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Giving $100 to 1k high school students to design their first PCB. Facilitating partnerships with FIRST, Futo, and IEEE. Helped raise $100,000+. Created posters sent out to every CS teacher, engineering teacher and FRC team in the country.

Constructed NeRFs of Cambridge in order to create a searchable, localizable world through embedded language descriptions. Worked within professor John Leonard's Marine Robotics Groups and collaborated with Ge Yang, Alan Yu and Evan Kim from associate professor Phillip Isola's Embodied Intelligence Lab. Created NeRF data pipeline, from data collection (360 camera mounted a top car), to scene selection, filtering, and training. Focused specifically on 360 cameras and their usage within NeRFs. Work shareable on request.

Working with K-10 grade students to build a strong intuition in arithmetic, geometry, and algebra.

Create.Connect.Kaboom!On April 1st, 2023, 100 students from across the Boston area (and some out of state, like NH and NY!) got together at Tuft's Joyce Cummings center to create something amazing. What followed in this 12 hour saga were games like a Bean Skinned Doom or collaborative crosswords, tools like Research Paper Tinder, and satirical madness like Beantown Bash Dating Sim.

CTO of Newton's FRC Team, 2877 LigerBots. Overseeing mechanical, CAD, programming, and electrical sub-groups. - Designed and planned training program for 80 rookies- Overseeing a team of 110 students- Coordinating with other executives on advancing the team's vision

Created abSENT: an app that notifies students when their teachers are abSENT.- Adopted by Newton Public Schools Systems- 1k+ total users split across two high schools.- Published on App and Play Store.- Developed server backend using Postgres and FastAPI (Python)- Created Unit and Integration tests for backend development- Executed marketing, developed instagram following- Coordinated with school admin on approval- Led 2 complete product redesigns (text bot -> app)

Hack For The People is a international collegiate hackathon• Invited Bjarne Stroustrup (creator of C++) as keynote speaker• Directed a team of 15 in preparation for the hackathon• Fully developed event logistics and schedule• Hosted opening ceremonies & 2 panels• Event statistics: + 728 attendees + 27 countries + $15,000 prize pool + 15 events + 14 sponsors

Combat Robotics at Berkeley (CRB) is a student-run organization which competed on the 2021 ABC show, BattleBots.

Designed PCB for Hack Club Summer of Making. Shipped out to 500+ individuals around the world. Board based around ATmega32u4. Designed in the shape of Orpheus, Hack Club's mascot

Create Mental Health Project to research the impact of quarantine and social isolation caused by COVID-19 on students.

Created data-driven graphics based on information from the CDC, New York Times, and WHO.

I spent 10 weeks working on a robot that could dig into the ground. Funded by a $500 grant from Griptape, I designed a custom PCB and developed a body streamlined for digging. The robot was based on the way a gopher digs, mincing their process of penetrating, digging and excavating.