Led the design, analysis, assembly, and testing of the GRIP prototype, Orbit Fab's active docking and refueling interface. Fabricated valve prototypes in-house, and performed data analysis and modeling to determine the cause of unexpected test results; the cause was validated with new tests and a design change was made. Completed design, analysis, assembly, and testing of Tenzing, Orbit Fab's demo fuel depot launched in 2021. Helped build the ME team, including developing and conducting technical interviews, and establishing engineering processes and systems.

Led Gecko-Inspired Adhesive Grasping project through design, test, certification against NASA requirements, and launch to the ISS. Designed hardware to meet manufacturability, packaging, and certification requirements. Designed PCBs and wrote firmware for RS-485 communication to host platform and I2C interface to sensors and actuators. Wrote design documentation and presented milestones at ISS payload safety reviews. Developed operational concept in cooperation with the ISS crew operations and Astrobee facility teams.

Taught ME218c, the third in a year-long graduate mechatronics sequence. Developed lab assignments, lab kits, and lecture content to quickly and successfully transition the course to be delivered remotely as part of the University's pandemic response.

Worked at Biomimetics and Dexterous Manipulation Laboratory on novel manufacturing and testing methods for gecko-inspired dry adhesives. Applied newly developed gecko-inspired adhesives to robotic systems. Responsible for the support and maintenance of the lab's manufacturing tools including a CNC machine, IR and UV laser cutters, and 3D printers.

Assisted teaching ME210 Introduction to Mechatronics. Delivered lectures, graded assisgnments, and held office hours to support students through a project-based course.

Work for the Smart Product Design Laboratory. Fall 2015 through Spring 2016, course assistant for the ME218ABC Smart Product Design course sequence. Responsibilities include grading, holding office hours in the mechatronics lab, and maintenance of lab infrastructure including microcontrollers, component stock, and lab workstations.Winter and Spring 2015, I was responsible for hardware exploration and selection, as well as preliminary coursework development for a new mechatronics course to be taught at Stanford. Work included evaluating Bluetooth-enabled microcontrollers for features and ease of teaching, and developing preliminary firmware.

Developed hardware and interface design for the Gecko Perching Gripper project to deploy a gecko-inspired adhesive gripper on the Astrobee robot on the international space station.

Adapted and implemented a manufacturing process for controllable gecko adhesives at JPL, and investigated the effect of fibril shape on rough surfaces. Developed design principles for the incorporation of gecko-inspired adhesives into soft robotic actuators and evaluated their utility with a fabricated actuator.

Designed and fabricated optical sensor system for a magnetic suspension balance system. The sensor system uses lasers to measure the position of a wind tunnel model to provide sensor input for feedback control. Analyzed dynamics/control of the suspended model in six degrees of freedom.

Analyzed dynamics and soil-wheel interactions for a small lunar rover, with a focus on informing wheel design and rover driving simulations.

NASA Ames Intern Program. Data analysis and preliminary development of a constitutive model to describe coated fabric behavior under stress, with possible applications to Mars atmospheric entry technologies

Upgraded an autonomous bacterial colony-picking robot for increased precision and reliability.

Worked on the LMR project at CMU West at NASA ARC. Worked with a fellow intern to build a lunar gravity simulator for rover testing, and do some research into thermoacoustic power generation