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Ann Arbor, Mi, Us

Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States

• Designed telemetry driver to convert CAN messages to UART and transmit over radio frequency.• Rewrote old drivers to have better abstraction, use newer libraries, and reduce size

Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States

• Redesigned and developed solar car’s low-voltage systems to increase safety and reliability, led team to win the 2024 American Solar Challenge• Implemented multiplexing circuit on battery management system (BMS) doubling temperature sensing capacity and abstraction layer allowing BMS to command battery monitoring chips via SPI• Developed and debugged CAN infrastructure for BMS reducing outgoing CAN traffic by ~20% using Vector CANoe and Vector CANalyzer• Implemented priority queue (C++) to process outgoing CAN data from steering wheel increasing responsiveness of acceleration commands• Designed, assembled and tested solar car’s BMS, implementing safe switching mechanism to achieve complete battery isolation within ~7 ms

Michigan, United States

• Built a microprocessor based educational toy that uses basic image processing to recognizes sequences of letters• Designed a finite state machine to execute simple assembly commands using Verilog and Quartus• Implemented low-level assembly drivers for peripherals such as a speaker, camera, LCD screen.• Integrated peripherals with Altera DE-2 FPGA to create a viable, child-safe educational product.

Portland, Oregon, United States

• Designed relevant, engaging activities for over 400 young students interested in engineering• Designed custom, child-safe electrical components and circuit boards allowing students to explore the fundamentals of electrical systems including (Ohms law, Kirchhoff’s law).• Maintained computer systems and applications for in classroom laptops

Portland, Oregon, United States

• Taught children ages 5-12 engineering concepts through fun and enriching activities, achieving a 5.0/5.0-star performance rating• Adapted common experiments to engage students while conveying important engineering concepts• Ensured student safety during outdoor activities and experiments with electric circuits.• Managed teams of teaching assistants to coordinate classes up to 35 students.