Stanford University
Ph.D. in Robotics/AI, 2019
Carnegie Mellon University
M.S. in Robotics, 2016
The Ohio State University
B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, 2014
Entrepreneurship & Innovation Minor
Magna Cum Laude & Honors Research Distinction
1st Place Award at Denman Undergraduate Research Forumn
Ohio State's Outstanding Undergraduate Research Award
PhD Student (NDSEG)
Deep Learning for Robotics
Specializing in:
Advised by Fei-Fei Li, Silvio Savarese and Ken Salisbury.
Master's Reseacher (NDSEG)
Design and Control of Dynamic Force Controlled Legged Robots. Creator of the GOAT robot and the first low-cost quasi-direct-drive actuator for force-controlled robots.
Goat is featured on (>1 Million views):
IEEE Spectrum
The Verge
Tech Crunch
Digital Trends
The Next Web
Wevolver
Vocativ
Discovery Channel, and more.
Master's Reseacher (NDSEG)
Compliant Control of Reconfigurable Legged Robots using Series-Elastic Actuators
Projects:
Computer Vision for Retail Inventory Tracking
Stock Forecasting Using Neural Networks
Compliant Legged Locomotion
Window Cleaning Robot
Actuator Design
Undergraduate Reseacher at NASA
Design of Compliant Mechanisms for Climbing Robots
ACROBOT: Adhesive Climbing Robot developed at NASA JPL for servicing applications on the International Space Station.
Undergraduate Reseacher
Control Moment Gyroscope Stabilization of Off-Road Vehicles
Awarded grant for $250k to develop a 1/3-scale highly manueverable off-road vehicle for the AFRL Special Ops Transport Challenege.
Honors Undegraduate Research Thesis on the design and control of multi-axis gimbal CMGs for vehicle stabilization and Manuverability.
Buckeye Bullet 3 Team
AC Induction Motor Analysis
AC Induction Motor analysis and carbon-fiber monocoque chassis studies. The 3rd Generation Buckeye Bullet uses two custom Venturi electric motors powered by LI-ON batteries; designed to safely reach 400 mph (world record). See the BB3 Website and some team press.
Awards and Press
National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowship
- Awarded NDSEG Fellowship in 2014!
- NDSEG Website
NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program
- Received honorable mention for the 2014 class
The Ohio State University
- Ohio State's Outstanding Undergraduate Research Award
- 1st Place Award at Denman Undergraduate Research Forumn
- Awarded 2nd place in 2014 ASME Student Robot Design Competition
- Awarded 1st place in The Ohio State Entrepreneurship New Venture Creation competition. Founded a Student based Summer Moving and Storage Service company
NASA JPL/Caltech
- Awarded 2014 NASA Ohio Space Grant Consortium Graduate Fellowship
- Received Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship in 2013 and 2014
- Awarded JPL Center Innovation Fund to conduct research at Ohio State
James R. Swartz Entrepreneurial Fellow
- Carnegie Mellon University 2016 Class of Swartz Fellows
- The highly selective program develops each Fellow’s entrepreneurial potential and leadership skills through hands-on experiences, networking, mentoring and courses in entrepreneurship
- Meet the Swartz Fellows
Carnegie Mellon University
- Awarded 1st place in Carnegie Mellon’s Mechatronics 2015 Competition, $5k prize
- Awarded James R. Swartz Fellowship
- Awarded best applied paper at IEEE 2015 International Symposium on Safety, Security, and Rescue Robotics (SSRR)
DARPA Robotics Challenge on CBS News
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
- Featured on Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Chicago Museum of Science and Industry
- Featured on WGN TV
The Next Web
- Featured on The Next Web.
Digital Trends
CNET
- Featured on CNET
Vocativ
- Featured on Vocativ
Reuters News
- Featured on Reuters
Discovery Channel
- Featured on Discovery Channel's Daily Planet