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FOUNDER'S STORY
- ALAN ZHANG -

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ABOUT ALAN

ALAN ZHANG

Born in Guangzhou, China in 2004, Alan Zhang is now an aspiring junior in UC Berkeley's M.E.T. program, pursuing a dual degree in Mechanical Engineering and Business Administration. 

 

Alan founded VTOL at Berkeley in June of 2023, with a vision of building and flying a human-carrying eVTOL aircraft by May 2026. He has been a keen leader and role model for the VTOL at Berkeley team over the past 2 years. 

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ALAN'S BACKSTORY

2015 | AGE 11

Hobby for prototyping is discovered.

  • Started messing with soldering iron and glue gun to make DIY crafts

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2017 | AGE 13

  • Assembled a toy drone, go-pro, and gimbal and took the camera to the sky for the first time

  • Received a DJI Phantom 4 took it to film everywhere

  • Work was recognized the Visit California and DJI’s official Weibo

  • Meeting with DJI’s early investor, XiaoRei Zhu

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