Resume

Curriculum Vitae

Education

• Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics, University of Pennsylvania, 2019
• M.S. Robotics, University of Pennsylvania, 2016
• B.S. Mechanical Engineering, University of Maryland Baltimore County, 2012

Work Experience

• Stanford University [September 2019-Present].
  • Assistant Professor in Mechanical Engineering
• MIT Lincoln Laboratory [March – August 2019].
  • Technical Staff in the Controls and Autonomous Systems Engineering Group 0776.
• University of Pennsylvania, Doctoral Research
  • Developed a method for a wet-lab robotic assistant to pour precisely in a single attempt from generic containers present in the laboratory environment with applications to experiment preparation.
  • Developing algorithms and controls for mobile manipulators to perform human-robot collaboration in carrying tasks
  • Developed computer vision based ant force sensor leveraging tracking of Apriltags for biological studies.
• MITRE Corporation. Internship, 2012
  • Worked on developing software for the android platform for autonomous robotic applications.
• University of Pennsylvania. Internship, 2011
  • Worked on mapping the magnetic field topography for micro-robotic control.
• Rutgers University. Internship, 2010
  • Studied the effects of compaction and additives on the tensile strength of acetaminophen tablets.
• University of Illinois Urbana Champaign. Internship, 2009
  • Developed circuitry designs for regenerative braking for robotic arm.
• Great Lakes Science Center 2004-2008
  • Visitor Experience Specialist.

Skills

• Python, ROS, C++, Matlab
• Robotics, Controls, Dynamics

Awards

• NSF Graduate Fellow (2013)
• GEM Fellow (2012)
• Meyerhoff Scholar (M20)
• Tau Beta Pi (Engineering Honor Society)
• Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award in Mechanical Engineering [University of Pennsylvania]

Certifications

• Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL) Teaching Certificate. [University of Pennsylvania]

Outreach

• NSF Research Experience for Teachers (RET): Teacher mentor [2016, 2017]
• FAME Delaware National Robotics Day Panelist [2014, 2015]

Mentorship

• NSF GRASP REU: summer undergraduate internship mentor
  • Olfactory sensor for chemical source triangulation [2014]
  • Cooperative Ground Robot Transport [2015]
• Senior Project Mentor: mentored a senior design group in the development of disaster response ground robot [2016]
• NSF RET: Public school teacher research mentor
  • Robotic arm used for transcription [2016]
  • Essential AI for lab based robot in social interactions [2017]
• SUNFEST REU: mentored student for modeling human-robot cooperative carrying [2018]

Invited Talks

• University of Washington Electrical and Computer Engineering Research Colloquium 3/12/19
• GRASP Seminar “Modeling and Control for Robotic Assistance: Single and Multi-Robot Manipulation” -Unversity of Pennsylvania 11/9/18