Audio Engineering Research Assistant
Purdue University - SEAT Lab
Aug 2024 - Present
Conducting advanced audio research focusing on the relationship between acoustical loads and electrical impedance.
- Research Innovation: Conducting research to explore electroacoustic coupling.
- Automation Development: Designed and implemented custom Python scripts for semi-automated data collection, greatly improving the overall measurement process efficiency.
- Technical Expertise: Utilized advanced instrumentation tools for precise data acquisition, signal processing, and frequency response analysis
- Collaborative Research: Partner with other researchers to design experimental protocols for audio device testing, validation, and performance optimization.
- Documentation & Publication: Maintain detailed research documentation and contribute to academic publications.
Teaching Assistant / Laboratory Instructor
ECET 327 - Instrumentation and Data Acquisition Design
Aug 2024 - Dec 2024
Instructing and mentoring students in course laboratory activities based on LabVIEW programming.
- Laboratory Instruction: Facilitated hands-on laboratory sessions for 25+ students, teaching NI LabVIEW programming and instrumentation principles
- Student Mentorship: Provided detailed feedback on lab reports and assignments, ensuring mastery of course exercises
- Technical Support: Troubleshooted complex hardware and software issues.
Engineering Intern
Purdue Applied Research Institute - Microelectronics Lab
May 2024 - Aug 2024
Conducted advanced semiconductor research and developed custom instrumentation systems.
- Semiconductor Research: Performed cutting-edge research on silicon wafer manufacturing processes, direct bonding techniques, and advanced semiconductor fabrication methods
- System Integration: Assembled and optimized a precision wafer probe station from diverse components, enhancing measurement accuracy and system performance
- Custom Hardware Development: Designed and fabricated controller hardware and software to integrate linear positioning systems with silicon wafer probe stations
- Innovation: Created additional control schemes using gestures through computer vision.
Robotics Research Assistant
Human Interactive Robotics Laboratory (HIRoLab) - Purdue University
Sept 2022 - Feb 2025
Research in educational robotics, prosthetics, and human-robot interaction with focus on K-12 STEM education.
- Communication Systems: Developed and implemented I2C communication protocols between single-board computers and microcontrollers, enabling seamless sensor and actuator integration through ROS frameworks
- Educational Innovation: Designed, fabricated, and delivered 100+ STEM-education robotic kits using advanced digital fabrication techniques, significantly enhancing K-12 student engagement in robotics
- Biomedical Engineering: Assisted in testing the design of an electromyography (EMG) muscle sensor system for safe physical interaction between robots and K-12 students in educational settings
- Curriculum Development: Created comprehensive standards-based lesson plans and mentoring programs for K-12 students, including a complete 2-week curriculum for human-interactive robotic arm assembly
- Prosthetics Research: Designed and manufactured lower leg prosthesis adapters for biomechanics research with healthy subjects.
Content Creator for Online Assessments
Creating online assessments on the Variate and Brightspace platforms
Sep 2023 - Mar 2025
- Developed and verified assignments for Purdue ECET and Physics courses using LaTeX, ensuring accuracy and consistency on the Variate and D2L Brightspace platforms.
- Verified assessments for Purdue Math classes on the D2L Brightspace online learning system.