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ABOUT US

We believe in a future where the movement of goods, people, and services is re-defined in the sky. In partnership with NASA, we are building AI-enabled traffic management software for the future airspace. Our team consists of experienced researchers, engineers and industry experts with a passion for innovation and aerospace.

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Meet the Team

Dedication. Expertise. Passion.

Our multidisciplinary team, including our faculty mentors, has more than 60 years of experience in machine learning, robotics, aerospace, human factors, and hardware.

Mehrnaz Sabet - Team Lead

Mehrnaz Sabet

Team Lead

Mehrnaz is a PhD Candidate at Cornell University leading research on human-drone systems. her work has received multiple awards and grants from NASA, NSF, and Cornell Engineering. At Project Orion, she works hand in hand with the team and leads research and development efforts to ensure project success.

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Aaron Babu - Team member

Aaron Babu

Aaron is a Computer Science undergraduate at Cornell University passionate about machine learning and robotics. At Project Orion, he contributes to developing complex simulation environments for training machine-learning models. 

Marcus Lee - Team member

Marcus Lee

Marcus is a Computer Science undergraduate at Cornell University passionate about work in machine learning, computer vision, robotics, and software engineering. At Project Orion, he contributes to advancing new machine-learning models. 

Joshua Park - Team member

Joshua Park

Josh is an Information Science undergraduate at Cornell University passionate about data science. At Project Orion, he contributes to model profiling and conducts experiments for baseline testing. 

Francis Pham - Team member

Francis Pham

Francis is an ECE undergraduate at Cornell University passionate about new hardware architectures. At Project Orion, he contributes to increasing the memory efficiency of our machine-learning models.

Owen Sorber - Team member

Owen Sorber

Owen is a Computer Science master's student at Cornell University passionate about building software to solve problems in robotics and aerospace. At Project Orion, he contributes to implementing and testing new Reinforcement Learning algorithms.

Roopak Srinivasan - Team member

Roopak Srinivasan

Roopak is a Computer Science master's student at Cornell University passionate about the intersection of technology and practical innovation. At Project Orion, he contributes to building data engine pipelines to test machine learning models in new simulation environments.

Austin Zhao - Team member

Austin Zhao

Austin is a Computer Science undergraduate at Cornell University passionate about the intersection of computer science and the physical world. At Project Orion, he contributes to deploying training pipelines to the cloud and optimizing our compute workload.

Sanjiban Choudhury - Faculty member

Sanjiban Choudhury 

Faculty mentor

Sanjiban is an Assistant Professor at Cornell Computer Science and a Research Scientist at Aurora Innovation. His research is on advancing imitation learning and decision making in robotics.

Susan Fussell - Faculty member

Susan Fussell

Faculty mentor

Susan is a Professor at Cornell Information Science known for her years of contributions to the fields of human-computer interaction and computer-supported cooperative work. 

OUR JOURNEY 

2024

PROJECT ORION STARTED

This ambitious project, which kicked off in the first quarter of 2024, is a collaboration between our innovative team and NASA, aiming to develop a state-of-the-art AI-enabled traffic management system.

2025

OUR DEADLINE TO DELIVER

As we embark on this exciting journey, our team is committed to keeping you informed and engaged. We will post regular updates on our website for each major milestone. we plan to have our system developed, tested through novel methods, and ready for scale by the end of Q1 2025.

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