optimAero

Meet our leads

optimAero’s engineers bring deep expertise in modeling, flight dynamics, autonomy, structures, controls, and flight testing.

Steve Haviland

Steve Haviland

Steve is a co-founder of optimAero with skills pertaining to multiple aspects of eVTOL design and analysis. He is an integral part of optimAero, providing expertise in software development, architecture design, system identification, modeling, and piloting.

Dmitry Bershadsky

Dmitry Bershadsky, Ph.D.

Dmitry is the co-founder of optimAero. He is a Ph.D. graduate in Aerospace Engineering from Georgia Institute of Technology, with beginnings in Mechanical Engineering from Cornell University. Dmitry has a passion for eVTOL propulsion system design and flight, specializing in multiobjective optimization, blank sheet design, modeling, and test piloting.

Jeremy Epps

Jeremy Epps, Ph.D.

Jeremy is a Ph.D. graduate from Georgia Institute of Technology in Aerospace Engineering. He specializes in UAS design and control, as well as flight dynamics, structural design/CAD, control, and system identification.