Engineering
Hometown: Pune, Maharashtra, India
Hobbies: Graphic Design & Fiddling with Micro-controllers
Kari Weiss
Position title: Student Staff
Major: Mechanical Engineering
Hometown: Madison, WI
Hobbies: student orgs (SPICE, EWB, BRIDGE), painting, hiking, intramurals
Nathan Wille
Student Staff
Major: Electrical Engineering
Hometown: Plano, Texas
Hobbies: Swimming, watching sports, cooking
Claire Winter
Position title: Student Staff
Major: Electrical Engineering
Hometown: Greendale, WI
Hobbies: Gardening, art, games
Advisory Board
Jesse Darley
Position title: Advisory Group - Director of Mechanical Engineering & Principal at Design Concepts
Kevin Eliceri
Position title: Advisory Group - Director: Fab Lab at Wisconsin Institute for Discovery
Sarah Sandock
Position title: Advisory Group - CEO at Dock, Adjunct Assistant Professor - Biomedical Engineering
