Resume
Jump to Experience, Skills, and Projects (separate page).
My one-page resume is here, but this page includes much more information about my experience and skills.
Experience
- MIT Wind Team Member (Mechanical Engineering Subteam)
- Part of U.S. Department of Energy's Collegiate Wind Competition (CWC)
- Feb 2025-Present
- Building a mini floating offshore wind turbine as part of 2025 CWC prompt
- 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)
