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I've had a maker's spirit long before I knew the words "iterative design." As a kid, my dad and I would build (and crash) model rockets and RC planes, and on a few occasions he would bring home junk PCs from the office for me to take apart just to see how they were built. My earliest passion in the world of engineering was aerospace, and on weekends throughout middle school my parents would drop me off at a small landing strip on Long Island where I would help hobbyist pilots work on their prop planes, oftentimes earning myself a seat at the controls for an end of day joyride.
In school, my ability in math and science earned me a spot at The Bronx High School of Science, where I joined FIRST Robotics Team 1155 and immediately fell in love with design. I was soon spending hours in CAD designing components for our competition robots, and then many hours more in the workshop turning them into reality. Every day after school and Saturdays from 9-5 you could find me working CNC machines and 3D printers, and after designing our World Championship qualifying robot in 2016 I was named Head of Construction and Design.
For college, I was admitted to Duke University where I am pursuing a degree in Mechanical Engineering and a minor in Political Science. In my time so far I’ve worked on all manner and scale of projects, from creating a world record setting car with Duke Electric Vehicles or decking out my dorm room with custom smart home devices, to making computer models of March Madness and building FPV drones. Most times you can find me in any of the maker spaces on campus, either helping others as a Lab TA or hard at work on my latest project.