- Helped develop Ansys Fluent thermal model to optimize motor cooling jacket, saving 700g across the car- Performed fatigue analysis on revised brake rotor, considering thermal, structural, stress conc. factors- Practiced skills in FEA, skeleton based design, and SOLIDWORKS CAM for manufacturing optimization- Michigan 2024 Results: 1st Acceleration, 1st Skid Pad, 1st Autocross, Endurance Completed, 4th Overall

• Navigated customer discovery for product-market-fit & business model analysis.• Presented financial & technical projections to academics & investors securing $5,000 in seed funding.• Built novel hardware & firmware biometric tracker platform to enhance remote physical therapy services.• Aggregated and analyzed sensor data for user-centric feedback, improvement, and ease-of-use.

Trained and implemented custom YOLO computer vision models for autonomous robotic submarine to localize and navigate to different tasks in its environment.

As a Paid Research Assistant (June '23 - August '23):- Characterized artificially aged hydrophobic aerogels on their density, contact angle, and internal surface area via BET gas analysis- Wrote custom programs + CAD’d attachments to automate data collection- Presented at weekly meetings, compiled documentation on processesAs an Unpaid Research Intern (Jan. '22 - May '23):Designed and conducted personal research project under Dr. Ann Anderson: - Fabrication and Characterization of Graphite-doped TMOS Aerogels at Elevated Temperatures- Conducted gelation studies, iterated on fabrication techniques, tested thermal conductivity via Hot Disk TPS method, performed SEM imaging