About Me

Robotics: nonlinear dynamics and control

Automotive safety: collision avoidance and rollover prevention

Environmental stewardship: efficient use of energy in ground vehicles and buildings

I am a Mechanical Engineer who is interested in finding solutions to the technological problems facing our world, especially in the fields of transportation and environmental stewardship. While driving is super fun and an essential part of our economy and society, it is also a source of dangerous collisions and impacts our environment through pollution and dependence on non-renewable resources. The buildings in which we live and work also have a significant impact on our environment, accounting for about 40% of the primary energy consumption in the United States.

Though I’ve only scratched the surface of these issues, I have studied sensing and control techniques for collision avoidance and rollover prevention of passenger vehicles during my graduate study in the robotics labs headed by Dr. Karl Iagnemma and Prof. Steven Dubowsky at MIT. I also helped create the MIT Energy Map, a tool for visualizing energy use in buildings on MIT’s campus. I was a member of the UC Davis team for the 2002 and 2003 FutureTruck hybrid electric vehicle design competitions.