Technology has the potential to constantly change the world, and I want to be a part of that. After a hands-on, inspiring FIRST Robotics experience, I now find myself studying Aerospace Engineering at the University of Michigan.
Outside of technology, I've developed a love of foreign language and travel, largely as a result of my multilingual and multicultural upbringing. I spent around 1/3 of my childhood in Germany, which afforded me a great number of opportunities to explore different countries, and I still jump at any chance I get to see a new one.
General
3D-printing
Shop tool proficiency
Soldering and hardware skills
CAD
Autodesk Inventor
Catia
NX
SolidWorks
Programming
C++
Java
SQL
MATLAB
LabVIEW
Languages
German
French
Russian
Musical Instruments
Saxophone
Flute
Guitar
Trumpet
Random
Stick-shift driving ability
Unicycle experience
Starship Engineering Intern - SpaceX
Supported the Starship Booster Propulsion Team.
Calculated and specified damage allowables on flight hardware.
Designed, analyzed, and built propulsive fluid systems.
Developed structural and aerodynamic hardware for propulsion components.
Instructional Aide, Engineering 100
Assembled test kits for students to conduct labs remotely.
Led weekly virtual lab sections to cover introductory engineering skills.
Troubleshot students' Arduino and MATLAB issues remotely as they arose.
Held weekly virtual office hours to assist students with lab and project work.
Crew Mission Management Intern - SpaceX
Supported the Crew Mission Management Team at SpaceX as a 2020 Brooke Owens Fellow.
Advanced qualification and testing of Dragon 2 Trunk payload actuation hardware.
Designed and tested low-cost, high-production packaging for Starlink User Terminal mounts.
Communicated with stakeholders and integrated recommendations.
Powertrain Intern - Rivian Automotive
Supported the Powertrain team of an electric vehicle startup.
Advanced FMEA analysis and documentation.
Created engineering drawings for parts to be manufactured.
Furthered the progress of many projects as required by a small, growing organization.
Research Intern - Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Assisted in the development of a remote-controlled, gyroscopically stabilized motor bike.
I am an avid traveler, and fortunate to have been to about 30 nations across 4 continents. I am hoping to continue my travels on Earth, and to one day extend them to outer space, because the more I travel on Earth, the smaller it feels.
Disneys I've Visited
Anaheim
Hong Kong
Orlando
Paris
Shanghai
Tokyo
My current list of life goals, in no particular order:
Write a novel
Write a musical
Visit every country
Visit every continent
Visit every National Park
Visit every Disney park
Do a flip on a trampoline
Try flyboarding
Hold a monkey
Learn how to cook
Earn my Black Belt in karate
Finish my degree
Earn a PhD
Try stand-up comedy
Zipline through a rainforest
Try spelunking
Go skydiving
Go to space
Finish a sacred text from every major world religion
Achieve Enlightenment
Become patented
Become published
Become a licensed pilot
Earn my Instrument Rating
Fly a seaplane
Earn a scuba-diving certification
See a musical on Broadway
See a ballet in Russia
Achieve polyglot status
Make an app
Abseil down a waterfall
Hike an active volcano
Learn how to surf
Toboggan down the Great Wall of China
Try hang gliding
Try parasailing
Try windsurfing
Ride in a hot air balloon
Learn to sail
Learn to ski
Learn to snowboard
See the Penguin Parade in Australia
Swim with dolphins
Bathe an elephant
Go whale-watching
Climb Mount Everest
Sleep in an igloo
Sleep in a treehouse
See a total solar eclipse
See a total lunar eclipse
Attend Carnival of Rio de Janeiro
Attend Holi Festival
Experience a parabolic arc flight
Try out for Jeopardy!
Go zorbing in New Zealand
Be of legal drinking age at Oktoberfest
Ride every roller coaster at Cedar Point
Drive a Tesla
Drive a Porsche
Grab coffee (hot cocoa) with the CEO of a space company
Go to a music festival
Play a solo in a concert
Visit a chocolate factory
Visit a rocket factory
Play paintball
Play laser tag
Watch the Ball Drop in Times Square
Go dogsledding
Ride an elephant
Go ghost hunting
Attend a protest
Attend a pride parade
Swim with sharks
Manipulate a rover on another planet
Be in Mission Control for a major event
Make capes socially acceptable
Start a company
Try trapeze artistry
Drive a robot
Ride a robot
Stay in a tiny house
Fly on a private jet
Try Chinese karaoke
Try glass-blowing
Learn to weld
Swim in a geothermal hot spring
Find a reason to wear a gown
Become a Grand Master of Memory
Be in a movie
Dance on a bar
Attend a book release
Learn stage combat
Learn how to pick a lock
Attend Comic Con in costume
Learn how to ballroom dance
Watch a rocket launch on location
Dye my hair blue
Extract honey from a beehive
Become ordained
Learn how to juggle
Make thermite
Learn how to whistle
Learn how to unicycle
Learn sign language
Teach a college class
Run a marathon
Curl
Learn archery
Learn to ice skate
Learn to fence
Learn how to throw a boomerang
Try hot yoga
Fly in a helicopter
Drive a forklift
Ride a segway
Ride in a submarine
Ride in a tuk tuk
Stand in the back of a moving truck
Ride a bullet train
Go on a safari
Go to Mars
Experience Chinese New Year in Asia
Sleep in a castle
Sleep underwater
Hug the pillars of Notre Dame
Tour an automotive factory
Travel abroad solo
Hike a glacier
Ride in a cable car
See the Northern Lights
Ride the Trans-Siberian Railway
Float in the Dead Sea
Go camping
Visit every NASA campus
Ride a camel
Do a cartwheel on the moon
Scuba dive in the Great Barrier Reef
Write a political manifesto
Fly a fighter jet
Start a band
Watch a meteor shower
Adopt a kitten
Fly first class
Ride in a gondola
Ride a motorcycle
Write in wet cement
Play with a baby tiger
Bury some treasure
Construct a gingerbread house
Visit the equator
Visit the South or North Pole
Stomp on grapes to make wine
Wield a flamethrower
Experience bioluminescence
Pet a jellyfish
Cut my own hair
Visit a particle accelerator
Drive a tank
March in a halftime show
Visit a large telescope
Attend a Thai full moon party
Play an instrument on a street corner
Become an amateur radio operator
Renovate a castle