About Me
I am currently engineering several full-stack applications to continuously expand my technical capabilities. I studied Computer Science and Astronomy at the University of Michigan before attending Rice University, where I worked on rocket avionics alongside performing music.
My engineering experience spans from building scalable web applications with Michigan Hackers to developing firmware and full-stack mission control tools at Rice Eclipse Rocketry. Space exploration is a defining passion of mine and has deeply inspired my career path. I have delivered presentations at a planetarium through the Astronomical Society (UMich), and had the privilege of visiting NASA JPL through Rice's externship program.
Professionally, I am interested in building robust software systems and exploring AI integration. When I'm not writing code, I enjoy reading about astronomy and space technology. I am also a classically trained cellist, having collaborated with top-tier musicians and performed in iconic venues across the country.
Engineering Experience
Rice Eclipse Rocketry
Engineered C firmware and full-stack mission control tools for an STM32-based flight computer. Structured FreeRTOS tasks to process 1kHz telemetry from 12 onboard sensors with deterministic timing. Implemented dual embedded data pipelines, utilizing ring buffers for high-speed sensor acquisition and integrating a double-buffered WebSocket handler to safely dispatch 8Hz network command payloads (~1kb/packet) into FreeRTOS queues. On the frontend, contributed to the implementation of the React-based 'Quonkboard' dashboard by building dynamic UI routing to monitor three distinct engine configurations and visualize live connection health.
Michigan Hackers
Engineered frontend features for ineed.io, a Next.js internship-tracking platform, operating within a 12-person agile development team. Focused on delivering scalable UI components and developing secure, dynamic React routing for user profiles. This involved implementing complex conditional rendering and state-driven redirects to strictly enforce access controls and protect user data across the application.
Aspen Music Festival & NYSOS
Served as Principal Cellist of the top-fellowship orchestra at the Aspen Music Festival. Previously selected as the youngest member of the New York String Orchestra Seminar, performing twice at Carnegie Hall. Bringing world-class discipline and high-stakes performance experience to engineering.
Featured Projects
Education
University of Michigan
