• Conduct original ethnographic fieldwork in Tibetan village Lubra to understand cultural impacts of climate-induced Himalayan flooding.• 3D map flood damages using remote sensing (drones, satellite imagery, photogrammetry, DEMs, and monocular depth estimation).• Layer digital 3D visuals of flood damages, vulnerable structures, and agricultural terrain with ethnographic data to place them within a cultural context.• Contribute a data-based report that the community may use to inform… Show more • Conduct original ethnographic fieldwork in Tibetan village Lubra to understand cultural impacts of climate-induced Himalayan flooding.• 3D map flood damages using remote sensing (drones, satellite imagery, photogrammetry, DEMs, and monocular depth estimation).• Layer digital 3D visuals of flood damages, vulnerable structures, and agricultural terrain with ethnographic data to place them within a cultural context.• Contribute a data-based report that the community may use to inform governmental policies and request relief aid, especially when interfacing with community leaders, policymakers, and NGOs.• Plan and lead expeditions to Lower Mustang, Nepal.• Lead collaboration meetings with professors and leading engineers. Show less

• Conduct original ethnographic fieldwork in Tibetan village Lubra to understand cultural impacts of climate change in the Himalayas.

DAAD RISE Germany Scholar at the Neurorobotics Research Laboratory of Beuth University of Applied Sciences.• Implemented object detection in Myon, the humanoid robot, using Forth programming language.• Built and programmed a moving robotic sculpture from scratch for an art exhibit in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.• Concluded my internship with a 30-minute presentation in German.

NSF-REU Scholar at Engineers For Exploration of UC San Diego.Project 1: FishSense - An underwater imaging platform for monitoring fish health & population.• Installed NVIDIA Jetson TX2 for real-time, on-device data processing to solve power and memory issues.• Deployed prototype at Pacifico Aquaculture fish farm in Ensenada, Mexico. Used collected data to improve training of our fish detection model.• Publication: "FishSense: Underwater RGBD Imaging for Fish… Show more NSF-REU Scholar at Engineers For Exploration of UC San Diego.Project 1: FishSense - An underwater imaging platform for monitoring fish health & population.• Installed NVIDIA Jetson TX2 for real-time, on-device data processing to solve power and memory issues.• Deployed prototype at Pacifico Aquaculture fish farm in Ensenada, Mexico. Used collected data to improve training of our fish detection model.• Publication: "FishSense: Underwater RGBD Imaging for Fish Measurement"Project 2: Mangrove Monitoring - Calculating mangrove biomass with machine learning.• Tested SR-AE, SRCNN, EDSR, and WDSR neural networks to improve super-resolution of low-res satellite images.• Produced final presentation video. Show less

• Campus-wide software and hardware support; equipment checkout for faculty and students• Printing 3D models and digitizing physical media

• Led office hours to facilitate a non-intimidating learning space for students, graded homework/exams/projects, and assisted students during class.• COMP 221 - Algorithm Design & Analysis: Course support for 25 students; grading 10+ assignments/week• COMP 123 - Computer Concepts in Python: Course support for 50+ students; grading 25+ Python assignments/week

• Developed a mobile app using Google Cloud Platform to assist students in finding their classrooms on-campus. I led backend development in a team of four others.

• Structural framing, electrical, carpentry, painting, machinist, demolition and heavy lifting.• Worked full-time over summers.