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Los Angeles, CA, US

Hawthorne, California, United States

Los Angeles, California, United States

• Developed a noninvasive brain-computer interface that enables the user to type using only eye movements.

• Co-authored a conference paper comparing the efficiency of list-decoded convolutional codes to polar codes in the 5G standard. Submitted to the IEEE Conference on Communications. arXiv:2201.07843
• Explored the impact of Doppler shift on MFSK communication channels and methods of efficient decoding when Doppler effects are present.

• Programmed a deep neural network from scratch, and a convolutional network using PyTorch, for binary image classification.
• Created and trained an undercomplete autoencoder to reproduce images in the CIFAR10 dataset.
• Simulated digital modulation schemes including BPSK, QPSK, and 8PSK
• Implemented a soft Viterbi decoder in Python and studied communication systems.

Los Angeles, California, United States

• Designed and conducted reaction time experiments to determine how the human brain interprets different types of semantic information. Led to developments in understanding how the brain interprets space through the.
• Assisted writing the introduction to our scientific paper and background research into previously conducted reaction time studies and color theories.
• Analyzed reaction time data on Python to discover trends in reaction time versus eccentricity using chi square and reduced chi square analysis.

Pasadena, California, United States

• Developed a Python model that uses the measured star formation rates and metallicities of the stars within a dwarf galaxy to infer the chemical abundance evolution of the galaxy.
• Adapted and troubleshot an existing Python galaxy evolution model to fit into my analysis.
• Presented at the Winter 2021 AAS poster session and received an honorable mention for the Chambliss Astronomy Achievement Student Award as top 25 out of 171 undergraduate students.
• Explored fitting large datasets to functional forms and applied probabilistic Bayesian models to form likelihoods.

Los Angeles, California, United States

• Greeted and checked in 100+ visitors daily
• Organized the quarterly “Hammer Study Hall” as a member of the Hammer Student Association
• Promoted and informed visitors about benefits of membership and sold over 25 memberships

San Francisco Bay Area

• Led “We Share Solar” outreach project where we assembled and troubleshot two solar suitcases that were sent to provide a reliable source of energy for a school in Kenya.
• Organized and developed 5+ new science demonstrations to explain complicated physics concepts to visitors of all ages.
• Shift led and managed schedules and breaks for 20+ volunteers.

San Francisco Bay Area

• Performed hands-on science demonstrations for the public
• Assisted in “We Share Solar” outreach project
• Mentored over 20 volunteers on various demonstrations

San Francisco Bay Area

• Instructed kid’s classes once a week
• Mentored younger students ages 3-13
• Taught private lessons

San Francisco Bay Area

• Organized over 35 fundraisers for the student body
• Raised over $30,000 for student activities
• Operated the Student Store selling school apparel with a POS system
• Orchestrated the annual rummage sale for three consecutive years