Resume

Experience

A summary of my experience and education.

Experience

Jun 2026 – Aug 2026

Product Design Intern

Princeton Identity

Designed mechanical enclosures in Fusion 360 for 3 biometric-authentication hardware products and an auto-focusing calibration rig that improved iris-detection camera calibration accuracy and time by 30%. See the full case study.

Jan 2026 – May 2026

Technical Consultant → Technical Product Intern

CUBE (Champaign-Urbana Business and Engineering Consulting) / Optura AI

Advised startup Optura AI on their Workshop Mode product as a CUBE technical consultant, then moved onto Optura's own team as a Technical Product Intern to help build it. That meant defining user roles, phased deliverables, and 2 AI Analyst features. See the full case study.

Dec 2025 – Jan 2026

R&D Intern

Mettler Toledo

Designed and validated pressure-sensor connectors in PTC Creo, reducing pressure leakage by 80% across controlled bench testing. See the full case study.

Aug 2025 – Present

Drivetrain Engineer, Subsystem Redesign Researcher

Off-Road Baja Illini SAE

Led redesign of the spool differential and dog clutch, reducing weight by 30% while maintaining manufacturability, and ran FEA across multiple load cases to finalize geometry pre-fabrication.

Apr 2023 – Apr 2025

Head of Engineering & Operations

Theraprints

Led development of 10+ custom 3D-printed rehabilitation devices for 2 partner therapy centers, from CAD modeling through fabrication and delivery. See the full case study.

Sept 2021 – Apr 2025

Mechanical Captain, Robot Operator

FRC Team 1403, Cougar Robotics

Directed a 15-member team through robot design and manufacturing, earning 3 district-level awards including the Regional Chairman's Award. See the full case study.

Education

Expected May 2029

University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

B.S. Mechanical Engineering, Minor in Computer Science

GPA: 3.96

Honors & Awards

  • National Merit Commended Scholar
  • National Honor Society
  • FRC Regional Chairman's Award

Skills

Technical / Computer

  • Java
  • Python
  • OpenCV

CAD / Fabrication

  • Fusion 360
  • PTC Creo
  • SolidWorks
  • 3D Printing, Mill, Lathe, CNC

Languages

  • English
  • Spanish (Seal of Biliteracy)
  • Hindi (Conversational)

Communication

  • Slide Writing
  • Executive Summaries