About
Building things
that move.
I'm a mechanical engineering student at UC Santa Barbara with a deep drive to build physical systems that work — reliably, efficiently, and elegantly.
My work spans soft robotics research, assistive hardware, and Formula SAE chassis engineering. I care about the full stack: from CAD and FEA to embedded firmware and control algorithms.
I'm drawn to problems at the edge — where mechanical design, electronics, and software have to work together seamlessly to make something real happen in the world.
Skills
Tools of the trade.
Technical
Embedded
Software
Experience
Where I've been building.
Soft Robotics Research Assistant
Hawkes Lab — UC Santa Barbara
- Fabricated and characterized TPU–Dyneema composite skins for a pressure-driven soft robotic arm, increasing output force and max internal pressure by 250% through 20+ targeted experiments.
- Standardized a composite-skin layup process achieving 25% improved efficiency; instrumented resin-printed nozzles to regulate and measure pressure during rapid prototyping.
- Optimized a compact bio-inspired latch mechanism for fast, consistent line release through iterative CAD design.
President & Chief Hardware Engineer
Assistive Technology Club — UC Santa Barbara
- Engineered a VR headset light-seal attachment integrating sensing hardware within a small form factor — optimizing ergonomic fit for a wearable Alzheimer's detection device.
- Packaged a compact IR camera housing within the headset's internal chassis, preserving 110° FOV; developed an OpenCV–MATLAB pipeline to extract gaze-position data.
Chassis Subteam Member & Secretary
Gaucho Racing — Formula SAE
- Designed a torsional stiffness test fixture in SolidWorks with custom hub mounts and DOF reduction; performed FEA in ANSYS Workbench, achieving a 17% increase in predicted torsional rigidity.
- Managed a $55k BOM for 70+ vehicle assemblies, coordinating 10 subteams and improving inventory accuracy by 26%.
Projects
Things I've built.
Autonomous RC Car
URCA Research — $2,000 Award
Designed and CAD-modeled custom sensor/electronics mounts for a 1/10th scale F1TENTH vehicle. Implemented Model Predictive Contouring Control (MPCC) for high-speed path tracking.
Vibrotactile Cane
Vision-to-Haptics Wearable
Prototyped an assistive wearable that translates video-based obstacle detection into directional haptic cues across multiple vibrational actuators using an event-driven IoT architecture.
Compressed Air Motor
Precision Manufacturing
Manufactured a fully functional compressed air motor from shop stock. Machined aluminum, brass, and polyacetal components to ±0.005" tolerances using CNC mill, lathe, drill press, and band saw.