Contributed to various research projects through designing robots, tools, and experiments, data collection and analysis, publication, and meeting with project stakeholders. Built a database system for use in machine learning applications.

Investigated emotional responses generated by social interactions initiated by a robot in the office setting. Implemented on a Kobuki Turtlebot running ROS and Python, the Knock Knock bot knocks on doors to initiate interactions and assumes a character (such as comedian or evangelist) for the interaction duration.

Augmented a development quadcopter drone with topologically optimized wings designed using SolidWorks and nTopology as well as a tension-based gripper module mounted to the base of the vehicle for use in articulation, manipulation, and landing.