Experience

Georgia Tech School of Electrical & Computer Engineering
• United States
• Higher Education
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Graduate Research Assistant

  • May 2023 - Present


Georgia Institute of Technology

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Undergraduate Research Assistant

  • Aug 2022 - May 2023

  Tested multiple devices including stokes receivers, grating couplers, VCSELS, and transistors to accurately characterize and record their behavior for clients who provide funding for the lab.Started process of writing electromagnetic simulations to properly model VCSELs and to use topology optimization design for integrated nanophotonic devices.

• Engineering TA

  • Jan 2022 - Jul 2022

  -Tutored peers in problem solving using MIPS assembly and C while guiding them to use thought processes to approach problems in appropriate ways and weighing trade offs in code efficiency and programming time. -Administered feedback on programming assignments to increasing their retention and understanding of engineering concepts such as the importance of good coding style, documentation, and reasoning on why approaches lead to incorrect results.-Assisted GTAs in hosting recitations to demonstrate proper approaches to problem solving in real time, and also provided help and feedback as requested by the students. Show less

• Research Assistant

  • Sep 2021 - May 2022

  -Researched and developed measurement system to overcome and account for error induced when taking measurements of very high frequency antennas.-Designed robotic arm control system joining the NEMA 17 stepper motor with the ATmega328P microcontroller to measure and record data from an antenna at discrete intervals.-Developed software to interface with the control system which entailed incrementing the stepper in both directions, recording and displaying the total steps from the origin using an H-bridge and binary-7 segment displays, editing the starting location of the arm to a new desired one, and resetting to the motor to the specified initial position. Show less



Southwest Research Institute

• United States
• Research Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Full Stack Engineer

  • May 2022 - Aug 2022

  Implemented enhancements and bug fixes to the SunGuide Advanced Traffic Management System software, augmenting the codebase to fulfill its duties in Florida and Kansas better and to keep drivers safe. Wrote, upgraded, and utilized tools to repair different databases storing traffic event and road data for multiple clients, resulting in accurate databases and decreasing future database update time to a few days instead of three weeks. Tested and repaired enhancements for the latest software release of SunGuide, leading to all known issues being solved in a timely manner and a successful annual round of Formal Acceptance Testing by the clients. Show less



Oakland University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• REU Researcher

  • May 2021 - Jul 2021

  -Worked with the Intelligent Robots Laboratory consisting of ECE faculty, graduate and undergraduate students while investigating the use of human robot interactions (HRI) utilizing mixed reality for interventions when in person assistance is not possible. -Researched history of HRIs combined with social robotics (SR) and mixed reality with focus on autism spectrum disorder. -Developed Unreal Engine Application that when paired with the Microsoft HoloLens 2, allowed the user to view a holographic 3D model of a robot (NAO model), leading to ease of programming actions into the physical robot. -Designed and piloted an experiment utilizing the HoloLens application to test if the use of mixed reality significantly bettered the process of healthcare professionals, with no engineering experience, programming SRs. Results revealed that this system led to programming robots 57.8% faster while being 13% more usable than other forms of communication. Show less



Georgia Southern University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Engineering Tutor

  • Jan 2020 - May 2021

  -Tutored peers in problem solving using MATLAB and C, increasing their retention and understanding of engineering concepts, as well as tutoring in Logic Circuit Design, Circuit Analysis, and Ordinary Differential Equations.-Assisted Engineering faculty with instructing students using MATLAB in a lab setting, benefitting the students with real time feedback, along with verifying student work for accuracy to ensure understanding of concepts before moving on to further problems.-Facilitated remote learning technology for class during COVID restrictions, leading to students understanding MATLAB’s uses and strengths despite the uncertainty of the pandemic. Show less

• Research Assistant

  • Jun 2020 - Jul 2020

  -Edited and rewrote sections of the MATLAB background and exercises documents for MATLAB Marina, a virtual learning environment (VLE), enhancing the learning process for more than 100 students.-Wrote additional background for debugging, iteration, conditional statements, and file input/output programs.-Developed MATLAB program examples for iteration; 1D and 2D arrays; functions; conditional statements; searching algorithms; string and character handling; file input/output, and others for the VLE. Show less



Cellular Solutions

• United States
• Telecommunications
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Cell Phone Repair Technician

  • Apr 2017 - Jan 2020

  -Repairing, selling and buying phones, including a security check on the device to see if it had been stolen. -Responsible for keys, alarm system, cash, and inventory management analysis. -Interpersonal communication, leading to satisfied, returning customers. -Repairing, selling and buying phones, including a security check on the device to see if it had been stolen. -Responsible for keys, alarm system, cash, and inventory management analysis. -Interpersonal communication, leading to satisfied, returning customers.