Loughborough UAV 2023-2024 Team

Meet our team taking on the IMechE UAS Challenge, pioneering an autonomous UAV for lifesaving missions.

Management Team

  • Rajveer Bhangra

    Chief Project Co-ordinator

  • William Dobney

    Chief Technical Officer

  • Laura Gleghorn

    Chief Integration Engineer

  • Sam Ferra

    Chief Airframes Engineer

  • Kasha Bhardwaj

    Chief Systems Engineer

  • Benji Sawtell

    Chief Manufacturing Engineer

  • George Gurry

    Head of Structures

  • Kian Poulsen

    Head of Aerodynamics

  • Kofi Ekue

    Chief Media and Communication Officer

Airframes Deparment

  • Sam Ferra

    Chief Airframes Engineer

  • George Gurry

    Head of Structures

  • Kian Poulsen

    Head of Aerodynamics

  • Luis Zapata Perez

    Structures Engineer

  • Stephen Rouse

    Structures Engineer

  • Ben Rayner

    Structures Engineer

  • Nadia Ali

    Structures Engineer

  • Saifuddin Mohammed Vithodawala

    Structures Engineer

  • Thomas Lorrimore

    Aerodynamics Engineer

  • Paul Straub

    Aerodynamics Engineer

  • Benita Nsiah

    Aerodynamics Engineer

  • Rodrigo Sanz

    Aerodynamics Engineer

  • Nidish Rajbanshi

    Aerodynamics Engineer

  • Luis Antonio Thoppil-Poyatos

    Aerodynamics Engineer

Systems Department

  • Kasha Bhardwaj-John

    Chief Systems Engineer

  • Imi Baines

    Systems Engineer

  • Oliver Dow

    Systems Engineer

  • William Dinley

    Systems Engineer

  • Luke Phillips

    Systems Engineer

  • Matyas Bana

    Systems Engineer

  • Jacob Wright

    Test Pilot

Manufacturing Department

  • Benji Sawtell

    Chief Manufacturing Engineer

  • Esther Wilson-Gilbert

    Manufacturing Engineer

  • Jasmine Dossa

    Manufacturing Engineer

  • Cieran Foster

    Manufacturing Engineer

  • Micah Jowers

    Manufacturing Engineer

  • Tristan Hart

    Manufacturing Engineer

Media and Communication Team

  • Kofi Ekue

    Chief Media and Communictions Officer