Experience

Expanded experience and technical contributions beyond the one-page resume.

Professional Experience

Math Learning Center Supervisor

September 2025 — Present

Michigan State University · East Lansing, MI

  • Supervising MLC operations, coordinating tutors and managing resources to support student needs.

Backend Developer

May 2025 — August 2025

Community Clockwork (Startup) · Chicago, IL (Remote)

  • Created agentic workflows for HOA task automation using pretrained AI models, Pydantic, FastAPI, Docker, and Postgres.
  • Migrated from Google Cloud Functions to a Celery + Redis solution in Python.

Undergraduate Learning Assistant (ULA)

August 2024 — May 2025

Michigan State University · East Lansing, MI

  • Taught recitations in MTH 124 (Survey of Calculus I), providing in-class and out-of-class support.

Engineering Intern

May 2024 — August 2024

Jerome Resources · Plainfield, IL

  • Developed and updated CAD blueprints for company facilities.
  • Conducted comprehensive research to identify key sources of food waste in Chicago and Milwaukee.
  • Participated in a week-long site visit in Idaho to gain hands-on experience with anaerobic digestion processes, converting cow manure into renewable energy (methane).
  • Completed and passed a rigorous safety certification course in a professional setting with no prior preparation.

Engineering Intern

July 2022 — August 2022

Sloan Valve Company · Franklin Park, IL

  • Identified and resolved malfunctions in a specialized diaphragm life testing machine.
  • Documented wear-and-tear analysis for diaphragms undergoing testing.
  • Executed valve flushing procedures on various toilet bowls and processed data to compare distinctions and commonalities among different brands and models.

Research Experience

Research Assistant

August 2025 — Present

Dr. Zevalkink Group · Michigan State University

  • Optimizing Optical Floating Zone Furnace techniques for Bi2Se3 single crystal growth.
  • Synthesizing and characterizing CoSb3 and Bi2Te3 single crystals for thermoelectric materials research requested by NASA.

MSE 490 Independent Study

January 2025 — May 2025

Michigan State University

  • Calibrated Optical Floating Zone Furnace and grew Bi2Se3 single crystals, including material preparation and XRD analysis.
  • Developed a user manual for an Optical Floating Zone Furnace, including mirror alignment, interface usage, and ampule-based crystal growth workflows.

Leadership & Activities

University Undergraduate Research and Arts Forum Presenter (UURAF)

April 2025

Michigan State University

  • Presented undergraduate research outcomes in a university forum setting.

MSU Designathon Winner

March 2025

Accessibility and Inclusion Track + Organizer's Favorite

  • Awarded for solutions in accessibility and inclusion challenges.

Spartahack X Hackathon Winner

February 2025

Sustainability Track (498 participants from 38 schools)

  • Won sustainability track in a multi-school hackathon.

Executive Board Member

November 2024 — Present

Pool Club (Registered Student Organization)

  • Serving on the student organization executive board.

Skills

Engineering & Design

NXFusion 360AbaqusCADFEA

Software & Programming

PythonJavaC++MATLAB

Productivity & Automation

WordExceln8nAgentic Workflows