About
I'm a computer scientist and roboticist based in Albuquerque, New Mexico. I recently completed my M.S. in Computer Science at the University of New Mexico, where my thesis on dynamic admittance parameterization for multi-robot transport was awarded distinction.
My research spans autonomous robotics, machine learning, and computer vision. I have several years of research experience as a graudate assistant researcher and a research scientist at Sandia National Laboratories. This work has been published in conferences.
Outside the lab, I studied abroad in Akita, Japan, and continue studying Japanese (JLPT ~N3). I volunteer as a judge chair for regional STEM science fair competitions. I love art and basketball and design. This is my cat Scratch, she is 3 years old.
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- Location
- Albuquerque, NM
- Education
- M.S. Computer Science
- University
- University of New Mexico
- Focus
- Robotics, ML, Computer Vision
- Clearance
- Active DOE L
Technical Skills
Languages
Robotics
Machine Learning
Computer Vision
Hardware
Developer Tools
Experience
R&D Graduate Intern
June 2024 — Present- Built an AprilTag and PID-based outdoor testbed for benchmarking gesture recognition on mobile robots across multiple platforms.
- Trained a physics-informed deep neural network for rapidly estimating mechanical constraints of objects for autonomous robotic manipulation.
- Developed end-to-end multi-behavior policy for quadrotor control using deep reinforcement learning.
- Built a computer vision pipeline for tracking small objects across multiple simultaneous video feeds.
Graduate Research Assistant
Aug. 2023 — Dec. 2025- Researched autonomous cooperative transport using mobile robots with fixed manipulator arms, developing hybrid admittance-impedance control and optimal coordinated planning.
- Full-stack robot development: mechanical prototyping, manipulator integration, SLAM-based localization, and pose-estimation pipelines.
- Managed a team of undergraduate researchers — defining roadmaps, allocating tasks, and presenting weekly progress updates.
R&D Undergraduate Intern
Apr. 2019 — Aug. 2022- Implemented low-level motor controllers for skid-steer mobile robots using MATLAB, Arduino, Raspberry Pi, and ROS.
- Developed a real-time RGBD-based detection, segmentation, and localization ROS package using custom YOLO models, OpenCV, and CUDA acceleration.
Education
M.S. Computer Science
Aug. 2023 — Dec. 2025- Thesis (awarded distinction): Dynamic Admittance Parameterization for Non-Prehensile Multi-Robot Transport with Optimal Coordinated Planning
- Coursework: Machine Learning, Advanced ML, Deep Reinforcement Learning, Controls, Parallel Processing, High Performance Computing
B.S. Computer Science
Aug. 2018 — May 2022- Core coursework in Data Structures & Algorithms, Design of Large Programs, Computer Logic Design, and Data Organization.
- Studied abroad at Akita International University, Akita, Japan (Fall 2022).
Awards & Volunteering
Thesis Distinction
M.S. thesis awarded distinction by UNM Department of Computer Science.
Lobo Hackathon — 4th Place
AI-powered web app for consolidating and summarizing government legislature.
Science Fair Judge Chair
Central NM STEM Research Challenge — organized judging panels for regional student research.
UNM CS Ambassador
UNM School of Engineering Open House — represented the Computer Science department.