The core principle of my role is to make buggy happen, which means I do everything except what the safety chair does. By far my favorite aspect has been getting to know all the the teams and their various characters and struggles. You can find me banging my head against a wall over chores logistics, shaking my fist at Pittsburgh rainclouds, or chatting with teams about what they need to make this year a great one.

Major
Mechanical Engineering

If you could make one impractical change to buggy, what would it be?
Course optimization. Repave all the roads with a quick drying material that retains heat well and maximizes wheel performance. Then remove all the lines on the road, get rid of the trees with the smelly fruit by the flags, get rid of bollards, convince the geese not to poop on the road, ect. Lets see how buggies can perform when we remove all the environmental factors that slow them down.

Anything else you’d like us to know?
If wasn’t on Sweepstakes this year I’d start a new buggy team called “Juggy” and build a buggy where the last fiber layer is made of denim (including the pushbar). Clearcoat only of course, to properly display all the denim glory.

I run all the safety protocols in buggy, including capability testing, driver safety training, and safety gear tagging. Its been exciting to return to the role and get to make improvements to our driver safety practices

Major
Mechanical Engineering

Tell us about the living things you take care of.
I recently gained ownership of some succulents that had been left in the sweeps + spring carnival office and am trying to them back to full health

If you could make one impractical change to buggy, what would it be?
Air bags. Driver commentary from in-buggy

Tracking rolls, meeting notes, & keeping chores in check

Major
Mechanical Engineering + Minor in Military Studies & Intl. Affairs

If you could make one impractical change to buggy, what would it be?
Bring back dropping pushbars, only for the comedy of when they don’t get raised back up for the back hills & seeing what the pushers do to improvise

What’s a piece of media that you never get tired of?
Cyberpunk 2077 & Edgerunners or Alien(s)

I have the great honor of planning and coordinating our carnival showcase! In addition to that I coordinate and plan design competition. I am most excited to plan the showcase activities. (yay coloring pages!)

Major
Materials Science and Engineering, Additional Major in Biomedical Engineering

Tell us about the living things you take care of.
I have 1 pothos, 1 money tree that I am presently growing, and 3 air plants that I recently bought. I also have a dog at home but that makes me a part time parent now I suppose.

Where would you like the next Raceday Grand Tour location to be?
Tokyo. fast and furious style.

I see Buggy Book chair as being responsible of making a piece of memorabilia for people involved in buggy. I hope to make something that feels representative of the experience that people had in buggy for as many people as possible. I used to do yearbook, so I’m just excited to be back in the designing space.

Major
Mechanical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering

If you could make one impractical change to buggy, what would it be?
An impractical change I would want to make is to require teams to change their shell build material every year. I think seeing artisan craftwork rolling down the freeroll would be so fun. Like imagine a forged metal buggy or a wood veneer bent buggy.

Where would you like the next Raceday Grand Tour location to be?
Pittsburgh! but on Canton Ave (the steepest road in America)