Rice Wind Energy

2024–2025 Team Photo

2024–2025 Team Leadership

Esther Fahel

President

Jason Yang

Vice President

Raj Anthony

Marketing & Development Lead

Izzie Driewer

Chief Engineer

Aaeisha Baharun

Treasurer

Mechanical Team

Amelia Pillar

Mechanical Co-Lead

Caesar Coss

Mechanical Co-Lead

Rachel Kim

Mechanical Advisor

Esther Fahel

Mechanical Advisor

Controls Team

Adam Swartz

Controls Co-Lead

James Mahoney

Controls Co-Lead

Jason Yang

Controls Co-Lead

Elliot Chae

Controls Advisor

Generator Team

Izzie Driewer

Generator Lead

Blades Team

Adeel Sumar

Blades Lead

Esther Fahel

Blades Advisor

Project Development Team

James Li

Project Development Co-Lead

Arwyn St. John

Project Development Co-Lead

Bryan Mendoza

Project Development Co-Lead

Connection Creation Team

Sanjana Jain

Connection Creation Co-Lead

Ava Garrelts

Connection Creation Co-Lead

Faculty Advisors

David Trevas

RWE Faculty Sponsor

Gary Woods

Controls Faculty Advisor

Jose Moreto

Aerodynamics Faculty Advisor

Past Team Leadership

Meet the leaders that helped grow Rice Wind Energy into who we are today.

2024–2025 Team Leadership

Esther Fahel

President

Jason Yang

Vice President,
Controls Lead

Izzie Driewer

Chief Engineer,
Generator Lead

Aaeisha Baharun

Treasurer

Raj Anthony

Marketing and Development Lead

Amelia PIllar

Mechanical Lead

Caesar Coss

Mechanical Lead

James Mahoney

Controls Lead

Adam Swartz

Controls Lead

Adeel Sumar

Blades Lead

Sanjana Jain

Connection Creation Lead

Ava Garrelts

Connection Creation Lead

Arwyn St. John

Project Development Lead

James Li

Project Development Lead

Bryan Mendoza

Project Development Lead

2023–2024 Team Leadership

Raj Anthony

President

Maya Chhong

Vice President, Treasurer 

Esther Fahel

Chief Engineer, Mechanical Lead

Izzie Driewer

Mechanical Lead

Rachel Kim

Mechanical Lead

James Mahoney

Electrical Lead

Elliot Chae

Electrical Lead

Sanjana Jain

Connection Creation Lead

Viviana Contreras

Connection Creation Lead

Arwyn St. John

Project Development Lead

James Li

Project Development Lead

2022–2023 Team Leadership

Charles French

President

Sarah Salvatore

Vice President

Charlie Zhang

Treasurer

Marina Klein

Secretary

Sam Lim

Secretary

Raj Anthony

Electrical Lead

Maya Chhong

Electrical Lead

Esther Fahel

Mechanical Lead

Rachel Kim

Mechanical Lead

Mark Lopatofsky

Powertrain Lead

Lovin George

Powertrain Lead

2021–2022 Team Leadership

Sarah Salvatore

President

Sergio Espinoza Torres

Vice President

Zachary Driscoll

Vice President

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