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New York, New York, United States

• Spearheading the development of a heterogeneous network automatic parallelization service to combat big-data problems.
• Patenting a task-decomposition and resource-allocation protocol to achieve accelerated processing across hybrid networks.
• Recognized as one of 5 global finalists at the Quantum2Business Paris Conference as the only Pre-Seed Startup.

Nashville, Tennessee, United States

• Served as CTO to a 50-student team to design, fabricate, and test an operational IEC Nuclear Fusion Reactor.
• Secured Vanderbilt’s Sesquicentennial Grant, Board of Trustees’ support and a dedicated lab, the only UG team awarded.
• Analyzed potential radiation sources to develop deterministic and stochastic models to present to the Tennessee NEAC
• Designed patent-pending Automatic Control System and AI Hazard Condition Identifier, pioneering AI reactor safety.
• Directed 20 students to install critical electrical systems and refurbished a 50kV power supply, saving $30k.
• Presented at major events including Sandia Labs TRTR, Oak Ridge, UT Energy Week, and Princeton’s Impact Challenge.

• Represented Vanderbilt at the ’22, ’23, ’24 National University Championships, earning 3 All-American Selections.
• Gained national recognition as an up-and-coming athlete by ranking among the top five each year since 2019.
• Mentored by Olympians and Team USA members to develop disciplined habits and success-driven mentalities.

Nashville, Tennessee, United States

• Performed computational Nanoscience and Quantum Physics research in an NSF-funded lab under Prof. Kalman Varga.
• Developed a quantum regime model of plasmon enhancement in electrically driven nanogap antennas using Fortran.
• Awarded selective VUSRP grant to develop a theoretical model for applications to on-chip communication.

Nashville, Tennessee, United States

• Collaborated closely with industry experts to develop application-specific integrated-circuit (ASIC) designs.
• Engineered scripts to analyze large data sets, optimize circuit performance, and communicate results to sponsors.
• Integrated these scripts into a "Circuit Tools" application that was distributed to engineers across the organization.
• Assumed leadership as Technical Lead for a multi-million dollar strategic defense contract and spearheaded its progress.
• Received personal commendations from the CEO and CTO in recognition of this initiative.

Bachelor Of Engineering - Be, Electrical & Computer Engineering, Mathematics, Philosophy

Computer Engineering Honors; Senior Thesis in Quantum Computing Hardware Philosophy Honors; Senior Thesis in Cognitive Architecture Minors.

International Baccalaureate Diploma

Senior Thesis in Structuralist Epistemology HL completions and research on speaker electrostatics (Physics) and applications of fractal.