Aidan MaKinster
About Me
Hi, I'm Aidan MaKinster, I'm a SOIS Student at RIT focusing on Engineering Design for Innovation. I am a very outside the box thinker who loves to learn by doing. I have always been a very curious person who was never afraid to ask questions and willing to have a conversation with everyone and anyone about whatever peaks my interest. I have a wide variety of skill sets so I can see myself ending up in any number of fields from manufacturing to live sound but ultimately want to land a job in the outdoor industry where I can design products for hobbies that I love.
Tech Crew
RIT Tech Crew, somthing im proud to call my job, Tech Crew is a group of 50+ college students responsible for setting up and operating all of the lighting, sound and power for on campus events. These events range from dance parties to concerts to events as large as commencement. That doesn't mean we don't get to have fun though, every year we participate in Mud Tug, a campus wide tug of war competition and Relay for Life, a campus wide event to benifit cancer. We believe in working hard to get the job done while also having some fun and learning a lot along the way.
The Underground Wedding DJs
What started as a joke and turned into a buisness. Spring of 2023 my roommate and I talked about starting a DJ duo called "The Underground Wedding DJs" jokingly. As time went on and my experience grew I started to obtain a solid amount of Pro Audio equipment and people started asking me to do sound for basement shows and the likes. A small pivot later my sound reinforcement business was born. At this point we are doing a solid amount of gigs a semester mostly with the local punk and RIT band scene.
RIT EDM Club
Since coming to RIT I have gained a love for EDM and got involved with the EDM club we are lucky to have at RIT. Together with my roommate I have worked to start holding and support more smaller on campus events that enable club DJs to gain real world expereince on a PA grade sound system. I also DJ a bit myself playing primarily Riddim and dubstep with a lil hardstyle and future bass mixed in.
FTC/FRC Robotic's
I was actively involved all through highschool in FIRST Robotics from 2016-2020. I was on FTC team 8806 The Dark Matter Dragons based in Seneca Falls NY from 2016-2019 and then when i moved to TN for 2 years before college I was on FRC team 4504 BC Robotics for about 3 months until covid shut the entirety of FIRST down.
