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Stanford, Ca, Us

Stanford, Ca, Us

Research under Prof. Monroe Kennedy in the Assistive Robotics and Manipulation Laboratory to build the DenseTact, an optical tactile sensor for dense shape reconstruction. Developed a mini version of the sensor for grasping small, flat objects. Working on using the sensor to aid in robotic soft cloth manipulation. Developing tactile sensor using physical transduction for highly accurate 4-axis force estimation.- Dynamic Cloth Manipulation Website: https://arm.stanford.edu/dynamic-cloth-detection- DenseTact-Mini Paper: https://arxiv.org/abs/2309.08860.

Stanford, Ca, Us

Teaching assistant for CS123: A Hands-On Introduction to Building AI-Enabled Robots. The course covers a broad range of topics critical to robot learning, including motor control, forward and inverse kinematics, system identification, simulation, and reinforcement learning.

Stanford, Ca, Us

Worked on design, testing, and verification of a wireless system for real-time electrochemical monitoring of aptamer biosensors under Prof. Tom Soh. Integrated a low power radio with an electrochemical sensor in a compact, 8-layer printed circuit board in Altium.

Stanford, California, Us

Working on designing the next generation of the Pupper robot, Pupper v3, that is more robust in terms of design and capability, especially for hospital environments. Worked on designing course materials for CS123: A Hands on Introduction to AI-enabled robots. Paper submitted to ICRA 2024 based on Pupper's usefulness for teaching robotics to high school and college students.Researching RL techniques for gait mechanics and computer vision for terrain recognition on Stanford’s Pupper quadruped robot. Developed a VR control system as a final project for EE267. Working with computer scientists and engineers. Video Link: https://drive.google.com/file/d/19U1zkn7KY0-_x2a-4Ght_FK0hOb5PoSE/view?usp=sharing

Lexington, Ma, Us

Built the SPROUT vine robot system for mapping and exploring hazardous and confined spaces during USAR scenarios. Designedcompressed electronics control PCB. Created fully portable operating procedure. Submitted paper to SSRR based on field studies.

Austin, Texas, Us

Worked on design, testing, and validation of Tesla's high voltage controllers (HVCs) for the Cybertruck and Tesla Model 3 on the Battery Electronics team. Developed an automated functional tester for quick analysis of all functional blocks of the HVC. Performed root cause failure analysis for all faulty boards. Designed Cybertruck bed outlet power delivery board using Altium.

Stanford, Ca, Us

Researching carbon disclosure and carbon washing for public/private institutions with Stanford Energy Club. Goals include increasing the importance of the futurity of data, shifting focus from individual to value chain emissions, and quantifying risk.

San Francisco, California, Us

Developing hardware/sensor functional tester for testing autonomous vehicle systems (LiDAR, GPS, CAN bus, compute system, etc.) on the bring-up process for the truck sensor suite to improve reliability. Working on truck calibrations (steering bias, extrinsics, GPS) and fleet grounding optimization in a cross-functional team of engineers to improve safety and consistency.

Stanford, Ca, Us

Single Molecule Image Analysis of Confined Comb Polymers - Polymer physics research with Prof. Danielle Mai. Developed a code package to randomly generate accurate molecule models and analyze polymers using optical microscopy. Applications for lubrication and biopolymers.

Stanford, Ca, Us

Experience in coordination with Takataka Plastics. Worked on market research and prototyping recycled plastic pipe designs. Recycle low-value plastic waste in Uganda into high-demand construction materials.

Stanford, Ca, Us

Part of User Research team for Stanford’s eCorner. Conducted surveys and interviews of eCorner’s users (students, educators, entrepreneurs) to determine user behavior on the site.

Suite 107, Rochester, Us

Worked on developing a method for inventory management of packaging materials in three warehouses and nine trailers that constituted this industrial strength manufacturer.

Masters, Electrical Engineering

Bachelor'S Degree, Electrical Engineering

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