Meet the brotherhood!



Adam Aaron

Adam is a senior in Mechanical Engineering. He enjoys frisbee, fire, and feats of Strength. Adam worked at Oakridge Naitonal Laboratories over the Summer in Tenessee. While intimidating, Adam is actually very nice, and Brandi can attest to this.


Marco Arienzo

Marco is a junior in Materials Science and Engineering. He is involved in campus organizations, such as Kiltie Band, 1 in 4, and the Ski Team. He spent the summer working on satellites, and hopes to get a flying license some day. He is one to laugh at pretty much anything and everything, and enjoys cooking and playing games.


Julian Arney

Julian is a junior doubling in psychology and policy & management. He is currently the VP of Membership for Sig Tau. He is also an RA in Donner House, the head organizer for the Plate full of Pride program through ALLIES, a Safezone facilitator, and a member of the Kiltie Band and Highland Ambassadors. Outside of his metacurricular commitments, Julian enjoys movie marathons, roller coasters, and Michigan Wolverine Football.


Luis Ballesteros

Is Awesome! His full name is actually Luis Ballesteros d'Enrique de Valleles de Rivera. A decendent of Spanish Royalty and hailing from New Mexico, Luis enjoys a good game of Smash Bros. and a wide variety of Manga and Anime. Luis plans to graduate in 2010 with his degree in Computer Science.


Mike Bittarelli

Michael is a junior chemistry major from Boston, MA. You can find him in the Scotland Yard game room playing foosball pretty much everyday. He is undefeated in intramural foosball, but he doesn't take too much pride in that since he plays on the pro tour (yes there is a pro tour for foosball). On campus he is involved in foosball club and Sigma Tau Gamma of course, and occasionally wrestles around with the grappling club. He is also the the best TA ever for 15-100, or at least his e-mail would have you believe.


Rob Brown

Rob is a senior studying chemistry. A few of his hobbies include playing board games, guitar hero, kickball/dodgeball/frisbee/baseball, running around Schenley Park, sprints, eating gratuitous amounts of food, watching 30 Rock, House, South Park and Family Guy (whenever Fox can figure out when the hell to air it). Rob is an equipment manager for the football team, Mellon Institute undergraduate researcher and is a double agent named Down With after hours. Oh, crap. You aren't supposed to know that.


Sameer Chopra

Sameer is a junior in Computer Science with a double major in Cognitive Science. He is a TA for 15-451, and in his free time enjoys gaming (video and otherwise) and generally making a nuisance of himself. He may be a little scarce this semester as he's taking OS, but should still be around the house at least semi-regularly.


Dan Frank

Dan is a senior with a double major in Statistics and Mathematics. He is currently the president of Sigma Tau Gamma. He enjoys playing Frisbee and guitar, and spending time with his brothers. He is also a TA and working hard to graduate on time!


Ben Gemperline

BenG is the Executive Vice President of the fraternity. In his free time, he enjoys playing his baritone in the Kiltie Band and playing around with anything technology-related. BenG is currently a Junior Computer Science major and spends his vacations working on crazy, secret projects for Bose.


Alex Godofsky

Alex is a math/compsci major in the class of 2010. His biggest hobby is analyzing tropes in media. After that, he spends a lot of time taking Axis & Allies pretty seriously. If there's anything left between that, problem sets, and OS, Alex will be working on a project for the Game Creation Society.


James Hay

James has recently been in Beijing for a year. Returning to Carnegie Mellon, he's been brought on with a lot of change and yet simultaneously a lot of consistency. This year, he's returned with his girlfriend Yvonne; she will be studying English in the proud and nearby school of University of Pittsburgh. At the same time, James will begin his Junior year of Information System. James interests are far and wide, but most noteworthy are those of socializing. Find him on campus if you want to talk more!


Dan Horwitz

Dan is a junior in Electrical Engineering, but is really attempting to complete his degree in Mathematics. Also known by the brotherhood as \"Giggles\", Dan prides himself on his ability in Chess and solving Differential Equations despite his ADD.


Owen Jarrett

Owen is a sophomore in Computer Science. He is an avid member of the campus hacking community, and you can often find him downstairs in Scotland Yard Game Room playing "In The Groove" (Think DDR).


