Flame 1 of 3
2024–25
Where it all started: one team and one car.
- Teams
- 1
- On record
- Not yet archived
- Graduated
- Not yet archived
MechaEagles Legacy: every year's story, and where its people went next
Flame 2 of 3
2025–26
The year the subteams got their own tables.
- Teams
- 1
- On record
- Not yet archived
- Graduated
- Not yet archived
Flame 3 of 3 · Burning now
2026–27
One car became four teams. Still being written.
- Teams
- 5
- On record
- 48
- Graduated
- Still to come
Not yet lit
2027–28
Every flame here was lit from the one before it. This one is waiting for whoever comes next.
2024–25
MechaEagles was founded at Boston College in fall 2024 as a Baja SAE racing and engineering team, with one goal: give students the chance to build real machines.
The teams
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Baja SAE Roster not archived
Milestones
- Fall 2024
MechaEagles founded
Founded at Boston College as a Baja SAE racing and engineering team.
Photos and video
Not published yet
No photos from 2024–25 are in the archive yet.
The class that passed the flame
The graduates of 2024–25 haven't been added to the archive yet.
2025–26
The team organized into Science, Programmatics and Engineering divisions, with subteams for suspension, steering, roll cage, drivetrain and fabrication.
The teams
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Baja SAE Roster not archived
Divisions that year: Science, Programmatics and Engineering.
Milestones
- 2025–26
Divisions and subteams
The team organizes into Science, Programmatics and Engineering divisions, with subteams for suspension, steering, roll cage, drivetrain and fabrication.
Who helped
- SolidWorks: 30 software licenses
- Autodesk Fusion: CAD software licenses and manufacturing support
- Boston College Engineering: funding and shop access
- IGOS Welding: bolts and welding materials
Photos and video
The team, 2025–26
The class that passed the flame
The graduates of 2025–26 haven't been added to the archive yet.
2026–27
MechaEagles became four engineering teams: Baja SAE, AeroEagles, Combat Robotics and AI Safety, with Programmatics keeping all of them running.
AeroEagles submitted its NASA Student Launch 2027 proposal and flew three rockets on its first high-power launch day. Two came back, and one didn't. The team published that alongside the wins, and changed how it verifies recovery.
The teams
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Baja SAELed by Sam Kaiser 13 people
Sam KaiserBaja Lead 
Asad FaqirzadaDrivetrain Carlos SilvaMember 
Colin NobleSteering & braking 
Deven CreethSteering & braking 
Effie HatzopoulosRoll cage Hudson YangMember 
Jack DelGrandeFabrication 
Joseph RusnakSuspension 
Michael KesterDrivetrain 
Paul GinRoll cage 
Tobin TingSteering & braking 
Troy SterlingSuspension -
AeroEaglesLed by Jack Tommaney 9 people
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Combat RoboticsLed by Carlos Contreras 13 people
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AI SafetyLed by Ambrose McCullough 6 people
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ProgrammaticsLed by Ambrose McCullough 9 people
Leadership
Milestones
- 2026–27
Four engineering teams
MechaEagles becomes four teams: Baja SAE, AeroEagles, Combat Robotics and AI Safety.
- 14 Sep 2026
NASA Student Launch proposal
AeroEagles submits its NASA Student Launch 2027 proposal for the Baldwin-1 mission.
- 19 Sep 2026
First high-power launch day
Three rockets flown, two recovered, one Level 1 certification earned.
Photos and video
AeroEagles flight footage
Mission Control
Lettering Baldwin
Late session
Heads down
Launch field
Pre-flight check
The launch crew
On the rail
Ascent
With the rockets
Motor prep
AeroEagle-1 in OpenRocket
The class that passed the flame
This year's graduates join the record when the year closes.
Everyone who was there
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Ambrose McCulloughDeputy Project Manager · Programmatics Lead · AI Safety Lead - Arhant JajodiaMember, Programmatics
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Armand KoochekzadehMember, Combat - Asad FaqirzadaDrivetrain, Baja
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Austin KinnealeyProject Manager -
Benson LinMember, Programmatics · Member, AI Safety - BrandonMember, Combat
- Brandon Perez LopezMember, AI Safety
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Carlos ContrerasCombat Robotics Lead - Carlos SilvaMember, Baja
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Carson MatckieRecovery Lead -
Charlie AndersonMember, Combat -
Chloe RheeMember, Programmatics - Colin NobleSteering & braking, Baja
- Deven CreethSteering & braking, Baja
- Dylan SastrawidjajaMember, Programmatics
- Effie HatzopoulosRoll cage, Baja
- Emmanuel BandlerMember, Combat
- Eric BartunekMember, Combat
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Eric XieMember, Programmatics - Hudson YangMember, Baja
- Jack DelGrandeFabrication, Baja
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Jack TommaneyAero Lead · Payload Lead - Joseph RusnakSuspension, Baja
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Lily ZhengSocial Media Lead -
Logan GaleSocial Media Lead -
Lucas DiMarcoDeputy Project Manager · CAD & Integration Lead -
Mat HarkDocumentation Lead -
Matthew BristingStructure Lead -
Maxwell CrawfordMember, Programmatics - Michael KesterDrivetrain, Baja
- Nicholas LondalMember, Combat
- Patrick AyrtonMember, Combat
- Paul GinRoll cage, Baja
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Raei GezahegnPhotography Lead - Rosha GheshmMember, AI Safety
- Sam KaiserBaja Lead
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Sophia TsepenyukMember, Combat · Member, AI Safety - Taein KangMember, Combat
- Timothy MaddenMember, Programmatics
- Tobin TingSteering & braking, Baja
- Troy SterlingSuspension, Baja
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Vedarsh MishraProject Manager · Avionics Lead · Member, AI Safety -
Vincent ZermaniMember, Combat -
Vladislav HoilaMember - XavierMember, Combat
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Yuhwan ChonMember, Combat -
Zach DonohueMember, Programmatics
2027–28
This page is unwritten. Nothing is here yet, because the people who'll write it may not have joined.
Alumni Network
The ones who carried it first
They built what the next class inherited. Now they're out in the world, and they're still part of this. Everything here is shared by alumni themselves, for mentorship, recruiting and staying in touch.
The first card is still unclaimed
No alumni profiles are published yet, and we won't write anyone's story for them. If you built MechaEagles and have since graduated, your card belongs here: your roles, your class, and where you've gone since.
Every generation leaves something for the next.
3 years. 48 people on record, 48 of them building right now. It started with one team and one car, and it isn't finished.