GA3 History
In the Spring of 2003, the Aero-Astro Department began a search for a new Department Head. The Search Committee sought input regarding the department and specific candidates from the graduate students. Each lab conducted a discussion and culled opinions amongst its students. When the representatives from each lab convened to draft a summary of points to the Search Committee, everyone realized that many common themes and issues resonated throughout the department. These issues along with a crisis over rising student healthcare costs highlighted the need for a cohesive body to advocate for graduate student interests in the department.
The Graduate Association of Aeronautics and Astronautics (GA3) formed during that summer out of the laboratory structure used for the Department Head search. GA^3 was created with the goals of promoting student well-being, both academically and for the quality of life, establishing a formal student-department relationship, fostering a sense of community within the department and to increase department presence and student involvement throughout MIT.
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Previous GA^3 Executive Committees:
2024 GA^3 Executive Committee
President: Marlene Euchenhofer
Vice President: Billy Kline
Treasurer: Julie Zhu
Social Chairs: Polly Harrington, Leo Gallo
Intramural Chair: Evan Gibney
Professional Development Chair: Victor Qin
Outreach/Diversity Chair: Chris Kwon (GSM Representative)
International Chair: Mina Cezairli
Officers at Large: Ryan de Freitas Bart, Hannah Tomio (both GSC Representatives), Kaila Wong (General Position)
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2024 GA^3 Graduate Faculty Search Committee
Marlene Euchenhofer (GA^3 President, Chair, Ex Officio)
Billy Kline (GA^3 VP, Chair, Ex Officio)
Ruth Davis
Golda Nguyen
Alex Meredith Rose
Daniel Pickard
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2023 GA^3 Executive Committee
President: Ryan de Freitas Bart
Vice President: Kaila Wong
Treasurer: Andrew Fishberg
Social Chairs: Mary Dahl, Rashmi Ravishankar, Kinjal Ruecker
Intramural Chair: Spencer Taylor
Professional Development Chair: Evan Kramer
Academic Chair: Hannah Tomio
Outreach/Diversity Chair: Christine Page
International Chair: Yuying Lin
GSC Representatives: Shannon Smith, Skylar Eiskowitz, Adriana Mitchell
Social Media Chair: Michelle Lin
Co-Presidents (until August 2023): Amy Huynh (resigned), Ryan de Freitas Bart
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2023 GA^3 Graduate Faculty Search Committee
Ryan de Freitas Bart (GA^3 Co-President, Chair, Ex Officio)
Amy Huynh (GA^3 Co-President, Ex Officio)
Allan Shtofenmakher
Annick Dewald
Hannah Tomio
Sydney Dolan
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2022 GA^3 Executive Committee
Co-Presidents: Andrea Henshall, Evan Kramer
Vice President: Hannah Tomio
Treasurer: Andrew Fishberg
Social Chairs: Carter Waligura, Spencer McDonald, Chris Womack
Academic Chair: Kota Kondo
Professional Development Chair: Shravan Hariharan
International Chair: Mennatallah Hussein
Outreach and Diversity Chair: Michelle Lin
Intramural Chair: Harsh Bhundiya
Graduate Student Council Representative: Ryan de Freitas Bart
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2021 Executive Committee
Co-Presidents: Hannah Tomio and Jon MacArthur
Vice President: Andrew Cummings
Treasurer: Andrew Fishberg
GSC Reps: Alejandro Cabrales, Mary Dahl, Joey Murphy
Social Chairs: Cadence Payne, Ara Mahseredjian, Will Parker
IM Sports Chair: Harsh Bhundiya
International Chair: Elwyn Siriey
Outreach/Diversity Chair: Regina Apodaca
Academic Chair: Charles Dawson
Webmaster/Social Media: Chelsea Onyeador
Professional Development Chair: Axel Garcia
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2020 Executive Committee
Co-Presidents: Adriana Mitchell and Prashanth Prakash
Vice President: Lena Downes
Treasurer: Daniel Miller
