Lohitaksh Arige

Lohitaksh "Loki" Arige is a senior at Edison Academy Magnet School. He co-founded his school’s rocketry club and serves as Build and Outreach Lead for its NASA Student Launch team, which earned three first-place awards in nationwide competition against collegiate teams. Loki has designed and launched high-powered rockets with autonomous payloads and used Ansys Systems Tool Kit to simulate satellite constellations and orbital mechanics. As an Aerospace Officer in Civil Air Patrol, he designs and manages engineering curriculum using experience gained at the United States Military Academy at West Point and the United States Naval Academy. He has also mentored STEM teams, served as captain of FTC Robotics Team 24536, and led community outreach reaching more than 1,000 students. Loki is a recipient of the President’s Volunteer Service Award Gold.