Research Ability

Accesses and evaluates multiple sources of information, including text and images, and synthesizes information to solve problems and create new insights.

• Research Assistant (The Center for Energy Research)
  • Assisted development engineers and scientists with mechanical design, engineering, development, fabrication, procurement, and maintenance for various systems of a UC San Diego research group located at General Atomics National Fusion Facility. 
• Resident Researcher (Undergraduate Research Residency Program, Sixth College)
  • Engaged in research with an inter-disciplinary cohort to think about both formal and informal institutions, systems of knowledge, how the built environment shapes us, and how we shape it; explored, problematized, and utilized notions of art, technology, and culture, and explored larger institutional issues that engage with Sixth College, UCSD, the broader San Diego community, and the world.
• Technician Member (Triton-AI, Jacobs School of Engineering)
  • Responsible for researching, designing, training, and testing self-driving autonomous 1/8th and 1/16th model cars with strong programming literacy and engineering skills.
• Scholar (BUMMP Research Apprenticeship Program, School of Biological Sciences)
  • Conducted research under the guidance of a principal investigator, culminating in a presentation of the students research project at the BUMMP Annual Research Symposium.