A mechanical engineer working across software, hardware, research, and philosophy — connecting first principles to things you can actually hold.
A cross-section of projects spanning code, machined parts, peer-reviewed research, and ideas worth thinking about twice.
A four-legged robot built from custom-machined aluminum and ROS2-driven actuators. Walking gaits derived from inverted pendulum dynamics, refined with reinforcement learning in simulation before deploying to hardware.
A WebGL dashboard streaming 10kHz sensor data from embedded systems with sub-frame latency.
A monolithic 3D-printed gripper using flexure hinges, optimized via topology optimization for adaptive grasping.
Coupled electrochemical-thermal FEA model predicting cell behavior under fast-charge protocols. Published in JES.
An open-source unstructured mesher for compressible flow problems. 1.2k stars, used by three labs.
A long-form essay arguing that every engineering decision is a moral one in disguise. Published independently.
PZT-based active damping for precision optical mounts. Reduced settling time by 73% in testbed.
A small JAX-based rigid body simulator where every parameter has gradients. Useful for system ID.
A working set of essays on Heidegger's hammer, embodied cognition, and what it means to design.
Converted toaster oven with PID-tuned ramp profiles for SMD assembly. Hits J-STD-020 curves reliably.
PDMS chip using inertial focusing to sort particles by size. Fabrication via soft lithography in cleanroom.
A SolidWorks add-in that automates Monte Carlo tolerance stackups across assembly chains.
Comfortable moving between abstraction layers — from compiler internals to bearing tolerances to Hegel.
Roles, programs, and labs that have shaped how I think.
Building robotics platforms and contributing to open-source simulation tooling. Selected client engagements in precision mechanisms and battery systems.
Coupled electro-thermal modeling of lithium-ion cells under aggressive cycling. Two first-author papers, one provisional patent.
Worked on actuator design for control surfaces. Owned a tolerance stackup that informed a manufacturing change saving ~$140k/yr.
Minors in Philosophy and Computer Science. Senior thesis on bio-inspired locomotion. Honors program graduate.
Open to research collaborations, interesting hardware projects, and any conversation worth having about how things work.