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Meet the 2025 Mentors

Learn more about our 2025 Desert WAVE AUV Mentors! Hover over a mentor's name to learn more.

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Daniel Frank

Dr. Daniel Frank is an Associate Teaching Professor at Arizona State University. He earned his PhD in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Florida (UF). As a graduate student, he helped his UF's robotics teams win two international autonomous boat competitions. He helped found and currently mentors Desert WAVE.

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Faridodin Lajvardi

Mentor

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  • Faridodin “Fredi” Lajvardi is the CEO of the Si Se Puede Foundation and a nationally recognized STEM educator known for inspiring underserved students through robotics. His real-life story inspired the film *Spare Parts*.

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Bruce Kahn

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Retired Software Engineer 

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Borna Emami

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Engineer at General Dynamics

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Frank Neuperger

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 CEO of Simrex Corporation

  • Jack of all trades

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Xi Yu

Mentor

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ASU Assistant Professor for the School of Manufacturing Systems and Networks. TBD.

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