GSC Reps: Charles Dawson, Mycal Tucker, Lucy Halperin
Social Chairs: Cadence Payne, Björn Lütjens, Charles Oestreich
IM Sports Chair: Grégoire Chomette
International Chair: Maya Nasr
Outreach/Diversity Chair: Chelsea Onyeador
Academic Chair: Soumya Sudhakar
Webmaster/Social Media: Charlotte Lowey
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2019 Executive Committee
Co-Presidents: Regina Apodaca and Amelia Gagnon
Vice President: Jessica Todd
Treasurer: Charlotte Lowey
GSC Reps: Colin Pavan, Ben Couchman, Lena Downes
Social Chairs: Cadence Payne, Jacob Broida, Nick Anastas
IM Sports Chair: Pratik Dave
International Chair: Maya Nasr
Outreach Chair/Diversity Chair: Aditya Bhattaru
Academic Chair: Aaron Baumgarten
Webmaster/Social Media: Daniel Miller
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2018 Executive Committee
Co-Presidents:Ben Couchman and Jessica Todd
Vice President: Charlotte Lowey
Treasurer: Aaron Baumgarten
GSC Reps: Juju Wang, Stewart Isaacs, Aditya Bhattaru
Social Chairs: Liam Comidy, Cadence Payne, Brad Walcher
IM Sports Chair: Nick Anastas
International Chair: Paula do Vale Pereira
Outreach Chair/Diversity/dREFS Chair: Christine Joseph
Academic Chair: Parker Vascik
Webmaster/Social Media: Inderraj Singh Grewal
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2017 Executive Committee
Co-Presidents: Barret Schlegelmilch and Aditya Bhattaru
Vice President: Charlotte Lowey
Treasurer: Aaron Baumgarten
GSC Reps: Inderraj Singh Grewal, Erin Evans, Pat O’Shea
Social Chairs: Cory Frontin, Chris Fourie, Mohammad Islam
IM Sports Chair: Hugh Carson
International Chair: Shun Zhang
Outreach Chair: Christine Joseph
Academic/Techcomm Chair: Parker Vascik
Webmaster: Blake Bequette
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2016 Executive Committee
Co-Presidents: Charlotte Lowey and Alison Gibson
Vice President: Richard Fineman
Treasurer: Shun Zhang
GSC Reps: Akshata Krishnamurthy, Forrest Meyen, Ayesha Hein
IM Sports Chairs: Cory Frontin and Zhiyi Wang
International Chair: Sandro Salgueiro
Social Chairs: Hugh Carson, Timothy McGrath, Chika Eke
Academic Chair: Parker Vascik
Webmaster: Antonio Teran Espinoza
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2015 Executive Committee
Co-Presidents: Akshata Krishnamurthy and Lucio Di-Ciaccio
Vice President: Weston Marlow
Treasurer: Hugh Carson
GSC Reps: Anthony Broll, Pooja Suresh, Dianna Velez
Social Chairs: Kit Kennedy, Philippe Kirschen, Parker Vascik
IM Sports Chair: Derek Paxson
International Chair: Lucie Reymondet
Academic Chair: Kat Riesing
Webmaster: Jillian James
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2014 Executive Committee
Co-Presidents: Kyle Kotowick and Sam Schreiner
Vice President: Kat Riesing
Treasurer: Kit Kennedy
GSC Reps: Cécile Casses, Jenny Liu
Social Chairs: Lynn Geiger, Jinwook Lee
IM Sports Chair: Edward Obropta, Niek Beckers
International Chairs: Hunter Zhao, Pierre Bertrand
Academic Chair: Sathya Silva
Webmaster: Devon Jedamski
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2009 Executive Committee
Co-Presidents: Chelsea He and Holly Jeffrey
Vice President: Jon Gibbs
Treasurer: Chris Dorbian
GSC Reps: Paul Grogan, Justin Kaderka, Jared Krueger
Social Chairs: Allie Anderson, John Richmond
International Chair: Sydney Do
Academic Chair: Hiten Mulchandani
Student Involvement Chair: Alex Stimpson
(For a full list of committees and lab reps from 2008-2009, click here.)
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2008 Executive Committee
Co-Presidents: Elza Brunelle-Yeung and Britt Bille Rasmussen
Vice President: Sunny Wicks
Treasurer: Leo Ng
GSC Reps: Caley Burke, Roedolph Opperman, Travis Wolf
Social Chairs: Josh Bialkowski, Chris Taylor, Brent Tweddle
International Chair: Been Kim
Academic Chair: Travis Wolf
Social Involvement Chair: Anna Massie
(For a full list of committees and lab reps from 2007-2008, click here.)
