Mechanical Design
Solar Car Roof Manufacturing
Aptera Motors w/ Duke University
Fall 2021–Spring 2022
Aptera has created a solar-electric vehicle that can provide enough solar charge to sustain most daily use. As they prepare scale up production, they needed a better way to place a 2D solar cell array on the 3D, curved surface of the vehicle. My team and I were tasked with creating a system to handle these as part of Aptera's assembly line. Through iterative design, we built a mechanism that could successfully flip, transfer, and map the cells.
Motorsports Team – Aero Subteam
Duke University Formula SAE Motorsports Club
Spring 2020–Spring 2021
As a member of Duke's Motorsports Team, I worked with the Aerodynamics Subteam to optimize our car's design and create carbon fiber parts (i.e. front wing, nose, rear wing) that would maximize down force to help the vehicle reach peak performance. We competed in both presentation competitions and races; I remained engaged while away from school in Summer 2020 by creating material for the business-based presentation competition.
Automatic Condenser/Plant Waterer
Independent Project, Dr. R. Simmons
Fall 2020
As product manager, I led my team as we developed a dehumidifier-based device capable of watering an indoor plant without liquid water input. The final working product would cost less than $50 to manufacture, and could support an indoor plant without human intervention for more than three months, optimal for people taking long vacations, students on extended school breaks, or anyone that might forget to water their plants.
Turn Taking System
Durham Public Schools ASD Program
Spring 2019
Local teachers in classrooms for students with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) had difficulty getting students to take turns effectively; some students would raise their hands on impulse while others were more timid and would not want to stand out. My team and I created a turn taking system that allowed the teacher to set custom timers for each student and decrease classroom disruption while being safe and simple for the students to use.
Mobile Applications
Social Wake Up App
You Snooze, You Lose (Snooze)
Spring 2025
With the rise of social wellness apps, many people are looking for creative ways to stay accountable to their goals—especially waking up early. Snooze is a mobile app that helps users build better sleep habits by competing with friends to wake up on time. Players check in each morning by submitting a photo, track streaks, and see how they rank on a leaderboard. I designed, developed, and launched the app myself.
Cryptocurrency Tracking App
Kiwi
Fall 2021
With the rise of cryptocurrencies, many crypto traders are looking for the next "big thing" to profit on, and they consult their friends to learn about new ones. Kiwi is a platform that allows users to share the cryptos they are tracking with friends as well as to see trending cryptos within the community. The app would help add the social aspect to cryptocurrency trading. My team designed and developed a working prototype of the app.
Research
Microfluidic SELEX System Design
Columbia University, Dr. Q. Lin
Fall 2023
Microfluidic SELEX is a cutting-edge method that helps in the rapid and efficient discovery of aptamers, which are pivotal for creating new, targeted therapies in drug discovery. The aptamers are obtained by binding with a target molecule then amplifying through PCR. Current SELEX methods can take weeks to run; my goal was to reduce run time by modifying existing systems: designing a pressure chamber that utilizes weirs and fabricating the system.
Aerodynamics of Nonplanar Arc Wings
Duke University, Dr. D. Bliss
Spring 2022–Fall 2022
While lifting-line theory has traditionally been applied with a flat lattice of horseshoe vortices, a reparameterized, curved lifting-line model can be used to demonstrate the benefits of nonplanar, curved wings. I realigned horseshoe vortices in such a way to satisfy key aerodynamic principles and properties while offering a way for lift and drag to be calculated for each small segment of the curve, creating a nonplanar vortex lattice and reparameterizing.
Dallas Mavericks Data Analytics
Dallas Mavericks
Fall 2020–Spring 2021
Dallas Mavericks executives asked my team to present a comprehensive analysis of how their social media posts can be improved to match, if not outperform, the level of engagement seen by other similar-market franchises. By running a sentiment analysis on replies and classifying thousands of tweets, different forms of media, sponsored content, and many other factors were evaluated to determine the most effective posting practices.
