Al Merrick
Founder
Channel Island Surfboards
Building Things
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Bob Chandler
Creator
Big Foot
Richard Meier
Architect
Getty Museum
Andrew Lins
Conservator
Philadelphia Museum of Art
David Provost
President
Bacchus Caves
Barry Brickell
Potter/Railway Engineer
Driving Creek Potteries and Railway
Peter Lynn
Kitemaker / Engineer / Inventor
Peter Lynn Kites
Jordin Kare
Chief Scientist/Senior Inventor/Laser Motive
Intellectual Ventures
Nick DePalma
Graduate Student
MIT Personal Robots Group
Bob Cassilly
Founder
City Museum
Deon Clark
Nuclear Engineer / Founder
Palo Verde Power Plant/Legacy Initiative
Zach Kaplan
Founder & CEO
Inventables
Sal Donato
Owner & Mechanic
Philadelphia Motorsports
Brent Bushnell
Co-Founder & CEO
Two Bit Circus
Eric Gradman
Co-Founder & CTO
Two Bit Circus
Brian Korsedal
CEO
Arcology Now!
David Schwarz
Architect
Pete Saari
Co-Founder
Mervin Manufacturing
Mike Olson
Co-Founder
Mervin Manufacturing
Jim Lutz
Professor of Architecture
University of Memphis
Carolyn Parcheta
Postdoctoral Fellow
NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Ian Bernstein
Co-founder / Chief Technology Officer
Sphero
Adam Wilson
Co-founder / Chief Software Architect
Sphero
Dima Elissa
Founder / CEO
VisMed•3D
Aurélie Jean
Postdoctoral Associate
MIT’s Institute for Soldier Nanotechnologies
Nikki Kaufman
Founder / CEO
Normal
Vanessa Bond
Director of Operations
Aerial Autonomy
Rosa Obregon
Mechanical Test Operations Engineer
NASA, Stennis Space Center
Katie Carr Kopcso
Construction Project Manager
NASA, Stennis Space Center
Chriselle Galapon
Assistant Thermal Systems Engineer
National Solar Observatory - Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope
Henrik Hairapetian
Founder/CEO
World Famous 4X4
Dennis McCarthy
Picture Car Coordinator
Vehicle Effects
Rashad Thomas
Diesel Mechanic
Ryder
Bob Schoose
Historian/Owner
Goldfield Ghost Town
Jim Cantrell
CEO/Co-Founder
Vector Space Systems
Chris Matthieu
Founder & CEO
Computes, Inc.
Trudy Curley
Mechanical Engineer
Axon
RH Lee
Shop Manager
Offerman Woodshop
Mark Giorgetti
Principal & Founder
Palo Santo Designs
Peter Page
Owner & President
AMENERGY
Ted Maloney
Director of Public Works
Township of Middletown
Greg Pawlowski
Senior Project Engineer
The Delaware River and Bay Authority
Joe Miller
Director of Engineering
Potomac Photonics
Steve Seon
CNC Machinist
Keats Manufacturing Co.
Chris Salomone
Owner
Foureyes Furniture
Bret Taylor
President & Chief Product Officer
Salesforce
Ahmed Abdullah
Co-founder & CEO
Decoy Games
Khalil Abdullah
Co-founder & CEO
Decoy Games
Alan Adler
Mechanical Engineer & Inventor
Tom Balding
Founder & President
Tom Balding Bits & Spurs
Ty Johnson
Asst. Director of Manufacturing
Thistle Farms
Praveen Vajpeyi
Vice President of Product Design
Penn Foster
Austin Morris
Co-Founder & Director of Engineering
Kall Morris Inc
Bailey Steele
Apprentice
Ironworkers Local 25
Kyle Tripp
Apprentice
Ironworkers Local 25
Justin Zabilansky
Director of Engineering Design
AeroFarms
Victoria Hoang
Americorps Apprentice
Community Rebuilds
João Continentino
Intern
Community Rebuilds
Luis Rodriguez
President
KeyCentrix
Jason Cox
President
Cox Machine
Emma Paz
Geospatial App Developer
Blue Raster
Bradley Victor
Structural Technician
Lockheed Martin
Jessica Heerboth
Software Engineer
Nvidia
Dean Barre
Advanced Manufacturing Program Graduate
Austin Community College
Jennitsia Rodriguez
HVAC Apprentice
Snug Planet
Michael Phinney
Owner & Principal Architect
Phinney Design Group
Roy Moye III
Aerospace Engineer & Talent Acquisition Specialist
Spirit AeroSystems
Eli Lehman
Industrial Electrician
Royle Printing
Kelsey Hutchinson
Welder
Moots Cycles
Margo Vriesinga
Lead Propulsion Technician
Ursa Major
Tom Bennett
Owner
Bennett Forgeworks
Kyle Patterson
Special Representative
Southwest Regional Council of Carpenters
Jennie Tang
Owner
The Workshop Mpls
Sidney Young
Field Engineer
CK Construction
Angel Esparza
Lead Representative
Carpenters Local Union 909
Michelle Toland
Programs Director
Cal-Earth
Itzel Prieto
Millwright Apprentice
Northern California Millwrights Local 102
Brunson Cooper
President & CEO
Corenic Construction Group