The Team

Joseph Bonfardino - Financial Advisor & Media Specialist

Joseph is a native of a small city in Central Florida called Spring Hill. From a young age he always had an inquiring mind wondering how and why things work the way they do, and this lead to a thirst for knowledge. Joseph graduated from Central High School in 2012 with his Associates of Arts Degree, and then moved to Tallahassee, FL to further his education. Currently, he is a Florida State Senior studying Mechanical Engineering with a technical track in Thermal Fluids. Upon graduation in May 2016, he plans to start his career in a renewable energy industry.

Galen Bowles - Records Keeper

Galen Bowles is a senior mechanical engineering student at Florida State University with a focus in Thermal Fluids. Galen was born in Alexandria, Louisiana but grew up in Panama City, Florida where he graduated from the local state college, Gulf Coast State College. After Florida State, Galen plans to remain in the Florida panhandle and continue work and research on renewable energy conversion systems.

Brendan McCarthy - Core ME

Born in Kansas City, Brendan moved to South Florida at a young age and loved working on the family boat with his father. A senior at FSU, Brendan plans to graduate in the Spring of 2016 with a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering. Currently taking classes in the Material Science track, Brendan plans to get a job in the same field, hopefully somewhere in the Southeast.

Parth Patel - Lead ECE

Parth is a senior at Florida State University pursuing a Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering. Born in Atlanta, Georgia but my upbringings can be credited to Tallahassee, Florida. Growing up his fascination in how electronics and power tools were designed played a big role in pursuing an engineering degree. Since January of 2015 he has been working at Florida State University’s Utilities and Engineering services, learning and managing the power distribution network within the university.

Shane Radosevich - Team Leader

Shane Radosevich is a senior in Mechanical Engineering at Florida State University completing his final. He plans on working after graduation for himself or in a management position for a large company. He hopes to combine his real world experiences with knowledge gained from his mechanical engineering degree to creatively design solutions to problems in life. Born in Allentown Pennsylvania and having lived up and down the east coast Shane has many experiences and real world knowledge about culture having traveled over most of the United States and numerous other countries.

Ilan Sadon - Core ECE

Ilan is a senior graduating in May of 2016 with his BS in Electrical Engineering. He spawns from the wetlands of Miami Beach, FL. The man is one of the two electrical engineers on the project bringing his expertise in the subject to the team. Ilan's interest into the field began as a sophomore in his Physics II class, when he realized how much more electromagnetics appealed to him than the civil engineering track.

Brandon Shaw - Communications Coordinator

Brandon Shaw is a senior mechanical engineering student at Florida State University. Brandon was born and raised in Saint Johns, Florida until his move to Tallahassee for college. He has a held a sales management role since arriving in Tallahassee and continues to work at Ring Power Corporation in the heavy equipment parts department. Brandon has also had three internships during summers to further his understanding of the mechanical engineering field. These internships include the following: mechanical engineering intern at Phoenix Products which is the power systems division of Ring Power Corporation, a reliability and maintenance engineering internship at CEMEX USA, and a technical research and marketing internship with Polston Applied Technologies. Brandon’s future career will involve either engineering sales or project management.

Mathew Vila - Core ME

Matthew is a born and raised Floridian who grew up in the South Miami area. He is a representative for the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) at the FAMU-FSU College of Engineering. His focus is on Materials Engineering and plans on working in the medical field with prosthetics and joint replacement design.