I love to learn new things and solve hard problems. A non-exhaustive list of electives I've taken: Wave Motion and Optics, Organic Chemistry, Materials Chemistry, and Thermo + Statistical Mechanics.
At UT, I've worked on the CubeSat team for electrical and power systems. Right now, I've been working on the command and data handling PCB in KiCAD, including schematic and layout. In the past, I've also performed bring-up for the GNSS and GPU PCBs, and component power consumption budgeting and simulation in Matlab. I'm also comfortable handling a variety of electrical testing and characterization equipment (oscilloscope, logic analyzer, network analyzer, etc.) in the lab.
As a previous member of the neurotechnology club, I've contributed to their EEG signal processing pipeline. I implemented in Python zero-phase bandpass and CAR filters for the project.
Occasionally, I also write and proctor for Science Olympiad. I competed at the national level, and now I help out when needed, mostly for Astronomy. The last test I wrote was the UT Austin 2026 Regional Astronomy exam. Last year, my high school won second overall at nationals and placed first the year before! I'm also a co-founder and writer for Texas Science Bowl, an annual science bowl competition hosted by UT Austin students. Our next competition will be MLK weekend in 2027!
Outside of academics, I love puzzling. I compete with the riddlers, a group of university/high school friends that got me into competitive puzzle hunts. You'll see us on most leaderboards for big puzzles (maybe not that high up since we're busy with school and other things). A few months ago, we won the Bloomberg BPuzzled event at our university, followed up by a 2nd place finish at Globals in New York (unfortunately lost out to MIT). Past hunts have included CMU, MIT Mystery Hunt, and Galactic Puzzle Hunt.