career

EDUCATION

MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

BS in the Mechanical Engineering, minor in design (from architecture department)

EXPERIENCE

SUITX | Design Intern

MAY 2015 - AUGUST 2015 | BERKELEY, CA

- Worked with the medical exoskeleton team and Homayoon Kazerooni

- Designed the controls of exoskeleton systems

- Final design is currently being implemented into their market medical exoskeleton system.

SEARCH FOR EXTRA-TERRESTIAL GENOMES | Design Engineer

FEB 2016 - PRESENT | CAMBRDIGE, MA

The device SETG, “a life detection instrument for in-situ isolation and sequencing of nucleic acids”, is being built to test the hypothesis of a plausible shared ancestry due to meteoritic exchange between Earth and Mars. Expected to be an attachment for a future Mars rover.

- Created the first iteration of the SETG assembly, dictating its form

- Designed the inlet, which encompasses the process of sample acquisition

SENSING AND MOVING BIOINSPIRED ARTIFACTS LAB (SAMBA) | Computations & Design Engineer

MAY 2016 - AUG 2016 | TRIESTE, ITALY at the International School for Advanced Studies (SISSA)

My role and contribution to the project revolves around analyzing the kinematics and movement of the organism as well as prototyping this motion into a mechanical form and potentially translating it to robotics, architecture, and other fields. The project expands upon various studies on reverse engineering euglenoid movement as well as its shape control of active surfaces inspired by movement. I was responsible for creating and fabricating various prototypes that mimic the nature of these euglenoid movements and developing several avenues its use can be implemented in other fields.

Working with SAMBA Group
The aim SAMBA is to gain insight into the mechanics of biological motility (in particular, swimming and crawling of microscopic organisms), to distill the key principles that underlie successful locomotion strategies in Nature, and to exploit them for the conceptual design of biomimetic, self propelled microdevices. The group uses a combination of theoretical, numerical, and experimental tools to approach the problem of biological and bioinspired motility from a multidisciplinary perspective.

DESIGN FOR AMERICA | Food Waste Team

SEPT 2015– PRESENT | MIT

Our project targets food insecurity in the Boston area. We hope to build a passive food locker that can be easily accessible to those who are food insecure

-Team lead for the design and fabrication of the locker insulation, form, and structure.

- Currently working with IDEO to finalize our project details

- Received $3000 donation from Autodesk to further collaboration with the company

MIT URBAN METABOLISM  |  Researcher

FEB 2015 - MAY 2015 | CAMBRIDGE, MA

- Perfromed infrasturctural challenges, new technology potential analysis, and spatial implications of natural resource flows

- Specialized in tidal and wave energy.

- Submitted paper to a conference which discussed new alternative energy initiatives in Africa

HACKMIT |  Marketing & Design Head

SEPT 2014 - PRESENT | CAMBRIDGE, MA

-Lead HackMIT’s marketing team in creating the publicity and the atmosphere of the event

- HackMIT is one of the largest hackathons in the nation

- Assisted in logistics and company relationtions for the event

INVOLVEMENT

Design for America  

XFair Marketing Team (Spring Career Fair)

HackMIT Team | Blueprint Team

MIT Art Club

MIT Art Scholars

Undergrad Association Sustainability Committee (composting, trashion show)

Society of Women Engineers

Alpha Phi Fraternity Advertising Director

MIT Varsity Women’s Soccer

Lamorinda Soccer Club Coach & Player / Captain   

Referee for the Contra Costa County

ACCOLADES // AWARDS

MIT Art Scholars

National Society of High School Scholars

AP Distinction Award