About
Aspiring Roboticist and Aerospace Engineer pursuing a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering with a minor in Electrical Engineering at Washington State University. Interdisciplinary engineer with experience in robotics & mechatronics, autonomous systems, and GN&C, across both hardware, software and simulation.
Work Experience
Sierra LoboOrbital RoboticsCo-op
Co-op focused on orbital robotics using ROS and NVIDIA Isaac Sim; contributing to autonomy & simulation workflows.
WSU — SIAS Lab (Dr. Hosseinzadeh)Quadruped Robotics
Probabilistic intention & motion prediction on Unitree Go2 EDU Plus for safe path planning around people.
UF — RISING Lab (Dr. Sandip Ray)ROS2GazeboCV
Built ROS2/Gazebo AV testbed; lane following & traffic-sign detection (OpenCV, YOLOv8, PID, Kalman Filter); embedded integration on RPi4 and custom drivers.
Amazon — PAE2Top 100 NA
Ranked top 10 at PAE2 and top 100 in North America (Season 25) for speed & accuracy.
Relevant Experience
Palouse RoboSub — WSUAUV/ROVROS2
Led development of GNCea: Gazebo Harmonic AUV/ROV simulator with custom C++ plugins (thrust allocation, buoyancy, hydrodynamic drag), 6-DOF teleop, and autonomy.
Robotics Club — WSUQuadruped RoboticsROS1
Implemented a quadruped prototype URDF, joint controllers, and ROS1 Melodic control plugins for Gazebo/RViz and developed/integrated inverse kinematics with the CHAMP/CHVMP locomotion framework to enable stable, efficient gait control.
NASA L'SPACE — Mission Concept AcademyCDHTechnical Writing
Designed CDH subsystem, ran trade studies, and developed Siemens NX CAD for a robotic space mission through SDR (System/Software Definition Review), PDR (Preliminary Design Review) and CDR (Critical Design Review).
Skills
check out my latest work
I've worked on a variety of projects. Here are a few of my favorites.
GNCea — AUV/ROV Simulator
ROS 2 Jazzy-based simulator in Gazebo Harmonic with custom C++ plugins for thrust allocation, buoyancy, and hydrodynamic drag; real-time 6-DOF teleop, depth/altitude control, and camera/LiDAR perception.
Camera Sensor Attack Testbed
PiCar-X/RPi4 vision-only AV testbed with dual-lane pipelines (HSV, Canny/Hough), YOLO sign detection, PID + Kalman Filter control, and live telemetry to study reflective/blinding/spoofing attacks and mitigations.
React Chess Engine
Interactive chess engine with full rule enforcement (promotion, en passant, check detection) and OOP move validation via a centralized Referee; drag-and-drop UI.
A* Path Planning Simulation
Grid-based A* simulator in Python showcasing shortest-path computation, obstacle avoidance, and heuristic search.
Verilog Stopwatch & Calculator
Stopwatch and calculator implemented in Verilog on Xilinx ZYNQ XC7007S with seven-seg display, switches, and push buttons.