Meet the Team

UFCC is a compromised of the best and brightest engineering students dedicated to advancing the boundaries of concrete canoe design and innovation. Below, meet our 2025-2026 team compromised of two project managers, fourteen design captains, five administration leads, three R&D specialists, and seventeen technicians. We're excited to get this year started!

Leadership

Project Manager

Senuki Perera

Currently a senior Civil Engineering student, Senuki has three years of involvement on UFCC, having served as a volunteer, construction technician, COED competition paddler, and construction captain. This year, she is excited to take on the role of Project Manager and help lead the team through another ambitious and rewarding season.

Project Manager

Aiden Kittelson

Presently, Aiden is a junior Civil Engineering student with two years of experience on UFCC. He has contributed as a hull and honorary visual technician, COED competition paddler, slalom competition paddler, and hull captain. Now, as he steps into the role of Project Manager, he is excited to lead the team through a season of innovation, collaboration, and growth.

Design

Mix Captain

Kate Pollard

I'm looking forward to mixing up countless batches of concrete this year and getting to test out all the many things I have learned about the material thus far.

Construction Captain

Emma Baumann

Rome wasn't built in a day, but this canoe was!

Hull Captain

Austin Edwards

Call my momma a Shepard the way she raised a goat.

Visual Design Captain

Maddie Foster

Built different.

Literally - it's concrete.

Structural Analysis Captain

Gabriella Zweier

I think it will float, ask Matheus.

Mix Captain

Kyle Keene

I taste all the concrete.

Construction Captain

Darius Lee

I LOVE CAD !!!

Hull Captain

Emily Einheit

Just keep paddling!

Visual Design Captain

Audrey Hunt

I am so excited to see our final product and be able to look back on how our theme developed throughout the year.

Structural Analysis Captain

Matheus Broder

WAITT, it's supposed to float???

Mix Captain

Mariana Templeton

I like to make pretty concrete!

Construction Captain

Emily Steyer-Mader

The UFCC family is the best!!!

Hull Captain

Carson Edwards

Let's run it back.

Visual Design Captain

Sophia Maldonado

Going into this year, I'm really excited for the theme reveal, demolding day, and staining.

Paddling

Paddling Captain

Keegan Wittke

Starting as a hull technician and an alternate paddler for Springseeker, Keegan has since supported UFCC as a Hull Captain and as a COED Sprint Engine. Him and his fellow paddlers, were able to claim a national win in that race with Reptilia! Now, a junior studying civil engineering, Keegan will be training and leading next year's paddling team to new heights!