Meet Team Minion

A student-led group of enthusiastic engineers ready for RoboBoat 2026!

Team Minion is a student engineering team from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, consisting of three graduate student team leads and eleven undergraduate mechanical engineering students participating through their Senior Design (Capstone) project. Together, we are developing an autonomous surface vessel for the RoboBoat 2026 competition.

Faculty Members

Dr. Eric Coyle

Faculty Advisor
Senior Design Team Instructor
eric.coyle@erau.edu

Dr. Patrick Currier

Faculty Advisor

Dr. Monica Garcia

Faculty Advisor

Team Leads

Bharat Jagwani

Team Lead
M.S. in Mechanical Engineering
B.S. in Aerospace Engineering
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Sarthak Aggarwal

Hardware Lead
PhD in Mechanical Engineering
M.S. in Unmanned and Autonomous Systems Engineering

Sagar Sarkar

Software Lead
PhD in Mechanical Engineering
M.S. in Unmanned and Autonomous Systems Engineering

Hull Team

Luke Coblentz

Hull Member
B.S. in Mechanical Engineering
A.S. Electronic Systems Technology
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Caleb Henning

Hull Member
B.S. in Mechanical Engineering

Joshua Matthews

Hull Member
B.S. in Mechanical Engineering
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Michael Saravis

Hull Member
B.S. in Mechanical Engineering

Electrical Infrastructure Team

Andrew Lumsden

Infrastructure Member
B.S. in Mechanical Engineering
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Sena Nitta

Infrastructure Member
B.S. in Mechanical Engineering
Minor in Business Administration and CAD/CAM
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Jaylene Santiago

Infrastructure Member
B.S. in Mechanical Engineering

Nam Tran

Infrastructure Member
B.S. in Mechanical Engineering
Minor in Physics
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Sensors and Payload Team

Orlando Bailey

S&P Member
B.S. in Mechanical Engineering
Minor in CAD/CAM and Space Operations

Kamanakai Natividad

S&P Member
B.S. in Mechanical Engineering
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Ethan Shephard

S&P Member
B.S. in Mechanical Engineering
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