Project archive

The wider body of work

Research, robots, products, design, and the occasional detour. Some of this is polished; some is just me following a question. Together it's the clearest picture of how I think.

AI & Autonomous Systems

Decision-making under uncertainty — perception, planning, and control.

Stanford · AA 228·2019

Passing Policies

Varying racing-line deviation penalties to study passing decisions under uncertainty, modeled as an MDP.

Stanford · Autonomous Systems·2021

Trajectory Guidance for Overtaking

An optimization-based alternative to conventional plan-and-track for the overtaking maneuver.

Stanford · Robotics·2021

Dijkstra & ROS for Perception-Based Path Planning

Planning paths directly over ROS perception data — trading efficiency for a simpler, more legible approach.

Stanford · Autonomous Systems·2021

Perception-to-Control for Occlusion Prediction

A perception-to-control framework that reasons about what might emerge from occluded regions.

Stanford · Autonomous Systems·2021

Limited Obstacle Detection & Prediction for Low Speeds

Obstacle detection and short-horizon prediction tuned for the low-speed regime.

Multi-Robot Systems·2019

Formation Control

Coordinating a group of robots to hold and adapt a formation — multi-agent decision-making in practice.

Applied AI

Classifying News

An applied machine-learning project classifying news articles.

Robotics & Smart Products

Electromechanical systems, embedded software, and things that move.

Stanford · ME 218B·2019

The Moving Average

A robot that navigates a game field, sorts balls by color, and deposits them in the right bins.

Stanford · ME 218A·2018

Bulblebee

An interactive device that teaches the energy differences between types of lightbulbs.

MIT · 2.00B (Toy Design)·2015

Contagion

A team-tag game coordinated by wireless communication between team vests and a product ball.

MIT · 2.009 (Product Engineering)·2017

Robin

A discreet wearable giving real-time feedback to help people who are hard of hearing adjust speaking volume.

MIT · 2.008 (Design & Manufacturing)·2017

Wonderland

Designing and mass-producing a dynamic yo-yo using real manufacturing and assembly methods.

MIT · 2.007 (Design & Manufacturing)·2016

Cart

A gear-train robot with high-friction wheels, designed and built to climb a 60° slope.

Design, Health & Society

Design for people — from prosthetics to public history.

MIT · 2.THU (Undergraduate Thesis)·2018

Shuffling

A footwear device that distinguishes shuffling from walking to help prevent falls.

MIT Media Lab · UROP·2017

Melder

Prototyping an octopus-mimicking prosthetic — fluid dispersal methods and 3D design visualizations.

MIT · 2.722 (D-Lab: Design)·2017

VoyaSol

Supporting the design of a scalable solar power interface for a rural population.

MIT · 4.031 (Objects & Interaction)·2016

Vein

A wearable choker in rusted, recycled steel and velvet, inspired by the veins of the neck.

MIT · 4.031 (Objects & Interaction)·2016

Stand

A record-player stand in wood and hand tools, with nooks sized for LPs and 45s.

MIT · 21H.S01·2017

MIT & Slavery

Researching slavery terminology in science at MIT — what institutions say, and what they leave unsaid.

Security & Curiosity

Following a question wherever it leads.

Independent · Curiosity·2022

Learning Ethical Hacking

Understanding security from the inside — testing vulnerabilities and protecting my own data.