- 2022 IEEE Robotics and Automation Magazine (RAM) Best Paper Award
- 2022 IEEE IROS Best Mechanisms and Design Award
- 2022 IEEE IROS Workshop: Agile Robotics: Perception, Learning and Control, Best Paper Award
- 2022 IEEE ICRA Workshop: New Frontier in Parallel Robotics - Best Selected Abstract
- National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellow
- NASA Academy in Robotics Graduate
Research Experience
- Intern at NASA Marshall Space and Flight Center (MSFC) in 2016
- Intern at NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in 2017
- Served as the primary Payload Developer for a NASA Astrobee gripper launched to the International Space Station (ISS) in 2019 during the first two years of his Ph.D.
- Will be starting as an Assistant Professor at Georgia Tech in the Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering in 2025
Education
- B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Georgia Tech in 2017
- M.S. and Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Stanford University in 2023, advised by Prof. Mark R. Cutkosky
- Currently a postdoc with Prof. Rob Wood at Harvard
Background
- Research Interest: Equipping robotic platforms with the capability to interact forcefully with the environment
- Professional Fields: Mechanism Design, Field Robotics, Bio-inspired Design, Grasping
Miscellany
- Hobbies: Spending time with his dog Tofu, hiking, backpacking, skiing, and playing video games