Who We are

General Biographies

Team 4 is one of 31 Senior Design projects that mechanical engineering majors are participating in for the 2014-2015 school year at the FAMU-FSU College of Engineering in Tallahassee, Florida.

Russell Hamerski is a Mechanical Engineering senior originally from Cape Elizabeth, Maine. He has particular interest in Fluid Mechanics, Thermal Fluid Design, and Subsea Engineering. After graduation, he plans to work for Shell Oil Company as a Subsea Engineer in Houston, Texas.

Tim Romano is a senior studying Mechanical Engineering from Jacksonville, Florida. He attended high school at the Bolles School, gradutating in 2010. He has spent many years as a swimmer and even swam on the FSU Varsity team. After graduating, Tim plans on working in either the field of sustainable energy or in the automobile market.

Andrew Panek is a Mechanical Engineering senior going into the Florida State University BS-MS program to pursue his Master's Degree, while also working part-time at Danfoss Turbocor. Andrew has studied abroad in Paris, France.

Thomas Razabdouski is a Mechanical Engineering senior originally from Jacksonville, Florida. He has always been interested in how things work, and he began taking things apart at a young age. He currently works at O'Reilly's Auto Parts and his interest in cars and aircraft is where his interest in Mechanical Engineering stems from. In his free time, he plays basketball and works on his car.

Andre Steimer is a Mechanical Engineering senior from Zurich, Switzerland. His interests include technology in the amusement industry and robotics. Outside of engineering, he enjoys long-distance running and scuba diving.  He currently works at both the Florida State University Center for Intelligent Systems, Control, and Robotics and Florida State University Libraries.

Our faculty advisor is Dr. Louis Cattafesta. Dr. Cattafesta is a University Eminent Scholar in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Florida State University. Dr. Cattafesta received a BS degree in mechanical engineering in 1986 from Penn State University,  a MS degree in Aeronautics in 1988 from MIT, and a Ph. D in mechanical engineering in 1992 from Penn State University. Dr. Cattafesta has co-authored 4 AIAA best conference paper awards in 2001, 2002, along with two in 2004. He is an Associate Fellow of AIAA and a Fellow of ASME. His current research interests include active flow control and aero acoustics.

Our Danfoss Turbocor liaison is Mr. Brandon Pritchard. Brandon is the Manufacturing Project Manager for Product Development at Danfoss Turbocor. He holds a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Tennessee and has over a decade of manufacturing experience in the automotive and high tech energy fields.