About
MISSION
Pioneers in Engineering (PiE) promotes STEM education through a mentorship-based process. We strongly believe that no student should be denied a quality STEM education experience.
Helpful college mentors
PiE runs a decal which trains a group of dedicated mentors consisting of current and past Berkeley students who are ready and willing to help the students
Low cost for schools
Because PiE creates everything in the competition and has a group of wonderful sponsors, we can keep costs low which lowers the barrier to entry for Bay Area schools
Dedicated club members
A group of talented students who make everything happen from the game design to the software to the
Leadership

Aldric Gozon
Programs Director

Akshit Dewan
Software Director

Madeeha Khan
Director

Andrew Fan
Hardware Director

Nia Nasiri
Software Director

Adam Loo
Software Director
Project Managers

Brian Ellis
Mechanical PM

Bryant La
Mechanical PM

Michelle Cheung
CPR PM

Max Gu
Atlas PM

Helen Zhao Chen
Atlas PM

Ben Liao
Runtime PM

Corey Williams
Edu PM

Abhi Vedati
Edu PM
All Other Staff
Jonathan Atkins
Shepherd
Samuel Berkun
Shepherd
Sultan Badri
CPR
Hailey Jang
Dawn
Saketh Panchumarthy
Dawn
Catherine Lee
Mechanical
Andrew Dacayanan
Dawn
Ashish Pandian
Dawn
Paul Ahn
Pimulator
Shannen Yang
Shepherd
Maxime Berenshteyn
Runtime
Parsa Jorat
Runtime
Alex Wong
Shepherd
Charles Hong
Pimulator
Kaitlyn Chan
Electrical
Jason Bowens
CPR
Jessica Au
CPR
Sherwin Afshar
Electrical
Scott Numamoto
Advisor | Render

Seiya Ono
Advisor | Pure Storage

Matthew Chang
Abacus.AI

Tomoya Ogura
Advisor | Captricity

Xiao Yu Fu
Founder | Univ. of Calgary

Vanathi Ganesh
Advisor | Microsoft

Amy Fu

Humphrey Hu
Carnegie Mellon

Samuel Fung
ThinkTank

Douglas Hutchings
Advisor | UC Berkeley

Ryan Julian
Advisor | University of Southern California

Robert Luan
Advisor | Apple

Allen Li
Advisor | Facebook

William Li
Advisor | Sparks

Winston Long
Advisor

Huda Khayrallah
Johns Hopkins

Nikita Kitaev
Advisor | UC Berkeley

Peter Nakamoto
Think Surgical

John Wang
May Mobility

Dennis Wai
Advisor | Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Baladitya Yellapragada
UC Berkeley

Jared Porter
Phasespace

Daniel Lee
Advisor | Google

Or Weizman
Yelp

Pieter Abbeel
Professor

George Anwar
Lecturer
PiE Foundation
Mission
The Pioneers in Engineering Foundation is an independent, tax-exempt 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. Its mission is to promote STEM education through an exciting, mentor-based process.
Donate
Donations to PiE are tax-deductible subject to federal and state charitable giving rules. If you would like to make a donation, please donate online now or email [email protected] to arrange your gift.
Board of Directors and Executive Officers
The PiE Foundation is led by a board of current and former PiE members.
Executive Officers
Board Members
Acknowledgement
In 2015, Pioneers in Engineering obtained 501(c)(3) nonprofit status with the help of Michael M. Rosen of Fish and Richardson
Contact Us
Pioneers in Engineering Foundation
2720 W Grand Ave Apt D
Alhambra, CA 91801