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Meet the 2024 Mentors

Learn more about our 2023-2024 Desert WAVE AUV Mentors! Please click on 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's Polytechnic campus. He earned his PhD in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Florida. He currently volunteers with the Si Se Puede Foundation where he helped found and mentors the all-women collegiate robotics team, Desert WAVE.

Mentor

  • LinkedIn
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Faridodin "Fredi" Lajvardi

Mentor

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  • 30 yrs at Carl Hayden High School

  • 30 Yrs of extracurricular STEM programs, Robosub, FIRST Robotics, electric vehicle conversions

  • Current CEO/ President of Si Se Puede Foundation

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Bruce Khan

Mentor

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Retired Software Engineer 

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Borna Emami

Mentor

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Engineer at General Dynamics

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Frank Neuperger

Mentor

  • LinkedIn

 CEO of Simrex Corporation

  • Jack of all trades

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