Mission

Nikhil is a seasoned engineering leader with extensive experience in global operations. He has successfully scaled products and organizations at top tech companies like Samsara and Apple, driving innovation and efficiency. Nikhil holds Master's degrees from MIT and SUTD, as well as a BSE in Mechanical Engineering from UC Berkeley. He is passionate about technology, sports, and outdoor adventures.

Carl Leake is a passionate aerospace engineer skilled in flexible body modeling and multibody dynamics simulation. He holds a Ph.D. from Texas A&M University and a B.S. from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. At NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), he advanced multibody dynamics simulations and flexible body modeling, contributing to projects like a snake-like robot for Enceladus, a next-gen rotorcraft for Mars, and servoelastic modeling for the Space Launch System (SLS). His research interests span flexible multibody dynamics, the Theory of Functional Connections, and the intersection of Aerospace Engineering and Computer Science. Outside of work, he enjoys climbing, biking, backpacking, and the outdoors.

Conlain (they/them) is a computational scientist specializing in multi-physics simulation, statistical continuum mechanics, and scientific machine learning. They hold a Ph.D. in Computational Science and Engineering from Georgia Tech and a B.S. with a double major in Applied Mathematics, Engineering and Physics & Computer Science from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Following their doctorate, they completed a postdoctoral fellowship at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, where they focused on generative AI approaches for inverse materials design, with an emphasis on photonic metamaterials. Their research interests center on the intersection of numerical methods and machine learning, particularly in the context of system identification, controls, and inverse design.