About Me

Hello! I am a Ph.D. candidate at the University of California, Irvine (UCI) in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, where I am working under the joint supervision of Dr. Magnus Egerstedt and Dr. Faryar Jabbari in the Robot Ecology Laboratory. The subject of my dissertation is the development of a framework that enables different types of robots to enhance their functionalities through collaboration. Broadly, my research interests include control theory, optimization, and state estimation with applications to multi-robot systems, mobile sensor networks, and cyber-physical systems.

In June 2022, I received my M.S. in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering from UCI while working under the supervision of Dr. Zak Kassas in the Autonomous Systems, Perception, Intelligence, and Navigation Laboratory. The subject of my thesis was conducting performance analyses of aerial vehicle navigation with cellular signals of opportunity and developing computationally efficient transmitter selection strategies. During my M.S., I also completed two internships in the Autonomy Technology Research Center Summer Program at the Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in the Navigation and Communication branch investigating long-duration aerial vehicle navigation – in the absence of global navigation satellite system signals – with cellular signals.

Before attending UCI, I received my B.S. with Honors in Mechanical Engineering from the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) in June 2020. While at UCSB, I worked with Dr. Enoch Yeung on developing new methods of synthesizing genetics circuits for nonlinear biological systems using a data-driven approach in the Biological Control Laboratory.

Outside academia, I enjoy rock climbing, soccer, traveling, hiking, camping, and photography.