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Education
University of Texas at Austin
Expected May 2028B.E. in Electrical and Computer Engineering · GPA 3.95 / 4.0· Austin, TX
- Coursework: Embedded Systems, Digital Logic Design, DSP, Software Design and Implementation, Circuit Theory, Discrete Mathematics, Linear Algebra.
- Elements of Computing Certificate (CS) · Business Foundations Minor.
Technical Skills
Languages
CC++PythonJavaJavaScript / TypeScriptSQLAssemblyVerilog
Embedded
Zephyr RTOSnRF Connect SDKLTE-MLoRaGNSSMQTTTLSI2CUARTPWMRTT/SWD debugging
Tools
KiCadSaleae LogicGitDockerAWS IoT Core
Frameworks
ReactNode.jsSpring BootFastAPIPyTorchscikit-learn
Hardware
nRF9160ESP32Raspberry PiArduinoMPU-6050
Certifications
PCAPPCEPAmazon Junior Software Developer
Experience
Human Centered Robotics Laboratory
Jan 2026 – PresentResearch Assistant, University of Texas at Austin· Austin, TX
- Built a Transformer-based sequence model in PyTorch to map glove telemetry to joint commands for a 16-DOF bionic arm (per-finger and thumb articulation, wrist, and elbow), running inference on an MCU for end-to-end teleoperation.
- Improved per-joint tracking by tuning the model and motor-control pipeline to correctly identify which joint the operator intended to move and replicate the motion in real time.
- Implemented PID control loops across 16 independent joints with pressure and tension feedback, working toward fine-grained grasp control suitable for fragile-object manipulation.
National Oilwell Varco
Jun 2025 – Aug 2025Embedded Systems Intern· Houston, TX
- Wrote Zephyr RTOS firmware in C for an nRF9160-based IoT monitoring board, replacing a $20K-per-site PLC Modbus installation with a $250 plug-and-play unit (50 units deployed and field-validated).
- Designed an LTE-M reconnection protocol with graceful shutdown handshakes to prevent carrier-side blocking on power cycles, keeping the cellular link warm and ensuring continuous telemetry uplink to AWS IoT Core.
- Built a LoRa mesh between a parent board and per-machine sensor nodes for site-level data aggregation, with permission-scoped routing.
- Automated TLS certificate provisioning by flashing AWS-issued certs to all boards in parallel, cutting per-board onboarding from several hours to under a minute.
- Owned the firmware lifecycle from architecture through field deployment, delivering a production prototype on a $5K R&D budget.
J.P. Morgan Chase
Jun 2022 – Jul 2022Software Engineering Intern· Houston, TX
- Built a Spring Boot microservice on Cassandra with dynamic partitioning for time-series analytics, reducing query latency from ~200ms to ~50ms.
- Co-developed a React dashboard for metadata visualization, deployed for a 200-engineer internal analytics team. Served as project manager / scrum master for the intern team.
University of Houston
Jun 2023 – Aug 2023Computer Science Research Intern· Houston, TX
- Built Python data-visualization tools to render multi-gigabyte CFD vortex datasets — 3D volumetric view, hierarchical tree views, scatterplots, time-series line graphs — supporting a graduate research team on coherent-structure extraction; credited on the NSF project webpage.
Projects
Autonomous Algorithmic Trading Agent
Python · PyTorch · Groq API · Flask
- Built two architectures for autonomous equities trading on paper accounts: a genetic-algorithm system that breeds 50 candidate bots over 50 generations of backtested fitness selection, and an LLM-driven agent using the Groq API to make trade decisions under hard risk rules.
- Backtested on 5-minute candles over 12 months: 70% win rate across 250 trades. LLM agent live in paper trading: +$160 on $800 starting balance (~20% return in under one month).
- Deployed an Isolation Forest module for real-time anomaly detection to halt trading during abnormal volatility, with a Flask dashboard for live position monitoring.
LiteWing Drone
C++ · ESP32 · FreeRTOS
- Wrote a C++ flight controller on ESP32 running a 1.0ms PID attitude loop, measured at 45µs of jitter using GPIO toggling captured on a Saleae logic analyzer.
- Implemented an I2C sensor pipeline reading the MPU-6050 IMU and driving four motors via 400Hz PWM, achieving stable hover within ±2.5° attitude error over 60-second flight tests.
- Built a custom ESP-NOW telemetry layer for low-overhead controller-to-drone communication.
J.A.R.V.I.S. — Personal AI Assistant
Python · FastAPI · RAG
- Voice-controlled assistant with a RAG pipeline over personal context for task memory, with a modular command engine routing voice intents to API actions and smart-home controls.
- Integrated YouTube Music, Google Calendar, and Google SDM APIs for cross-device control across macOS, iOS, and Linux.
Smart Scheduler
Python · SQLAlchemy · React · TypeScript · Docker
- RESTful Python/SQLAlchemy backend with a scheduling engine validated by 120+ Pytest unit tests, integrated with Google OAuth 2.0 in a Docker Compose microservice stack.
- Type-safe React + TypeScript frontend implementing the scheduling UI.
Obstacle Avoidance Robot
Arduino · Raspberry Pi · C++
- Autonomous navigation stack on a hybrid Arduino/Raspberry Pi platform fusing time-of-flight and ultrasonic sensors, with checksum-validated packet delivery between the two boards.
- Implemented Dijkstra-based pathfinding tested on a custom obstacle course.
Leadership and Awards
- UT IEEE Robotics and Automation Society — engineering autonomous systems.
- TSA Co-Founder — coached 20+ members to Nationals 3× in App Development and Drone Design.
- 4× Gold PVSA Medalist · SAMPADA Violin Certified · ABRSM Violin Grade 5.