
Dara Perl has been a member of Cornell's solar decathlon team since fall 2007. She is studying Civil Engineering with a concentration in infrastructure and a minor in engineering management. In the future she hopes to work as a project manager in the construction field. David Martin has served in a leadership role on the Cornell Solar Decathlon team for 3 years, working on the Heating, Cooling, and other Engineering systems. He is a Mechanical Engineer with a concentration in Energy and the Environment, and plans to get a PhD to continue working, inventing, and teaching in the field of sustainable energy.