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Who we are & what we stand for

We are a team of skilled and motivated individuals who dream of better, more efficient underground technologies. We come from a wide variety of backgrounds and find each other by challenging the status quo.

BOARD & LEADERSHIP

Eugenio Valli

President

Alexandra Walser

Vice President of Academia

Noel Kompalla

Vice President, Treasurer

Tobias Eyer

Vice President of Personnel

Philippe Kientsch

Head of Mechanical & Civil Engineering

Deniz Kula

Head of Electrical & Software Engineering

Manuel Richarz

Head of Fundraising & Partnerships

Yannick Huber

Head of Design & Communications

ENGINEERING DIVISION

EROSION

Chongyu Guo

Erosion Lead

Fabio Eiholzer

Testing Engineer

Hejwan Reshid

Testing Engineer

Horia Curtu

Geotechnical Engineer

Nik Blum

Mechanical Design Engineer

Saskia Tristani

Mechanical Design Engineer

TUNNEL LINING

Arthur Wieninger

Tunnel Lining Lead

Jil Gillmann

Mechanical Design Engineer

Luke Hassemer

Mechanical Design Engineer

Otto Schulz

Mechanical Design Engineer

Yannis Kelly

Mechanical Design Engineer

PROPULSION

Linus Habetha

Propulsion Lead

Alexandra Walser

Mechanical Design Engineer

Fabian Gut

Hydraulics Engineer

INFRASTRUCTURE

Noel Kompalla

Infrastructure Lead

Cael Tschobokdji

Hydraulics Engineer

Marie Frühauf

Mechanical Design Engineer

Simone Pfeiffer

Mechanical Design Engineer

Yves Roth

Civil Engineer

OPERATIONS

Fabian Rüegg

Operations Lead

Davide Ferrari

Logistics and Heavy Equipment

MATERIAL SCIENCE

Noé Margni

Material Science Lead

Dimitar Dimitrov

Material Scientist

Safaa Shams

Material Scientist

ELECTRICAL

Emir Esrefizade

Electrical Lead

Moritz Aebi

Electronics

Tamas Lovas

Electronics

SOFTWARE

Elian Isac

Backend & DevOps Engineer

Laurent Emmenegger

Backend Engineer

Leo-Minh Kustermann

Frontend Software Engineer

Noah Mäschli

Backend & DevOps Engineer

CONTROLS

Siro Corsi

Controls Lead

Cristina Muñoz

Erosion Control Engineer

Elias Andreoli

Navigation Control Engineer

Jingqi Li

Propulsion Control Engineer

Rongshun Wang

Control Engineer

Till Seefeldt

Steering Control Engineer

BUSINESS DIVISION

DESIGN & COMMUNICATIONS

Yannick Huber

Head of Design & Communications, Web Development

Chiara Biasi

Social Media Manager

Tobias Eyer

Human Resources

FUNDRAISING & PARTNERSHIPS

Manuel Richarz

Head of Fundraising & Partnerships

Christoph Ott

Partnership Manager

David Schaeffert

Partnership Manager

Jacques Mengis

Partnership Manager

Muhammed Kaya

Partnership Manager