(right to left) Graham Donaldson, Christopher Killian, and Robert Walto
2013 Senior Design Project
As students at Drexel University, Robert Walto, Christopher Killian, and Graham Donaldson were all part of the same Senior Design Team for Engineering students. Their team developed a control system that gave vertical take-off and landing capacity to an aircraft by adjusting the direction of the thrust vector instead of the amount of thrust being output. They designed, modeled, built, and tested a prototype vehicle featuring their control system, and found that their system is an effective way to maneuver aircrafts. Graham Donaldson graduated from Drexel with a B.S and M.S. in Mechanical Engineering. He is now a Mechanical Engineer in the Raytheon Engineering Leadership Development Program, a rotational program designed to provide challenging opportunities within the context of short-term work assignments. Christopher Killian graduated from Drexel with a B.S. degree in Mechanical Engineering, and is now a Mechanical Engineer at Textron Systems, an American industrial conglomerate. Robert Walto also graduated from Drexel with a B.S. degree in Mechanical Engineering and a minor in Engineering Management. Robert is currently a Mechanical Design Engineer at Sikorsky Aircraft, an American aircraft manufacturer.
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