About Us
Founded in Fall 2021, the Cornell Assistive Technologies Project Team is a Cornell Engineering Student Project team that has the main goal of making assistive technologies more accessible to the special needs community in Ithaca and beyond. Meet some of the members of our dedicated and passionate team below!
_edited.png)
Team Leads
President
Patrick Evuleocha
Computer Science '26
​
​
College of Engineering
Vice President
Marco La Vecchia
Operations Research and Information Engineering '26
​
College of Engineering
Secretary
Eddie Ramirez
Operations Research and Information Engineering + Computer Science '26
College of Engineering
Engineering Team Lead
Angelica Gomez
Mechanical Engineering '25
​
​
College of Engineering
Engineering Team Lead
Chris Parker
Computer Science '26
​
​
College of Arts and Sciences
Education & Development Team Lead
Mae Sliwinski
Mechanical Engineering '26
​
​
College of Engineering
Outreach & Education Team Lead
Evan Lee
Hotel Administration '27
​
​
Nolan School of Hotel Administration
Outreach & Education Team Lead
Chloe Jung
Cognitive Science and Biological Sciences '27
​
College of Arts and Sciences
Operations Lead
Dina Shlufman
Information Science '27
​
​
College of Arts and Sciences
Engineering Team
Ethan Seiz
Major: Computer Science
​
Graduation Year: 2028
​
Hometown: NYC
Alan Wu
Major: Biological Science
​
Graduation Year: 2028
​
Hometown: Plainsboro, New Jersey
Jason Peskin
Major: Electrical and Computer Engineering
​
Graduation Year: 2027
​
Hometown: New York, NY
Diya Sheth
Major: Biomedical Engineering
​
Graduation Year: 2028
​
Hometown: Syosset, NY
Ria Dhulia
Major: Biomedical Engineering
​
Graduation Year: 2028
​
Hometown: Long Island, NY
Emily Wang
Major: Electrical and Computer Engineering
​
Graduation Year: 2028
​
Hometown: Newton, MA
Liz Pappania
Major: Biomedical Engineering
​
Graduation Year: 2028
​
Hometown: Long Island, NY
Madhu Balaji
Major: Computer Science
​
Graduation Year: 2028
​
Hometown: Madison, Alabama
Jonathan Wang
Major: Computer Science
​
Graduation Year: 2027
​
Hometown: Northborough, MA
Savaas Iqbal
Major: Computer Science & ORIE
​
Graduation Year: 2028
​
Hometown: New Jersey
Logan Roberts
Major: Mechanical Engineering
​
Graduation Year: 2027
​
Hometown: Abingdon, Maryland
%20-%20Rishabh%20Dholakia.jpg)
Rishabh Dholakia
Major: Mechanical Engineering
​
Graduation Year: 2028
​
Hometown: Nesconset, Long Island
Serena Inderjit
Major: Computer Science
​
Graduation Year: 2027
​
Hometown: Huntington, NY
Natalie Shepherd
Major: Biomedical Engineering
​
Graduation Year: 2027
​
Hometown: Brookline, MA
Hayden Weiss
Major: Computer Science & Economics
​
Graduation Year: 2026
​
Hometown: Richmond, VA
Wayne Shih
Major: Physics
​
Graduation Year: 2027
​
Hometown: Roslyn, NY
Saejoon Park
Major: Electrical and Computer Engineering
​
Graduation Year: 2028
​
Hometown: Burke, VA
Lucas Keith
Major: Biomedical Engineering
​
Graduation Year: 2026
​
Hometown: Arlington, VA
Sahana Behera
Major: Biomedical Engineering
​
Graduation Year: 2028
​
Hometown: Lexington, MA
Timothy Nguyen
Major: Computer Science
​
Graduation Year: 2027
​
Hometown: Bronx, NY
Cynthia Tseng
Major: Biomedical Engineering
​
Graduation Year: 2027
​
Hometown: McLean, VA
Aaron Mpuga
Major: Operations Research
​
Graduation Year: 2026
​
Hometown: Bethesda, MD
Lila Alderete
Major: Computer Science
​
Graduation Year: 2027
​
Hometown Winsted, CT
Outreach Team
Sarah Swee
Major: Biometry and Statistics
​
Graduation Year: 2027
​
Hometown: San Ramon, CA
Sophie Li
Major: Industrial Labor Relations
​
Graduation Year: 2027
​
Hometown: Queens, NY
Rafael Green Mendez
Major: Biological Sciences
​
Graduation Year: 2026
​
Hometown: Sleepy Hollow, NY
Education Team
Josephine Kelly
Major:Cognitive Science and Info Science
​
Graduation Year: 2027
​
Hometown: Irvington, NY
Sophia Roache
Major: Biomedical Engineering
​
Graduation Year: 2027
​
Hometown: Montgomery, NY
Shannon Lin
Major: Computer Science
​
Graduation Year: 2028
​
Hometown: Austin, TX
Zaid Al-Shoha
Major: Biological Science
​
Graduation Year: 2028
​
Hometown: Dubai
Huy Nguyen
Major: Electrical and Computer Engineering
​
Graduation Year: 2027
​
Hometown: Portland, OR
Operations Team
Erin Park
Major: Design and Environmental Analysis
​
Graduation Year: 2027
​
Hometown: Queens, NY
Simon de Alba
Major: Hotel Administration
​
Graduation Year: 2026
​
Hometown: NYC
Samika Agarwal
Major: Design and Environmental Analysis
​
Graduation Year: 2027
​
Hometown: Saratoga, CA
Tyrone Chen
Major:
​
Graduation Year:
​
Hometown:
Jason Yang
Major: Biological Sciences
​
Graduation Year: 2027
​
Hometown: NYC
Andy Chen
Major: Mechanical Engineering
​
Graduation Year: 2028
​
Hometown: Queens, NY
Faculty Advisor
​
Tapomayukh "Tapo" Bhattacharjee
Tapo is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science at Cornell University. He is passionate about developing algorithms that solve fundamental problems in the real world, and evaluating them with real users.
​
President Emeritus and Founder of Adaptive Play and Design Initiative
Michael Dicpinigaitis (Fall '23)
Michael is a recent graduate from Cornell University with a BS in Biological Sciences in CALS. He created this student organization in his sophomore year and hopes to bridge the gap between Cornell students and the Ithaca special needs community and beyond.
​
​
Vice President Emeritus
​
Maya Yu (Fall '23)
Maya is a recent graduate of Cornell University. She received her BS in Environmental Engineering in 2024 and a M.Eng in Environmental Engineering with a focus in sustainable energy systems in 2025. Serving as Vice President from 2021 to 2023, she worked to promote the club on Cornell campus by organizing the club’s internal logistics.