Los Angeles, California, United States
I'm a passionate future electrical engineer who believes that standing in others' shoes and identifying problems in the real world lies at the heart of engineering. I'm aiming to build on my college courses and past project experience by working with others on practical solutions to society's needs, large or small.
As part of a small research group, I'm currently helping develop the technological readiness of a new generation of photonic-crystal-based accelerometers. In this role, I've designed a complete subsystem for recording, saving, and transmitting accelerometer data on a balloon flight, conducted Allan deviation analyses on reference sensors to identify sources of short- and long-term noise, and presented my work in UCLA's Summer Undergraduate Research Program symposium, winning a Best Poster award. Additionally, I've designed analog bandpass filters in LTSpice to isolate our accelerometers' resonant frequencies for readout and devised a custom Bayesian filter to determine resonant frequencies from noisy data. On September 10, 2025, in collaboration with NASA and Aerostar, our research group successfully launched our accelerometer payload on a Cyclone balloon from Sioux Falls, South Dakota, collecting a wealth of experimental data to demonstrate and improve our optomechanical sensors.