Queen's Nuclear Engineering Team · 2026–2027

Meet the Teams

The interdisciplinary minds driving the future of nuclear engineering at Queen's University. Scroll down to see our official roster.

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Technical Division

Mechanical Team

Overseeing physical architecture and hardware housing.

Tochukwu Odiwa

Team Lead

BASc Candidate Engineering Physics
Mechanical Option Class of '28

Loran Scholar '24

Aidan Woods

Team Lead

BASc Candidate Engineering Physics
Mechanical Option Class of '28

Technical Division

Electrical Team

Overseeing internal power, sensing, and circuitry development.

Arsalan Vahidi

Team Lead

BASc Candidate Engineering Physics
Electrical Option Class of '28

Boden Parent

Team Lead

BASc Candidate Electrical Engineering Class of '29

Technical Division

Software Team

Overseeing the code stack and device communication.

Gabriel Brannon

Team Lead

BASc Candidate Engineering Physics
Mechanical Option Class of '28

Tejas Marwaha

Team Lead

BASc Candidate Engineering Physics
Computing Option Class of '28

Technical Division

Research Team

Establishing the scientific and theoretical framework.

Justin Hooey

Team Lead

BASc Candidate Engineering Physics
Electrical Option Class of '27

Ella Adair

Team Lead

BASc Candidate Engineering Physics
Materials Option Class of '28

Technical Division

Materials Team

Working on research of nuclear materials.

Noah Miggiani

Team Lead

BASc Candidate Engineering Physics, Materials Option Class of '28

Noah is a third-year student specializing in Materials. He is gaining hands-on nuclear industry experience conducting real-world research at Queen's through MAX-Nuclear this summer. Working under Canada Excellence Research Chair, Dr. Yanwen Zhang, Noah focuses on cutting-edge radiation damage mechanics, including developing automation libraries for SRIM simulation software to investigate similarities between ion and neutron radiation.

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Operations

Our Directors

The organizational backbone managing our technical direction, runway, industry presence, and logistics.

Alex Hayes

Director of Finance

MSc Candidate Particle Astrophysics

Regan Lane

Director of Marketing

BASc Candidate Mathematical Physics Class of '29

2025 Schulich Leader

Naomi Cain

Director of Events

BASc Candidate Engineering Physics
Materials Option Class of '28

Owen Mortensen

Technical Director

BASc Candidate Engineering Physics
Mechanical Option Class of '28

Founding Leadership

Leadership

Founder & Visionary behind the Queen's Nuclear Engineering Team.

Ryan Haghi

Founder and President Interim Director of Sponsorship

BASc Candidate Engineering Physics, Mechanical Option Class of '28

"I started QNET to provide a platform for Queen's undergrads who aspire to go into the nuclear industry. Having a design club like QNET not only gets people thinking about nuclear engineering early on in their undergrad, but it also helps this generation learn about the nuclear industry where they otherwise wouldn't be exposed to it."

Guidance

Advisors

Supporting QNET's research direction and the QNET School curriculum.

Kai Bonser

QNET Research Team Advisor

BSc Candidate Physics Class of '28

Colin Sindrey

QNET School Advisor

BASc Candidate Engineering Physics
Mechanical Option Class of '28

Academic Guidance

Faculty Advisor

The academic backbone guiding QNET with world-class expertise in engineering and research.

Francesco Ambrogi, Ph.D.

Faculty Advisor | Assistant Professor, Mechanical & Materials Engineering

Ph.D., Queen's University, Mechanical Engineering (2024) MASc, University of Bologna, Energy & Nuclear Engineering (2019) BASc, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Mechanical Engineering (2015)

Dr. Ambrogi leads the FEBUS Lab at Smith Engineering, where he pushes the boundaries of turbulence simulation using large-eddy and direct numerical simulations. His research is published in the Journal of Fluid Mechanics and AIAA Journal. He is a three-time winner of the Silver Wrench Award and recipient of EngSoc's Golden Apple Award.

Turbulence & CFD LES & DNS Journal of Fluid Mechanics Silver Wrench ×3 Golden Apple Award