AJ Johnson

AJ is a skier. He's the treasurer of the ski team. He enjoys skiing, carving and sliding down mountains with sticks on his feet. When it's not winter, he can be found thinking about skiing or on his longboard. Besides that, he is a fan of video games, Italian and ping pong. He is also incidentally a Physics major.


Nolan Kurtz

Nolan is a Senior with a Civil and Environmental Engineering Major and a Tuba Performance Music Minor. Hailing from north pittsburgh, he likes to ride his skateboard around Oakland, play his guitar, listen to music, and chillax. Straight up yo. Nolan is a regular participant in the Kiltie Band, 1 in 4, Chi Epsilon, and being awesome.


Frank Lefkin

Frank is a Masters Student in the school of drama. An aficionado of the world's cheeses, Frank has been to over 35 different countries and can be found at many CFA parties. Unfortunately, his apartment off campus and busy schedule prevent him from spending as much time in the house as he would wish.


Tony LoPresti

Tony is a Junior in Chemical Engineering. When he isn’t doing homework, you can find him in the gym working out, golfing, playing baseball, frisbee, football, or water polo. On top of all of that he is also Fundraising Chair for the Carnegie Mellon Water Polo Club Team.


Greg MacLean

Greg is an ECE + BME double major, studying in his 3rd year at Carnegie Mellon. He currently serves as Risk Manager for the fraternity, and on campus, he presides over One in Four, serves as an officer for the Explorer's Club, and remains involved with Student Activities. Outside the classroom, Greg skydives on a frequent basis, plays a handful of music instruments and percussion, and enjoys climbing and a variety of outdoor activities.


Veeran Mandalia

Veeren is a junior Electrical/Computer Engineering major who enjoys video games, most sports, and avoiding car crashes.


Chris Lako

Clako is an Economics major, with plans to graduate early by the end of 2009. Besides appreciating the finer foods and clothing styles available, Chris is part of an innumerable amount of business and investment clubs on campus. When the occassion strikes, he constructs mileage runs via air-fare to obtain the maximum amount of miles.


Chris Niessl

Chris is a junior studying computer science. A few of his hobbies include playing bass guitar, tossing a Frisbee around, biking around Schenley Park, or busting out party tunes with Ninad. When Chris isn't busy with his schoolwork or research project, he performs his duties as AB Publications Chair/Editor-in-chief of Readme, the campus humor letter.


Warren Pryde

Warren is a Junior Electrical and Computer Engineering student. In addition to Sig Tau, Warren is actively involved in the International Relations Organization/Model UN, the Kiltie Band, AB Tech, and is one of the AB Concerts co-chairs this year. He can often be found working at the Help Center or tracking Musk Oxen through Schenley Park.


Eric Rippey

Eric Rippey is a junior in electrical and computer engineering. He enjoys skiing and working with robotic snakes. Also, he does not think that the end of the world is imminent.


Ninad Sathe

Ninad is an avid Electrical and Computer Engineer, disguised as a junior Mechanical Engineer on campus. When the occassion strikes, Ninad can be found at the campus Robotics club, or helping out with a wide variety of robotic competitions back at his home. He also owns a pretty nifty shirt, which you can see at parties.


Stefan Sullivan

Stefan Sullivan is a super-duper junior (year 5 of 6) in Music Composition and a student-defined major in Music Recording and Production. When not working on his various classes, he participates in Orientation, Sigma Tau Gamma, Phi Mu Alpha (music sinfonia), and the Robotics Club. He likes to shift some paradigms, and revolutionize outside the box while always being ready to sleaze his way to the top, '80s style!


Eric Trottier

Eric is a straight g' from the sophomore hood, a member of the Computer Science gang. He likes being sketchy, being sarcastic, playing the classical guitar, playing metal on his other guitar, and listening that's like, unnecessarily loud. He's also going to be on AB Tech this semester and some other stuff that he can't remember right now.


Natty Zaharia

Natty the Angry Dwarf, or NTAD for short, is a senior Mechanical Engineer. He enjoys snowboarding, rugby, and frisbee. While Natty has a very rugged demeanor, he is actually a very nice (and short) gentleman.