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2007 Executive Committee
President: Brandon Luders
Vice President: Josh Joseph
Treasurer: Paul Rosendall
GSC Reps: Paul Rosendall, Omar Bashir, Ryan Odegard, Julie Shah
Social Chairs: Luc Brunet, Jaime Mateus
Academic Chair: Zoe Szajinfarber
Student Involvement Chair: Misha Leybovich
Laboratory Representatives
ACDL: Josh Krakos
ACL: Brandon Luders
CSDL: Ryan Odegard, Sameera Ponda
CSRL: Maggie Stringfellow Herring
GTL: David Tarr
MVL: Jaime Mateus
SSAG: Phillip Cunio
SSL: Dan Kwon, Swati Mohan
TELAMS: Jeff Chambers
Members-at-large
Garrett Barter
Dan Buckland
Larry Chang
Shannon Cheng
Thomas Coffee
Lucy Cohan
Elizabeth Deems
Jessica Edmonds
Jonathan Histon
Geoff Huntington
Antoine Jerusalem
Ted Lester
Anuja Mahashabde
Jessica Marquez
Sarah Shull
Noah Warner
Jianye Zhang
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2006 Executive Committee
President: Elizabeth Jordan
Vice President: Sarah Shull
Treasurer: Swati Mohan
GSC Reps: Swati Mohan, Lucy Cohan, Jessica Edmonds
Social Chairs: Edward Lester
Academic Chair: Daniel Buckland
Orientation Chair: Elizabeth Deems
Laboratory Representatives
ACDL: Paul Rossetti
CSDL: Larry Chang
GTL: Anuja Mahashabde
HAL: Carl Nehme
ICAT: Jonathan Histon
LAI: Thomas Coffee
MVL: Kristen Bethke
SPL: Shannon Cheng
TELAMS: Antione Jerusalem
Members-at-large
Garrett Barter
Kevin Duda
Geoff Huntington
Dan Kwon
Jessica Marquez
Noah Warner
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2005 Executive Committee
President: Garrett Barter*
Vice President: Jessica Marquez
Treasurer: Kevin Duda
GSC Rep: Sajjad Shaikh Matin
Social Chairs: Geoff Huntington
Academic Chair: Emily Craparo
Communications Chair: Theresia Becker
Finance Committee
Treasurer: Kevin Duda*
Academic Committee
Academic Chair: Emily Craparo*
Vice President: Jessica Marquez
LR-LIDS: Farmey Joseph
LR-SPL: Noah Warner
LR-SSL: Daniel King
At-large: Phil Ferguson
Communications Committee
Communications Chair: Theresia Becker*
LR-ICAT: Jonathon Histon
LR-MVL: Kristen Bethke
President: Garrett Barter
Social Committee
Social Chair: Geoff Huntington*
LR-TELAC: Antoine Jerusalem
LR-SSL: Dan Kwon
LR-CSRL: Katie Weiss
LR-LAI: Ryan Whitaker
LR-CSDL: Craig Van Beusekom
LR-GTL: Kelly Klima
GSC Rep: Sajjad Shaikh Matin
Laboratory Representatives
ACDL: Daniel King
CSRL: Katie Weiss
CSDL: Craig Van Beusekom
GTL: Kelly Klima
ICAT: Jonathan Histon
LIDS: Farmey Joseph
LAI: Ryan Whitaker
MVL: Kristen Bethke
SPL: Noah Warner
SSL: Dan Kwon
TELAC: Antoine Jerusalem
(*committee chair)
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2004 Executive Committee
President: Garrett Barter*
Vice President: Jessica Marquez
Treasurer: Kevin Duda
GSC Reps: Ryan Peoples, Steve Paschall, Sajjad Shaikh Matin
At-large: Jessica Townsend
Finance Committee
Treasurer: Kevin Duda*
GSC Rep: Sajjad Shaikh Matin
Academic Committee
LR-SPL: Jose Lopez-Urdiales*
LR-LIDS: Emily Craparo
Vice President, LR-MVL: Jessica Marquez
GSC Rep: Ryan Peoples
LR-Unaffiliated: Todd Shuman
At-large: Justin Fox
Communications Committee
GSC Rep: Steve Paschall*
At-large: Hayley Davidson
LR-ICAT: Jonathan Histon
At-large: Sudeep Lahiri
At-large: Paul Mitchell
Social Committee
At-large: Geoff Huntington*
LR-Draper: David Benson
LR-TELAC: Antoine Jerusalem
LR-GTL: Kelly Klima
LR-SSL: Dan Kwon
LR-SERL: Katie Weiss
LR-LAI: Ryan Whitaker
(*committee chair)
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