Education
2021-2023
M.S. Engineering & Management
MIT
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System Design & Management Capstone: Systems approach to Type 2 Diabetes in the USA, sponsored by MITRE Corporation
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Thesis: "Bespoke Design Meets Systems at Scale, A Design Study with Judy Heumann" - DSpace@MIT Thesis Link
2012-2016
B.S. Mechanical Engineering
Olin College of Engineering
Soft Robotics Research
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Built a 3-finger soft hand* using two durometer rubbers and two cast jobs with 3D printed molds powered by single motor under-actuation transmission.
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Created soft actuators to propel underwater bio-mimetic robots with Professor Dave Barrett's Intelligent Vehicles Lab.
Design Research
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Co-designed a universal prosthetic socket for a man born with arm. Documented design process and presented at the Open Hardware Summit in Philadelphia, PA as sole undergraduate students.
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Conducted open-ended discovery research with recreational boxers over a semester long capstone project in user-oriented design.
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Interviewed founders and activists of the Accessible Icon Project and created film documentary describing design process and story.
PROJECTS
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surgical robotics - soft endoscope
Sponsored by industry partners in surgical robotics, the aim of this project was to develop inflatables to travel through a channel mimicking the gastrointestinal tract.
