Experience

Space Technologies At California (STAC)

• United States
• Defense and Space Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Project Lead

  • Sep 2023 - Present

  Project lead for Berkeley Engineered AI Rover (BEAR). The rover will enter the University Rover Challenge in Utah hosted by The Mars Society.Oversee three teams, EECS, Mech Eng, and Bio / Chem Eng teams each having their own team lead.Work closely with all three teams assisting in tasks ranging from helping individual tasks (i.e. Computer Vision, CAD design, etc) to larger tasks (bridging domain specialized tasks between Bio / Chem Eng with Mech Eng or EECS).

• Robotics Lead

  • Sep 2022 - Sep 2023

  Software / Hardware team co-lead for AI Rover Project.Designed Extended Kalman Filter for unicycle modeled, six-wheeled rover.Helped write basic control for robotic arm to include forward kinematics and basic functionality.Soldered / Wired DC motors for wheels and helped design / write basic autonomous control of rover as well as encoders to track distance traveled.



UC Berkeley Electrical Engineering & Computer Sciences (EECS)

• United States
• Higher Education
• 300 - 400 Employee

• EECS 106A/206A Reader

  • Sep 2023 - Present

  Reader for EECS 106A/206A, Introduction to Robotics.

• Student Researcher

  • Feb 2023 - Present

  Mechanical and Electrical Engineering lead of DARPA funded over-actuated UAV project. Designing a tilt-rotor UAV controlled by a Model Predictive Controller for high level control and Linear Quadratic Regulator for low level control. Using Reinforcement Learned Path Planner to navigate best path for MPC controller.


UPS
• United States
• Truck Transportation
• 700 & Above Employee
• Package Handler

  • Nov 2012 - Nov 2020


US Army

• United States
• Law Enforcement
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Helicopter Powertrain Mechanic

  • Sep 2013 - Sep 2017

  Trained and Certified on the prop and rotor / drive systems of CH-47F, UH-60M/L, AH-64A, and OH-58D. Trained and Certified on Non-Destructive Testing including Eddy Current, Florescent Penetrant, Magnetic Particle, and X-Ray. Performed scheduled and unscheduled maintenance to include cross-training on engines of the CH-47F and UH-60M/L, Avionics, and general maintenance tasks. Trained and Certified on the prop and rotor / drive systems of CH-47F, UH-60M/L, AH-64A, and OH-58D. Trained and Certified on Non-Destructive Testing including Eddy Current, Florescent Penetrant, Magnetic Particle, and X-Ray. Performed scheduled and unscheduled maintenance to include cross-training on engines of the CH-47F and UH-60M/L, Avionics, and general maintenance tasks.