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Somerville, MA

• Designed and fabricated components for robotic end-effectors including housings and utensil attachments.
• Produced portable robotic arm setups for presenting product at trade shows and career fairs.
• Studied sensor data from robotic arm and contributed to model refinement.

Somerville, MA

• Enhanced safety and stability of an imaging system for detecting gas leaks by modeling its thermal behavior in Solidworks Fow Simulation and iterating its cooling system design based on the results.
• Designed pan stage apparatus for rotating elements of imaging system.

Cambridge, MA

Designed and built machinery to support biotechnology research into a novel biologic formulation platform.

Cambridge, MA

• Mentored children from low-income families at summer camp run by a non-profit organization.
• Helped administer curricula on topics including genetics and social justice.

• Refined design of an assistive technology device upon user feedback. Device empowers individuals with limited lower-body function to participate in downhill winter sports.
• Created CAD models and engineering drawings to be used in fabrication process.
• Analyzed the design’s kinematic and material properties using animation and finite-element analysis tools within CAD package to increase rider comfort and reduce product weight.

• Supervised building security to ensure public safety in off-campus environment.
• Provided residents with basic services such as mail or item rentals.
• Set dormitory policies, hired employees, made schedules, and managed payroll alongside MIT house manager.

• Collaborated in a team of 17 students to invent, evaluate, and develop product ideas.
• Researched competing products and prior patents.
• Contributed mechanical design ideas and CAD models for prototype design.
• Assisted in manufacture of final prototype of the product- a sanitation machine whose primary client was the MIT Physical Plant, Grounds division.

• Developed prototype for a folding UAV for deployment by pneumatic tube alongside a partner.
• Employed rapid prototyping, off-the-shelf RC components, and a modular, highly-serviceable design to make up for high damage risks of aerial testing.
• Explored an unconventional portion of the design space by attempting a quad-rotor helicopter design instead of a plane.