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California, United States

Washington, Dc, Us

Berkeley, California, Us

Berkeley, Ca, Us

• Led 20 high school students in activities such as constructing a 3D printed prosthetic hand,gecko-inspired adhesives, cockroach-inspired origami robots.• Instructed 16 middle school students on Newton’s laws of motion, analyzing forces onbeams, different types of bridges, and designing truss bridges and rollercoasters.

Berkeley, Ca, Us

• Collaborated with a team of Master’s of Engineering students and a PhD candidate on themechatronic design of a bioinspired, self-burrowing robot.• Implemented PI and PID control and based on encoder counts for velocity and position ofthe robot’s legs, respectively, in C++ through the Arduino IDE.• Applied mechatronics skills soldering, connecting, and heat shrinking wires from micro-gearmotors, encoders, and hall effect sensors.• Collaborated with a PhD candidate to design and embed a state machine that stabilizeda robot’s pitch as it burrowed vertically in granular media.• Embedded an inertial measurement unit in a robot by soldering wires to the IMU pins• Utilized Python to enable video capture of the robot’s pitch and depth in 30 experimentaltrials.

Berkeley, Ca, Us

• Facilitated understanding and hands-on exploration of actuators, sensors, power transmissionsystems, micro computer architectures, embedded systems, and feedback control.• Led two 3-hour lab sessions weekly, each with 25 students.• Mentored students and provided individualized support through weekly office hours.• Collaborated with machine shop professionals to consult students on the mechanical design,including transmissions and parts, of their final projects

• Mentored and guided 21 undergraduate scholars in a 10-week research program, facilitating academicprogress through weekly meetings, resolving challenges, and coordinating program activities.• Collaborated with faculty mentors to monitor scholars’ research projects, ensuring alignment with programobjectives, and provided guidance on lab-related issues.• Facilitated workshops on the graduate school applications, fellowships, and science communication.• Educated and provided feedback on students’ oral presentations, posters, and abstracts.

Berkeley, Ca, Us

I was a Graduate Student Instructor (GSI) for UC Berkeley's Department of Physics. I prepare lesson plans for 8 hours of discussion sections and laboratory sections for 47 students weekly, grade exams, lead review sessions, and hold two office hours per week for over 640 students. Course: Physics 8A (Introductory Mechanics)

San Francisco, California, Us

My research examined the biomechanics underlying work-related musculoskeletal disorders. Specifically, I used surface electromyography and machine learning to classify hand postures and exertions during simulated work tasks. The goal of this research was to design a wireless tool to track forearm muscle activity (particularly muscle fatigue), which would warn the user of overworking their hands. I also evaluated the design, anthropometric fit, and support level of exoskeletons for construction workers.

El Segundo, California, Us

As a mechatronics and controls intern, I worked on a team that devised a system identification tool in Python for an omnidirectional unmanned aerial vehicle. I consulted on the thermal, structures, and power and energy storage teams for a concept study of a cislunar rendezvous, proximity operations, docking, and undocking (RPODU) space mission. Lastly, I led a team that created a computer-aided design for three configured CubeSat assemblies for the cislunar RPODU study.

I supported 13 first-year students as they transition to college, advising them on academics, social and cultural life of college. I also responded to crisis situations related to COVID-19 safety, mental health, and physical health.

I co-founded the Coalition of Allyship Advocates which facilitated workshops about power, privilege, and identity to hundreds of students and faculty. For years, I co-wrote, planned, and revised these workshops to include different learning-style approaches. Our team proposed preliminary work and feedback to the Dean and President's Office, resulting in full funding for the diversity workshops and trainings which will commence in August 2021.

As a College Aide, I served as a liaison between students and college administrative staff, orchestrating senior Mellon Forums, dinners for Hopper College Fellows, College Teas, and Hopper events during move-in and commencement.

I worked with Professor Damon Clark to understand the neural mechanisms underlying interlimb coordination in Drosophila melanogaster. I conducted a literature review to investigate the control of invertebrate central pattern generators. I built and programmed a treadmill powered by a DC motor using Arduino and C++, and captured the limb positions of Drosophila as it walked on the treadmill. I later analyzed data using MATLAB and DeepLabCut, a machine learning software for pose estimation.

With guidance from Professor Madhusudhan Venkadesan in the Biomechanics & Control Lab, I conducted structural analyses of pectoral fins to understand how curvature-induced stiffness influences swimming. I built a mechanical system (using Arduino) that mimicked hydrodynamic forces on the fins, and analyzed stress-strain curves of the fins by using MATLAB.

I provided information sessions about Yale University to underrepresented, high achieving students from DeKalb, Gwinnett, and Atlanta Public School districts. In these information sessions, I discussed academic and college life, and advised students on the college application process.

Atlanta, Georgia , Us

In the Complex Rheology & Biomechanics Lab, I worked on a team that built an aquatic robot, programmed with multiple swimming gaits, that emulated the locomotion of unicellular, flagellate quadrupeds. We built the robot so that it was neutrally buoyant in mineral oil, and we evaluated fluid dynamics of the robot by analyzing its yaw, pitch, roll, and velocities per each swimming gait

Atlanta, Ga, Us

Rutherford, New Jersey, Us

Doctor Of Philosophy - Phd, Mechanical Engineering

Master Of Science - Ms, Mechanical Engineering

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Physics

Certificate, Afropolitanism, Social Justice, & Social Entrepreneurship

High School Diploma