I love to learn new things, including through copious amounts of coursework. A non-exhaustive list of non-ECE classes I've taken (some for a minor, some by my own free will): Waves and Optics, Organic Chemistry, Materials Chemistry, and Thermo + Statistical Mechanics.
At UT, I've worked on the CubeSat team for electrical and power systems (no pics because I'm scared of ITAR). For the most part, I did PCB development and bring-up for the GNSS system, and component power consumption budgeting and analysis. In terms of EDA software, I have the most familiarity with KiCAD, but am somewhat familiar with Altium. I'm also comfortable handling a variety of electrical testing and characterization equipment (oscilloscope, logic analyzer, network analyzer, etc.) in the lab.
As part of the neurotechnology club, I've contributed to their EEG signal processing pipeline. Written in Python, I implemented zero-phase bandpass and CAR filters for the project. Next semester, I'll be integrating these with the ML team for classification of EEG signals.
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. Last year, my high school won nationals (so proud of them)! I'm also a co-founder and writer for Texas Science Bowl, an annual competition hosted virtually by UT Austin students. Our last competition was on January 18th, 2026!
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). We recently won the Bloomberg BPuzzled event at our university, and we'll soon be competing at New York. Past hunts have included CMU, MIT Mystery Hunt, and Galactic Puzzle Hunt.