Timeline

Nov 17, 2024 My first research paper has been accepted to RA-L!
Aug 01, 2024 Awarded the Ernst Weber Fellowship fellowship from the ECE department at NYU
Aug 15, 2023 Awarded the SoE PhD fellowship from the ECE department at NYU
Aug 15, 2023 Joined the Agile and Robotics Perception Lab at NYU (Giuseppe Loianno)
Jun 10, 2019 Moved to San Francisco and joined Peanut Robotics (8th employee) as a robotics engineer
Sep 01, 2018 Joined Squishy Robotics to work on Tensegrity robots for my capstone project (CEO Alice Agogino)
Aug 10, 2018 Started my Masters at UC Berkeley in Control of Robotic and Autonomous Systems
May 22, 2018 2nd place as the lead presenter for Illini Motorsports’ sales presentation at FSAE Michigan (80 international teams) and Lincoln (60 teams).
May 10, 2018 Graduated with a BS in Mechanical Engineering with Highest Honors from UIUC
May 10, 2018 Joined Tesla as a R&D Test Systems Engineering Intern
Mar 22, 2018 Awarded the GM/Philip W. Leistra Jr. Society of Automotive Engineers Award for contributions to Illini Motorsports
May 22, 2017 Elected Team President for UIUC Formula SAE Team (~100 students)
Apr 22, 2017 Started my RA at the Advanced Controls Laboratory (Naira Hovakimyan)
Sep 22, 2016 2nd place as a co-presenter for Illini Motorsports’ sales presentation at FSAE Michigan and Lincoln, delivering to an audience of over 200 attendees
May 22, 2016 Started my RA at the Ewoldt Research Group (Randy Ewoldt)
Apr 22, 2016 Scored the top 5% percentile grade in my fluids mechanics class final, which secured me an interview for a RA position at the Ewoldt Research Group
Sep 22, 2014 Joined Illini Motorsports engine subsystem team
Jul 22, 2014 Moved to the US to start my BS in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Oct 22, 2013 Used my first lathe machine in a machine shop during a manufacturing internship