A Ph.D. student researching in the field of human-robot interaction. In particular, I am currently focusing on the real-time estimation of human motion dynamics via the fusion of modern machine learning and classical state estimation techniques.

- Characterized underwater skin-like tactile sensors for use in ocean environments. - Engineered a hardware and software system to automate the collection of 3D contact force data used as ground truth for tactile sensor characterization- Developed online tactile object detection algorithm using custom tree-based models- Performed quality, robustness, and performance studies of tactile sensor prototypes

- Design, analyze, and improve IT systems- Administrate and maintain several Linux servers (e.g. a file server, email server, FTP server, WebDAV server, VPN server, etc.)- Design network architectures to secure network infrastructure while maintaining usability- Ensure all IT systems run with high efficiency and availability

1) Development of new and integration of existing software infrastructure for automation of hardware-in-the-loop data acquisition and hardware verification/testing.2) Developed a new and highly optimized pipeline for hardware testing/verification.

Provided academic support and mentorship in engineering, computer science, mathematics, physics, and chemistry

Worked towards the expansion of single highly sensorized and tendon-driven robotic finger to a full mechanical hand testbed