LONGHORN RACING
THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN
Our Solar Leads
Michael Mohn
Team Captain
Michael is a third year Computer Science student from Katy, Texas. It’s his third year on the team and he attributes his background primarily to BPS (sorry controls). As the Team Captain, he pretends to know what's going on, obsessively checks Slack, and tries to keep our brilliant leads and members on track to building the best car possible. Whenever he gets a bit of free time to himself, he enjoys hiking, backpacking, and just generally fighting the CS major allegations against him. He is also unusually good at Mario Kart to the extent that he tends to ruin everyone else’s experience.
Philip Bortolotti
Chief Engineer
Philip is a fourth year Mechanical Engineering student seeking an Integrated Master’s in Dynamic Systems and Controls. As Chief Engineer he oversees the high-level design and manufacturing efforts of the team, coordinates testing plans, and manages intersystem integration. In his free time he enjoys cooking, salsa dancing, and KARAOKE!!
Hardhik Sripuram
Operations Lead
Hardhik Sripuram is a sophomore International Business major. As the Operations Lead he manages the Corporate Relations, Public Relations, and Treasury teams. Outside of LHR, he enjoys volleyball, karaoke, cooking, and binging TV shows!
Joshua Miksits
Body Lead
Josh is a second-year Mechanical Engineering student from McKinney,
Texas. As Body lead, he manages the design and manufacturing of the frame
and ergonomics subsystems. Outside of LHR, he likes to play the ukelele, ride his bike, drum, and beatbox.
Gerard Cardenas
Mechanical Lead
Gerard is a fifth year Mechanical Engineering student from Mesquite, Texas. As mechanical lead, he manages the design and manufacturing of the mechanical system. During his non-existent free time, he enjoys spending time with friends and family, playing the drums and guitar, and driving his 35+ year old Toyota.
Pratyush Patra
Electrical Lead
Pratyush is a third year Electrical and Computer Engineering student from Frisco, Texas. As Electrical Lead, he works on the overall design, manufacturing, and integration of the car’s electrical systems. Outside of LHR, he enjoys playing sports like soccer and basketball as well as playing the piano and guitar.
Saahas Jonnalagedda
Corporate Relations Lead
Saahas is a second-year Finance student from Frisco, Texas. As Corporate Relations Lead, his responsibilities involve overseeing and cultivating strategic relationships with partners and doing whatever Hardy tells him to. In his free time, Saahas enjoys playing golf and rooting for the Dallas Mavericks.
Jason Heston
Aeroshell Lead
Jason Heston is a second year Mechanical Engineer from Plano, Texas. He deals with designing and manufacturing the outer composite shell of the car. Outside of LHR, he enjoys playing the snare, running, and spending time with friends.
Harshit Dalmia
Dynamics Lead
Harshit is second year Mechanical Engineering student from Austin, Texas. As dynamics lead, he manages the design and manufacturing of the suspension, steering, and unsprung subsystems. Outside of LHR he enjoys spending time with friends, learning random things, and believing hobbies are probably real... maybe.
Parthiv Shah
Electromechanical Lead
Parthiv is a second year Mechanical Engineering student from Frisco, Texas. As Electromechanical Lead, he works on system integration and the manufacturing of our primary battery pack. Outside of LHR, he enjoys playing soccer and baking.
Diya Rajon
Controls Lead
Diya is a third year Electrical and Computer Engineering student from Austin, TX. As the Controls lead, she manages any driver interaction with the car, internal/external lights, and motor control. Instead of going to bed at a reasonable time, she likes going on long runs.
Frank Li
Power Systems Lead
Frank is a second-year Electrical and Computer Engineering student from Katy, Texas. As Power Systems Lead, he works on PCB design and the high voltage architecture of the solar car. Outside of LHR, he enjoys playing basketball, jamming with his piano, and cooking.
Lakshay Gupta
Battery Protection System Lead
Lakshay is a third-year Electrical and Computer Engineering major from Houston, TX. As the battery protection system lead, he leads the system that protects the battery. Lakshay juggles his important job of protecting the battery pack and his love of seeing batteries glow really bright. In his spare time he likes to play guitar, play volleyball, and attempt to use ChatGPT to write his website bio (maybe he’ll figure it out one day).
Pablo Romero
Data Acquisition Lead
Pablo is a third-year Electrical Engineering student from Fort Worth, TX. As Data Acquisition lead, he manages the vehicle's electrical data acquisition system and telemetry dashboard. Outside of LHR, he enjoys reading, listening to music, and biking.
Erika Feller
Power Gen Lead
Erika is a second-year Electrical and Computer Engineering student from
Fort Worth, Texas. As Power Generation Lead, she manages the delivery of
power from the solar array to our high-voltage system. Outside of LHR, she
enjoys rock climbing, playing piano, and goofing around with friends.