I had the opportunity to attend the 2026 Society of Engineering Science (SES) Conference at Purdue, held October 11-14, 2026! I got to present some of Derek and my work from the last spring semester.

I attended IROS 2026 in Pittsburgh! It was wonderful to reconnect with old friends and meet new people. I also presented a late-breaking results poster and helped organize one of the workshop activities in the Soft Robot Manufacturing and Testing Hackathon.

I had the opportunity to attend the 2026 Rising Stars in Mechanical Engineering Workshop at Stanford University, held September 24-25, 2026!

I had the opportunity to attend the 2026 NextProf Nexus future faculty workshop at Georgia Tech, held August 31 – September 3, 2026!

A few moments in the lab with Javi, Laura, and Derek, highlighting one of the projects I worked on over the summer.

During the Spring 2026 semester, I taught a section of ME 274: Basic Mechanics II (Dynamics).

At the end of the fall semester, I passed my preliminary exam! I was very tired afterward… Also, my labmate Antonio graduated!

During Summer 2025, I interned at GE Aerospace Research in Niskayuna, New York. I had the opportunity to put my project work to the test on an actual jet engine in Ohio!

I attended my first ICRA in Atlanta. I was a coauthor on an ICRA paper with my colleague Sicheng, and I presented a poster at a workshop!

I presented some of my wearable device work at BioRob 2024 in Heidelberg, Germany! This was my first research conference outside of the U.S., and traveling by myself gave me the chance to meet and interact with lots of people!

I presented some of my wearable resistance device work at Dynamic Walking 2024 in Pensacola, Florida!

I presented some of my wearable resistance device work at the 2024 Purdue ICON Student Research Conference!

I presented some of my work on Vine Robot Localization at IROS 2023 in Detroit, Michigan!

A collection of photos from my first year of graduate school.