experience

  • 08/25 — 01/26

    San Jose, CA

    Motion Planning & Controls Intern
    Audi of America, Audi Automated Driving Development
    • Implemented sampling-based MPC using CUDA and deployed on test drives.
    • Added multi-threaded action scheduling for more consistent control signals.
    • Designed a novel low-frequency MPPI algorithm for smoother, safer planning.
  • 05/25 — 08/25

    Pittsburgh, PA

    Robotics Intern
    Near Earth Autonomy
    • Designed a hybrid sampling/gradient helicopter planner for complex terrain.
    • Implemented a sampling-based planner for coarse paths over terrain features.
    • Developed a novel trajectory optimizer for terrain via smooth interpolation.
  • 06/24 — 08/24

    Santa Clara, CA

    Robotics & Controls Intern
    Johnson & Johnson MedTech
    • Designed, implemented, and tested surgeon-side robot collision avoidance.
    • Investigated motor control modes for surgeon-side planning and control.
    • Resolved a critical fix to the robot’s motor encoder verification routine.
  • 06/23 — 09/23

    Santa Clara, CA

    Systems Integration Engineering Intern
    Johnson & Johnson MedTech
    • Built and deployed a Python CAN analysis tool for robotic surgery tests.
    • Designed and tested fixtures for a necessary robot arm verification test.