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Austin, Texas, United States

Boca Raton, Florida, United States

Scoliosis brace bag designer of a bag for children and adults who have scoliosis curvatures in the neck, back and spine of the human body, developed scoliosis at ten years old-inspired to create a solution for insecure children about their bulky back braces in everyday life, donates 15% profits to Stand Tall International. Created own website and graphic design of the bag and coordinated with overseas partners to manufacture the bag.

Durham, North Carolina, United States

- Conducts research on morphing wings to build an unmanned aerial vehicle, specifically a robotic bird, that flies successfully untethered- Prototypes morphing wing designs in SolidWorks using aerodynamic principles to optimize lift and minimize drag- Analyzes lift/drag properties of airfoil designs through various testing methods such as CFD analysis and motion tracking softwares- Integrates and tests different microcontroller technologies to achieve a flapping wing mechanism

Durham, North Carolina, United States

-Collaborates with passionate undergraduate engineers to design and construct rockets that compete in high-powered collegiate competitions. Gains experience in roles ranging from avionics to propulsion and recovery -Designed prototypes in Onshape for recovery team tasked with creating a reliable and repeatable design to contain the ejection charges for competition

San Francisco, California, United States

Herzliyya, Tel Aviv, Israel

-Developed SpacePharma 'Druglab' payload to be sent to orbit the moon on SpaceIL’s Beresheet 2 spaceship containing a Space Pharma biological experiment aimed to observe how deep space’s radiation and microgravity affects several antibacterial drugs’ shelf life and their chemical composition -Researched and designed the drugs containers array imaging and movement mechanisms within the payload system using Solidworks-Prototyped all components and their subsequent mounting within narrow size constraints including both physical and fiscal limitations -Supported thermal analysis as well as radiation protection of all elements including circuit power boards and Raman spectrophotometers -Utilized knowledge learned about parts machining methods, different mounting principles and limitations and applied them to each element’s unique design

Durham, North Carolina, United States

-Participates in research for the Buckland Lab and more specifically, working on the breast ultrasound project which aims to develop a robot that is able to take pictures of a patient’s breasts and create a 3-D image to be interpreted by a professional. The ultimate goal is for the system to be applicable to human spaceflight -Explores and implements Open3D software in Python for robot camera/arm system to effectively stitch the breast images together to get a more accurate point cloud data

Ft. Lauderdale, Fl

​​Engaged in reverse engineering in a newly developed parts fabrication program; utilizing concepts like metrology and 3D modeling in Solidworks to develop technical data packages (TDP) for the fabrication of parts used in the repair of CF6-80C2 jet engine thrust reversers, contributing around $200,000 in savings for the company

Boca Raton, Florida, United States

Curvy Girls is an international organization which organizes support groups that discuss issues with local girl scoliosis patients relating to physical scoliosis and emotional insecurities. Each independent chapter's leaders conduct monthly meetings, organize group bonding events and create emails to send to group members.

Jupiter, Florida, United States

-Conducted personal project in the Valente lab researching the effects of chromatin regulators on HIV-1 expression in humans around 50 hours per week for 2 months-Presented 2 reports of week’s worth of research to team during weekly lab meetings including data analysis and technical reports-Generated a presentation compiling summer’s worth of research to entire Scripps community at the internship’s termination

Bachelor'S Degree, Major: Mechanical Engineering, Minor: Computer Science

High School Diploma

Activities and Societies: Cum Laude, STEM For Them Club President, Model UN