Summary of Research Experience

Items are listed in reverse-chronological order.

For further details, click the heading of an individual position.

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Undergraduate Researcher, Kotov Group

(Kotov Group Homepage)

University of Michigan Department of Chemical Engineering (Ann Arbor, MI)

Duration: January 2017 - July 2020

Description: Invention of novel approach for LIDAR computer vision in autonomous robotics

Topics: Optics, Nanomaterials, Computer Vision, Automation, Kirigami Nanocomposites

Technologies: LIDAR, Computer Numerical Control, Arduino, CAD, 3D Printing, Stepper motors

Outcome: Co-inventor on a patent, Co-founder of Photon Semantics

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Research Intern, Stroock Group

(Stroock Group Homepage)

Cornell Nanoscale Science and Technology Facility (Ithaca, NY)

Duration: June 2016 - August 2016

Description: Creation of novel ring-shaped microparticles via SU-8 photolithography

Topics: Photolithography, Nanofabrication, Multi-layer Particles, Fluid Mechanics

Technologies: Cleanroom operations, Photoresists (negative and positive), Contact alignment, Surface profilometry, Scanning Electron Microscopy

Outcome: Two-page technical report for internal publication, with accompanying poster and presentation

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Undergraduate Researcher, Larson Group

(Larson Group Homepage)

University of Michigan Department of Chemical Engineering (Ann Arbor, MI)

Duration: September 2015 - February 2016

Description: Studied the growth kinetics of Layer-by-Layer (LbL) deposition of polymer nanoparticles and polyelectrolytes, especially with regard to potential drug delivery applications

Topics: Thin-film Manufacturing, Polymeric Nanocomposites, Nanofabrication, Drug Delivery

Technologies: Layer-by-Layer Assembly, Quartz Crystal Microbalance, Particle Size Analysis, pH Measurement and Titration

Outcome: Co-author on a paper, first published in ChemPhysChem in November 2016