Ian Andujar.
Things I've built.
“Engineering is how I make a difference.”
Working on now.
Human Wrist Robotic Module
A 3-DOF wrist module replicating full human range of motion — flexion, deviation, rotation.
TSA Club Expansion
Leading 20+ students and launching the club's first corporate sponsorship pipeline.
What drives me.
Engineering
Engineering is not what I do — it is how I think. Every problem I encounter I immediately begin to break down, model, and solve. Building real physical systems, from FPV drones to robotic wrist modules, is where I feel most alive. There is nothing more satisfying than making something that was not there before.
Critical Thinking
I break everything down to first principles. Before I touch a design or system, I want to understand what it actually is at the deepest level — why it exists, what failure looks like, and what an ideal version would look like. That kind of thinking produced the Fear & Power framework. It is how I approach engineering too.
Aerospace & Defense
The most consequential engineering in the world happens under the pressure of real stakes and real funding. Defense R&D has produced GPS, the internet, and jet propulsion. I want to be inside that pipeline — building systems that will define the next generation of civilian technology.
Building for Humanity
The goal is not just a startup. The goal is to build something that makes the world meaningfully different — technology that reaches people who need it, problems solved at a scale that makes one life count as many. Engineering is the key to unlocking what humans can become.
Background
& skills.
Applied Technology High School
A.S. in General Studies · High School Diploma · Paramus, NJ
Sept 2023 — Present
Club President — TSA
Oct 2024 — PresentATHS, Paramus
- ·Led a 6-member UAV team as primary competition pilot.
- ·Placed 6th at the 2024 NJTSA State Competition, qualifying for Nationals.
- ·Now managing 20+ students and the club's first sponsorship pipeline.
Research Volunteer — Robotic Arm Project
Sept 2025 — PresentBergen Community College, STEM Center
- ·Designing a wrist module replicating all three human wrist movements.
- ·Researching servo and battery options for the arm's performance budget.
CAD & Design
AutoCAD, Fusion 360, Onshape, Blender, Substance
Fabrication
3D Printing, Rapid Prototyping, Precision Soldering
Engineering
Arduino, Embedded Systems, Flight Controllers, Robotics
Building toward.
“Defense contractors are where the most important engineering in the world happens. That's where I want to start.”
Anduril Industries
The benchmark for consequential defense engineering — autonomous systems, AI-native hardware. That's where I'm headed first.
Defense → Civilian Pipeline
Military R&D built GPS, the internet, jet engines. I want in early, working on what defines the next decade.
Real Experience First
Years at the frontier before founding anything — deep technical expertise, built under real constraints.
Build Something That Matters
An engineering company built to solve a problem that actually changes how people live.
“Fear just is. What you do with it is the only question that matters.”
Fear is the ground state of being — not a reaction, but the foundation everything else is built on.
Power is what emerges when something tries to manage that fear.
Every human drive — love, curiosity, ambition — traces back to these two forces.
Power over yourself is the only kind that doesn't require someone else to lose.