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Hey! Thanks for visiting my website.

I am an undergraduate mechatronics researcher at NMT, and recently a Los Alamos National Labs research fellow. As a student I have built and published on an experimental acoustic sensing payload that will fly on the International Space Station (MISSE). I have also worked with the Air Force Research Lab as a mentor/project lead working on autonomous space vehicles. I have many other sensor projects as well, so check out my portfolio for more information.

Research: My research goal is to implement sensor advances to build safer and more efficient vehicles and systems. Advancing MEMS, sensor algorithms, and energy conversion science will allow us to better perceive the world through sensing.

Portfolio: I have had the pleasure of working on optical and acoustic sensing systems with Dr. Andrei Zagrai, Dr. Donghyeon Ryu, and many others as an undergraduate. Here are some of my projects that you can read more about:

ISS Guided Wave Experiment (SPIE SS/NDE Paper)

Mechanoluminescent Material Testing for Flexible Sensors

ISS Payload Mechanical Design (Conference Poster)

Bragg-Grating Optical Cable Pipe Flow Sensing (Conference Poster)

CubeSat Frame and Optical Sensor Packaging (Conference Poster)

Solar Direct-Contact Membrane Distillation(Capstone Project)

Random Robotics Projects (AFRL, ASEE Paper, Poster)