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United States

San Francisco, California, US

San Francisco, California, US

Conducting failure analyses on hardware built by Cruise, suppliers, and GM in concert with design engineers, reliability engineers, manufacturers, suppliers, and external labs for verification or fleet failures. Designing and performing experiments and sample characterization efforts; analyzing and presenting results to recommend containment and corrective.

San Francisco, California, US

As a research scientist at Protocol Labs, I built a Python-based, multi-agent, modular proof-of-concept architecture for a decentralized, prosumer-based electricity distribution grid using PNNL’s VOLTTRON microgrid software. I presented my results at IEEE TESC2020 (Transactive Energy Systems Conference).At the same time, I also served as Filecoin's.

Hawthorne, California, US

Led a small team conducting failure analysis of electronic components. Directly analyzed failures as well as coordinated troubleshooting efforts between engineers, SMT manufacturing, electronic component manufacturers, and characterization teams to arrive at root cause, risk to vehicle, and corrective actions for dozens of component failures; including.

Fremont, CA, US

Designed and tested high-performance multi-layer elastomers for a touchscreen with buttons that rise out of the surface. Worked with both in-house expertise and managing several external supplier relationships to design, develop, and test various laminates. Responsible for materials selection, testing, and qualification of optical fluids and substrates for.

Fremont, CA, US

Synthesized and characterized elastomeric materials; designed Instron-based materials and adhesives characterization tests; and created adhesives based on interpenetrating-polymer-networks (IPNs) to increase interlayer adhesion in dynamic touchscreen buttons.

Created English-language technical presentations, sales brochures, newsletters, press releases, installation manuals, and corporate presentations for Astronergy, a Chinese solar-panel manufacturer.

Used MATLAB, multi-core processing, and atomic simulation software (LAMMPS) to study the effects of surface geometries and defects on compressive strength and dislocation nucleation in gold and aluminum nanopillars. Presented results to students, faculty, and representatives from the Army Research Lab. Have since presented these results twice more to ARL.

Producer, Stanford: The Real World 2009; Hired a director, choreographer, and technical crew; cast actors; organized housing arrangements, rehearsals, set, and props; and liaised with campus health promotion services to produce a show teaching 1700 entering freshmen how to avoid the possible dangers of undergraduate life including alcohol, drugs.

Stanford, CA, US

Used differential scanning calorimetry and high and low-temperature X-ray diffraction to analyze the phase changes and crystal structure of an aortic stent made of a Ni-rich NiTi shape-memory metal; designed and built a custom cold-stage (operating temp: -70° C) for an X-ray diffractometer; and presented results to students and faculty.

M.S, Materials Science & Engineering

B.S, Materials Science & Engineering