Resume

Experience

Geo@MIT Undergraduate Researcher

Part of MIT D-Lab

Sep 2025-Present

• Designing a small-scale, bench-top heat exchanger setup to investigate potential changes in water quality from connecting heat exchangers to water mains
• In partnership with the Cambridge Water Department
• Project linked here

MIT Wind Build Lead

Part of U.S. Department of Energy's Collegiate Wind Competition (CWC)

Aug 2025-Present

• Leading the mechanical and electrical subteams on the design of a small-scale wind turbine as part of the 2026 CWC prompt
• Competing in the northeast regional competition
• Project linked here

MIT Wind Team Member (Mechanical Engineering Subteam)

Part of U.S. Department of Energy's Collegiate Wind Competition (CWC)

Feb 2025-Aug 2025

• Built a mini floating offshore wind turbine as part of 2025 CWC prompt
• Project linked here

4-409 (Edgerton Center Student Project Lab) Shop Mentor

MIT Edgerton Center

Sep 2024-Present

• Helping members navigate the shop and use the tools properly

SuperUROP Researcher at Hatsopoulos Microfluids Laboratory

MIT Department of Mechanical Engineering

Sep 2024-May 2025

• Measuring static contact angle of water drop on feathers of ruby-throated hummingbird using contact angle goniometer
• Assessing structures of iridescent and non-iridescent feathers using optical microscopy and scanning electron microscopy
• Synthetically reconstructing feathers to compare properties with those of hummingbird feathers, which are unique in their superhydrophobicity and iridescence
• Performing in-depth literature research to discover evolutionary reason behind hummingbirds' special feathers
• Project linked here

K-12 Teaching Assistant

MIT Edgerton Center

Apr 2024-Aug 2024

• Helped kids learn STEM concepts in the classroom
• Lessons assisted include "Traffic Light Building", "Gear Up Gear Down", "For the Birds" (my favorite), and many more
• Involved in development of lessons, including "Flooding the 02139", where I used CAD to design and 3D print PVC supports to hold up a line, which pulls rafts that the kids built down a mini acrylic replica of Binney street

8.02 (Electricity and Magnetism) Teaching Assistant

MIT Department of Physics

Feb 2024-May 2024

• Helped students in lecture
• Graded for Friday Problem Solving (FPS) and in-class experiments

Sea Grant Undergraduate Researcher

MIT Sea Grant

Jun 2023-Jul 2023

• Worked towards main objective of UROP (Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program) of advancing understanding of coastal acidification on the Gulf of Maine
• Incorporated new measurement methods for Manta +35 and Hanna sensors
• Prepared beakers using loss-on-ignition and calibrated Manta +35, Hanna, and YSI Castaway sensors
• Researched which calibration standards were necessary for new sensor attachments and documented methods in sensors' SOPs
• Visited oyster nurseries and farms and deployed Hanna and Manta +35 sensors for two week long periods to track patterns in salinity, chlorophyll, pH, and temperatures of water at sites
• Recorded haloclines (salinity gradients) and thermoclines (temperature gradients) at each visit using YSI Castaway to reveal information about tide trends
• Used Python to process and model the data onto a user interface, where users can easily shuffle through graphs of different parameters (linked here)

Information Technology Service Center Intern

Altru Health System

Jun 2021-Jul 2022

• Unboxed and imaged PCs
• Assisted IT specialists on runner requests (calls to fix immediate issues)

Skills

Languages

• Python
• C++
• MATLAB
• HTML/CSS

Microsoft Office

• Excel
• Word
• Powerpoint

CAD

• Autodesk Fusion 360
• Rhino
• SOLIDWORKS

Manufacturing

• Laser cutter
• Mill
• Band Saw
• Belt Sander
• Dremel
• Drill Press
• Lathe
• 3D Printing (used Bambu, MakerBot, Prusa, and Creality)

Ornithology

• Can identify 200+ bird species (all birds I listed from my memory here)
• Can recognize/identify scores of bird calls
• WILL bother you with bird facts in Wingspan (bird-themed boardgame)