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Washington, Dc, Us

Washington, District Of Columbia, United States

Developing a thermoelectric filament composed of ABS & Silver Selenide to produce increased manufacturability and decreased thermal conductivity levels for maximum power output.Integrating filament into additive manufacturing laser bed 3D printer to synthesize topologically optimized thermoelectric generator of sinusoidal lattices for higher degree of structural stability and power generation.Constructing filament diameter control device for enhanced printing precision and performing quality testing of filament on varying chemical concentration ranges of ABS and AgSe.

- Served as an Undergraduate Teaching Assistant for BIOENG 1320 - Biosignals & Systems for the spring 2022, and currently for BIOENG 1070 & 1071 – Cell Biology I &II for the fall 2023 and upcoming spring 2023 terms.- Responsible for content creation, such as weekly worksheets, homework, quizzes and exams, and accompanying solutions.- Held weekly office hours, as well as individual meetings, to help students with homework and in-class assignments, actively working to ensure the students’ academic success.

- Served as a Transfer Peer Mentor since the fall 2022 semester and held weekly classes, teaching incoming engineering students about the resources available at the Swanson School of Engineering and the University of Pittsburgh.- Gained teaching, interpersonal communication and mentorship skills and created a safe and engaging classroom environment for students to ask questions regarding SSOE, classwork advice, time management, professional development, etc.

Singapore

- Contributed to a research internship project with the National University of Singapore (NUS) Department of Bioengineering and the Mechanobiology Institute (MBI) with a project focus of creating novel methods to synthesize lab-grown meats for alternative food sources of nutrition.- Conducted research using computer-aided design, 3D printing and tissue engineering to examine the effects of variable stiffness and topographical cues of polyacrylamide hydrogels on muscle cell alignment and maturation to combat the rising sustainability crisis for animal meat consumption.- Responsible for designing experiments to measure hydrogel stiffness via nanoindentation, design CAD models of hydrogel resin mold templates, cell culturing, viability testing, image acquisition and data analysis using ImageJ, as well as collaborating with fellow NUS PIs to optimize and modify pre-existing protocols.- Research culminated in a 13 page paper, final research presentation & BMES publication and presentation in Seattle, Washington on October 2023.

- Researched aortic aneurysms and performed statistical analyses on numerous patients utilizing CT scans of aortic arches to determine geometric predictors of a potential dissection occurring in a patient- Utilized and gained experience with Shapeworks, Paraview, and Graphpad Prism softwares and measured the Procrustes Interval deviations from the mean aortic shape- Measured statistical significance between various geometric deformation modes and presented research in the Intramural Internship research course at the University of Pittsburgh

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

- Developed simulated physics models of stress-strain curves and derived a multi-variable equation measuring effects of pressure gradients, compression and geometry of the lamina cribrosa on eye blood flow for glaucoma treatment.- Automated Python Mechanical scripting code simulations to gather numerical data via ANSYS APDL and data visualization via MATLAB and Microsoft Excel. Streamlined and optimized FEM simulations that enables future researchers to gather data with ease.- Collaborated with research team in weekly meetings to brainstorm future directions and further ideate models and simulations. Proposed the idea of incorporating Python scripting into the built-in ANSYS APDL to automate simulations on a larger scale and successfully integrated this functionality into the system.- Responsible for software synthesis (Python, MATLAB & Microsoft Excel VBA), optimization, mesh convergence, and ANSYS finite element analysis modeling. Research culminated in a final research presentation to a panel of PIs, post-docs, and PhD students.

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

Project: Genetically Encoded Nanoparticles-Researching in the potential uses of genetically encoding nanoparticles to use as biosensors, gene expression control, cell signaling transduction, etc. -Prepare cell culture media, count cell viability, transfect cells etc. and image nanoparticle cages and salt formation using fluorescence and confocal microscopy

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

Project: LED Wall User Interactivity- Team of 4 engineers, tasked with design and modification of LED wall in the engineering building- Added higher user-interactivity and computer vision technology using OpenCV artificial intelligence for users to incorporate their own code- Increased my computer language skills in Processing and Java, as well as gain strong interpersonal and professional communication skills in a professional setting

Master Of Science - Ms, Mechanical And Aerospace Engineering

Activities and Societies: GW Rocket Team (IREC Competition), AIAA DBF Team, ASME, GW Table Tennis

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Bioengineering And Biomedical Engineering

Activities and Societies: Biomedical Engineering Society, Pitt SOAR, Pitt Competitive Table Tennis, Pitt Taekwondo