I am a recipient of the NSF Scholarship-for-Service (SFS) program.

I am a Research Assistant under the supervision of Dr. Xinwen Fu and Dr. Cliff Zou. I investigate many attack threats to contemporary Internet of Things (IoT) devices, including network security, hardware security, firmware security, software security, and data security. My team and I focus primarily on Microcontroller-based applications including low-cost sensor networks (e.g., air quality monitoring) as well as cryptographic co-processors with hardware-based roots of trust.

I was a Graduate Assistant for the Florida IT Pathways to Success (Flit-Path) research project, which aims to help undergraduate students with strong academic talent and financial need in the disciplines of Computer Science, Information Technology, and Computer Engineering. The project recruits students from FIU, UCF, and USF and provides scholarships, peer mentoring, research training, and various other sources of academic support to those students. My responsibilities in Flit-Path include… Show more I was a Graduate Assistant for the Florida IT Pathways to Success (Flit-Path) research project, which aims to help undergraduate students with strong academic talent and financial need in the disciplines of Computer Science, Information Technology, and Computer Engineering. The project recruits students from FIU, UCF, and USF and provides scholarships, peer mentoring, research training, and various other sources of academic support to those students. My responsibilities in Flit-Path include preparation and attendance of events (orientations and symposiums), activity tracking, and connecting with the students. Show less

I taught a variety of introductory, one-week courses to students including C++, Java, Cybersecurity, Laptop assembly, and general coding & development paradigms. In addition, I taught a more advanced, two-week C++ course. Each student was tasked to design a final project that they could then take home with them when they complete the course; part of my job was to ensure the completeness and quality of each of these projects. My students generally fell in the age range 13-17.