Robotics Engineer at Kathedra · Charlotte, NC
M.S. Mechanical Engineering · Stony Brook University
Hi, I bring ideas to life! I am a Mechanical Engineer specializing in developing and deploying robotics prototypes — whether that means writing robotics control software, designing circuit schematics for mechatronics, or programming firmware for real-time embedded systems. I use classical control theory and modern ML policies to solve complex dynamic problems where software meets physical reality, from vision-guided robotic manufacturing cells to GNC systems for rocketry and UAVs.
Multi-Tool Robotics Enables In-Situ Sample Manipulation for Time-Resolved Synchrotron Measurements
Under review at Digital Discovery (Royal Society of Chemistry), 2026 arXiv:2608.19280 cs.RO
A modular multi-tool robot that handles and processes samples inside the experimental hutch during continuous X-ray data collection, revealing transient in-situ dynamics in perovskite thin films that radiation-safety protocols previously made inaccessible.
Extensible Robotic Beamline Scientist (EROBS)
Brookhaven National Laboratory, NSLS-II · deployed at CMS beamline
A hardware-agnostic ROS2 motion planning stack integrated with Bluesky, the control software used across national laboratories. Orchestrates dynamic tool changing — vacuum, gripper, pipettor — so a single robot can serve varied experiments under beamline safety constraints.
Brookhaven National Laboratory, NSLS-II
A microcontroller-driven precision liquid-handling end effector using RS485 communication, unified with the beamline’s hardware drivers across virtual machines and mounted on the UR5e’s quick-swap tool exchanger.
Autonomous UAV Navigation & SLAM
Stony Brook University · 2025
A lightweight SLAM pipeline for a resource-constrained UAV, fusing IMU with sparse four-point LiDAR for real-time obstacle mapping. D* Lite planning cut re-planning time 20% against A*, with minimum-snap trajectories feeding a cascaded controller.
Stony Brook University · 2025
Forward and inverse kinematics for an AUBO i5 from its URDF, with Jacobian-based velocity control and Monte Carlo workspace estimation to characterize kinematic singularities.
Robotics Engineer
Kathedra
Experimental Systems Research Assistant
Interacting Robotic Systems Laboratory, Stony Brook University
Sim-to-real PyTorch framework correlating FEA-simulated deformation maps with visual tactile sensor data for real-time shear and normal force estimation without discrete force sensors.
Mechanical Engineer Intern · DOE SULI & SURP
Brookhaven National Laboratory · National Synchrotron Light Source II
Built the UR-agnostic motion planning stack and robotic pipettor behind the NSLS-II beamline automation platform, plus a teleoperation bridge mapping a Standard Open arm to a UR5e for imitation-learning data collection.
Embedded Systems & Controls Engineer
Stony Brook Rocket Team · NASA Student Launch Initiative
Led avionics and embedded software through all NASA design reviews; multi-threaded C++ telemetry encoding flight data into APRS packets for reliable real-time downlink.
M.S. Mechanical Engineering, Focus in Robotics · B.S. Mechanical Engineering
Stony Brook University · Accelerated BS/MS · M.S. conferred December 2025
Dean's List. Student Choice Award, Stony Brook College of Engineering & Applied Sciences, 2025.