Autonomous Maritime Robotics Association

Mechanical Engineer (Club)

August 2024 | August 2025

  • Led a team to design a minimal-cost electronics cooling solution within the submarine to reduce internal temperatures by over 60°F
  • Worked with a team of 4 to design, prototype, and manufacture an improved thruster mount, reducing lateral movement
  • Designed and modeled a torpedo launching system
  • Prototyped a bin that releases weighted bags over a designated drop zone utilizing torsion springs and servo motors
  • Created an IP68 compliant waterproof servo housing for a DS3225 servo motor utilizing o-rings and shaft seals

Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University

Undergraduate Researcher

August 2025 | Present

  • Collaborating with students from Insituto Technológico de Aeronáutica to create a flow visualization model to study the behavior of phase change materials (PCM)
  • Created a test section in Autodesk Inventor to contain the PCM and allow it to be oriented at any angle
  • The test section simulates a constant heat flux boundary condition and a constant temperature boundary condition

Houck Airfoil — US Patent US9976421B2

Personal Research

August 2025 | Present

  • Researching the patented lifting foil design and identifying potential, practical applications for aerospace technologies
  • Evaluating the technology readiness level for further independent study with the intent to commercialize the technology