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• Designed a 6 motor tank-drive chassis and wheel pod configurations on Fusion360 which streamlined the building process by providing a clear layout of all components.• Engineered efficient drivetrains, gear ratios, and intake mechanisms to score rings in hexagonal mobile goals and strategized autonomous programs to enhance competitiveness for national autonomous and driver controlled competition.• Mentored and instructed a team of 3 new members on the engineering design process, collaboratively developing a robot prototype for competing in the new member competition

• Built, redesigned, and tested a robot drivetrain and mechanisms to intake pyramidal balls to score goals and climb obstacles to boost our competitive edge for national competition.

• Trained object detection models in Python using large image bounding-box datasets, enhancing model robustness and sensor defense against opposing team attacks for the RAITE competition.• Tested and evaluated models, identifying their weaknesses to incorporate new data for training sets, which improved mean average precision for detecting ground robots, drones, and cars in complex scenarios. • Created and labeled datasets by sourcing images with specific detection challenges for training and testing.

• Directed opening tasks and daily operations, coordinated youth activities, maintained water safety, and instructed swim lessons, ensuring a safe and engaging environment for over 100+ children and families

• Researched and designed a piping and instrumentation diagram (PNID) alongside a team of interdisciplinary engineers to develop the propellant delivery system of a theoretical 1000 lb. thrust liquid-propelled rocket.