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New York, United States

• Leading a 16-member executive board to manage a 230+ member organization with a $220k annual budget (including $108k in sponsorships), fostering a collaborative, educational, and inclusive environment while ensuring safety standards.• Strategically designed, built, and tuned a formula-style electric vehicle by overseeing system integration of 7 engineering sub- teams, time management of development phases, and supply chain operations, all under the V -MODEL process.

New York, United States

• Successfully led the Frame/Body/Aero team to successfully design, manufacture, and assemble the frame, body, and aero kits of Columbia’s formula-style electric vehicle, as well as designing future iterations.• Redesigned the chassis by optimizing the load path and integration of all vehicle systems, such as suspension, accumulator and ergonomics, achieving a 13% increase in torsional rigidity and 21% weight reduction• Developed and implemented an innovative body solution using Dacron, a polyester fiber fabric, to overcome carbon fiber manufacturing limitations, achieving 67% weight reduction, 18% frontal area reduction, and 96% cost savings.

New York, United States

Successfully led the frame team to develop Columbia’s first formula-style electric vehicle

New York City Metropolitan Area

• Directed large-scale strength of materials testing, including rigging and heavy testing, for external contractors• Specialized in material characterization tests, such as hydrogen content analysis and arc spark optical emission spectrometry• Supervised and actively participated in the machining of complex parts using drills, mills, lathes, saws, etc., for testing preparation

Newark, California, United States

New York, United States

• Organized multiple campus-wide events for the mechanical engineering community (size: 640 undergraduates) by arranging appropriate executive board meetings, accurately gauging the public interest, and leading communication with the Department of Mechanical Engineering• Led the communication with the ASME headquarters in order to acquire invitations to external student events & competitions, mentoring services, and networking opportunities for Columbia's student body

Los Angeles, California, United States

• Collaborated with Principal Investigator Eva Kanso to pioneer research on utilizing high-fidelity CFD models to quantify correlations between fish school’s differential pressure signal sensing and their spatial organizations• Achieved a 38% reduction in computational fluid dynamics data noise by building a Python-based statistical model leveraging the Kalman Filter algorithm, which has been validated via root mean square error (RMSE) metric• Selected to present at the 76th Meeting of the APS Division of Fluid Dynamics Conference on the fish school’s signal sensing research and its implications on the flow sensing and control mechanisms for near-field swimming in underwater robotic vehicles

New York, United States

• Enhanced and manufactured NASA’s free-flying assistive robot, Astrobee, by optimizing the underactuated robotic dexterity module in collaboration with Principal Investigator Matei Ciocarlie• Implemented various additive manufacturing techniques, including Stereolithography (SLA) and Fused Deposition Modeling (FDM), while effectively leveraging a range of materials such as PLA, ABS, and PETG to achieve project objectives.• Utilized Finite Element Analysis (FEA) to identify an inherent friction issue in the pulley system and implemented a redesign that achieved a 35% reduction in deterioration, thereby extending the robot’s operational lifespan

Gimpo, Gyeonggi, South Korea

• Served as an 81mm Mortar Gunner, carrying out multiple responsibilities: Artillery Mechanic, Liaison, Squad Leader, and Amphibious Raid (IBS) Training Assistant Drill Instructor• Appointed as Head Liaison for the Combined Command Post Training 21-1 with the 3rd US Marine Expeditionary Force and the Korean Marine Exchange Program with the 1st Battalion, 2nd US MARDIV• Honored as R.O.K.’s Exemplary Marine, completing all specialist courses: Ranger, Amphibious Raid (IBS), and Airborne Combat

Notre Dame, Indiana, United States

Specialized in computational fluid dynamics analysis, wind tunnel testing, launch preparation, and RockSim software simulations.

Bachelor Of Engineering - Be, Mechanical Engineering, 3.93 / 4.00

Activities and Societies: Chief of Frame/Body/Aero of Columbia University Formula SAE | Vice President of American Society of Mechanical.

Bachelor Of Engineering - Be, Aerospace, Aeronautical And Astronautical Engineering, 3.91 / 4.00

Activities and Societies: Drivetrain Specialist of Notre Dame Baja SAE | Fluids Specialist of Notre Dame Rocketry Team | Member of Korean.

High School Diploma