CV

PhD student, Mechanical Engineering, California Institute of Technology

M.S., Mechanical Engineering, California Institute of Technology

B.S. Electrical Engineering & Computer Sciences, University of California, Berkeley

Robotics systems development, reinforcement learning, optimization, robot safety filters, robot simulation, perception-enabled control, computer vision, ROS, C++, Python, PyTorch

Legged robotics, robot safety, reinforcement learning, perception-enabled control, multi-robot cooperation

Arthur M. Hopkin Award

• Selected based on seriousness of purpose and high academic achievement.

Ph.D. Candidate, California Institute of Technology

• Worked on legged robotics in AMBER Lab under Prof. Aaron D. Ames.
• Designed reinforcement learning and hardware deployment pipeline for humanoid robots, enabling real-world experiments.
• Developed methods to enforce safety in learned control and planning policies, improving robustness of autonomous systems.
• Created push-recovery and uncertainty-aware locomotion frameworks, validated on humanoid platforms.

Student Research Assistant, University of California, Berkeley

• Worked on legged robotics in Hybrid Robotics Group under Prof. Koushil Sreenath.
• Worked on computer vision in Video and Image Processing Lab under Prof. Avideh Zakhor.
• Conducted robotics research on locomotion, perception, and multi-robot collaboration, with deployments on Unitree A1 and MIT Mini Cheetah.
• Built multi-robot system frameworks integrating LiDAR and depth sensing for collaborative load-moving tasks.
• Developed simulation environments for testing robotic algorithms and control strategies.
• Applied reinforcement learning (PPO) and Bayesian optimization for locomotion control, improving stability and adaptability.

Software Engineering Intern, Samsara Inc.

• Delivered production features in a 4-person engineering team, contributing to fleet management products.
• Built machine learning benchmarking tools to compare models at scale, improving workflow efficiency for ML engineers.
• Leveraged C++ and Go for backend development and performance optimization.

Project Manager, Pioneers in Engineering PiSens

• Lead a team to develop new sensor kits for low-cost robot competitions.
• Participated in organizing annual robot competitions for the under‐represented and low‐income students in the Bay Area.

Outreach Director, UC Berkeley IEEE

• Planned and hosted professional and educational outreach events.

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

• student member