CV
Download PDF ↓Education
Aug 2023 – present Pittsburgh, PA
Carnegie Mellon University
Doctor of Philosophy, Robotics
- NSF Graduate Research Fellow
- Tau Beta Pi Fellow
Aug 2019 – Jun 2023 Santa Barbara, CA
University of California, Santa Barbara
Bachelors of Science, Mechanical Engineering
- Tau Beta Pi Honor Society
- American Society of Mechanical Engineers Club
- UCSB Robotics Club
Awards
Apr 2025
National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship
National Science Foundation
Apr 2024
Tau Beta Pi Fellowship
Tau Beta Pi Engineering Honor Society
Industry
Jun 2023 – Aug 2023 Redmond, WA
SpaceX
Space Lasers Mechanical Engineering Intern
- Designed, assembled, and tested a robotic optical alignment production stand to manufacture flight-level satellite hardware in 8 weeks
- Implemented and optimized a robot automation procedure to reduce takt time by 50% compared to previous generation stands while achieving micron-precision alignment
Jun 2021 – Sep 2021 Laurel, MD
Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
Mechanical Engineering Intern
- Built a mechatronic assembly for the NASA Dragonfly Mission Thermal Trim Device Tests to study the system’s capacity to exchange heat with Titan’s cryogenic atmosphere
- Performed thermal balance tests on the device in a thermal chamber and analyzed its performance
Skills
Hardware
Mechanism DesignComputer-Aided DesignPCB DesignMechatronicsRapid Prototyping3D Printing
Software
Python (PyTorch, JAX, NumPy)C++ (Arduino)MATLABJuliaCAD (Onshape, SolidWorks, Siemens NX)
Interests
Algorithms
Reinforcement LearningPhysics-Informed Machine LearningModel Predictive ControlTrajectory Optimization
Hardware
Mechanism DesignComputer-Aided DesignMechatronics
Languages
Spoken
English, Mandarin Chinese