The Engineering Team
The Engineers


Front Row:
Dr. Joseph Verdeyen, Mike Day*, Dr. Wayne Solomon, Diana Gonzalez*, Julia Laystrom-Woodard

Back Row: Brian Woodard, Gabriel Benavides, Andrew Palla, Chris Mangun, Dan Weber*, Joe Zimmerman, Darren King, Tyler Field*, Dr. David Carroll

*Former CU Aerospace employee who has moved on to other endeavors.


 
Gabriel Benavides
Gabe is a Senior Engineer at CUA and has worked at the company since 1999. He is also a Ph.D. candidate in the Aerospace Engineering (AE) Department. He graduated from Illinois with an M.S. in AE in '04.
 
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Gabriel Benavides
 

 
David Carroll
Dave is the President of CUA and is one of the founding partners.
 
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Darren King
Darren is a partner and Senior Engineer at CUA and has worked for the company since 1999. He graduated from Illinois with an M.S. in AE in '99.
 
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Darren King
 

 
Julia Laystrom-Woodard
Julia is a Senior Engineer at CUA and has worked with the company since 2000. She earned her M.S. in AE at Illinois in '04.
 
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Chris Mangun
Chris is a Senior Staff Scientist at CUA; he has worked here since 2008. He graduated with his Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering at Illinois in '96.
 
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Chris Mangun
 

 
Andrew Palla
Andrew is a partner and Senior Physicist at CUA; he has worked here since 2004. He graduated with his M.S. in AE at Illinois in '05.
 
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Andrew Palla
 

 
Wayne Solomon
Wayne is the Chairman and is one of the founding partners of CUA. He is also Professor Emeritus and former Department Head in AE at Illinois.
 
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Wayne Solomon
 

 
Joseph Verdeyen
Joe is a Senior Scientist/consultant for CUA and Professor Emeritus in ECE at Illinois. He has been with the company since 2001.
 
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Joseph Verdeyen
 

 
Brian Woodard
Brian is a Ph.D. candidate in AE at Illinois and has worked with CUA since 2004. He intends to graduate in May '11.
 
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Brian Woodard
 

 
Joseph Zimmerman
Joe received his Ph.D. in October 2010 in AE at Illinois. He has worked with CUA since 2004.
 
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Joseph Zimmerman