[Tristan Lall]

Who does he respect and listen to? If he respects expertise, find engineers to drop in and explain the deficiencies. If he respects colleagues, arrange for them to drop in and talk with him. If he respects random advice online, then we might be able to arrange for some appropriate advice or resources. If he wants specific evidence, maybe have the student leaders put together an analysis of where your team's performance suffers because of logistical problems—and of course work with them to get your point across, since presumably they're more receptive.