Academics & Resume

Summary of Education

Master of Science: Mechanical Engineering, University of Florida (UF)
- January 2025 - December 2025
- 4.0 GPA
- Resume
Bachelor of Science: Mechanical Engineering, University of Florida (UF)
- August 2021 - December 2024
- 3.89 GPA, summa cum laude honors distinction
- Transcript
- Sustainable and Resilient Energy Engineering Certificate
- 4/1 Combined Degree Program: earned 9 graduate-level credits

Scholarships, Awards, and Distinctions

Fall 2024: University Scholars Program
- Undergraduate research scholarship at UF
Spring 2024: UF Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Research Poster Competition: 3rd Place
- My first research poster
Spring 2024: Duke Energy Scholarship
Spring 2022: UF President's Honor Roll
2021: National Merit Scholar & Benacquisto Scholarship

Design-Based Coursework

Summer 2024: EML4502- Mechanical Engineering Design 3
- Engineer and Chief Operating Officer of the LapDog™ project
- Designed, manufactured, and tested a novel surgical apparatus to improve laparoscopic procedures on canines at the UF College of Veterinary Medicine
Spring 2024: EML4501- Mechanical Engineering Design 2
- Engineer of the Wheel-Care project
- Designed a novel wheelchair with weather protection, full seat reclining, and chain-driven wheels
- Prototyped a telescoping weather cover subsystem using 3D printing

Lab-Based Coursework

Summer 2024: EML4147C- Thermal Sciences Design and Laboratory
- Lab 1: analysis of head losses in a piping system
- Lab 2 : performance evaluation of an air fan
- Lab 3: performance evaluation of a concentric tube heat exchanger
- Lab 4: performance evaluation of a tabletop cooling tower
- Lab 5: Cummins diesel engine assembly project
- Lab 6: design of a pumping system for hydraulic oil
Fall 2024: EML4314C- Dynamics and Controls System Design and Laboratory
- Lab 1: transfer function modeling of a motor-flywheel system
- Lab 2: PID, bang-bang, and full state feedback controller design for a motor-flywheel system
- Lab 3: state-space modeling of a Furuta pendulum system
- Lab 4: PID and LQR controller design for a Furuta pendulum system
Summer 2023: EML3301C- Mechanics of Materials Laboratory
- Lab 1: Charpy impact testing
- Lab 2: creating a calibrated scale for weighing objects using a strain gauge on a cantilevered beam
- Lab 3: characterizing materials using a universal testing machine (UTM)
- Lab 4: characterizing materials based on dynamic response and vibrational analysis
Summer 2023: EML2322L- Design and Manufacturing Laboratory
- Air engine project: involved use of mill, lathe, CNC, 3D printing, and sheet metal manufacturing processes
Summer 2023: EEL3003- Elements of Electrical Engineering
- various Arduino projects using switches, LEDs, capacitors, liquid crystal displays, DC motors, etc.
- created a bilingual fortune teller (user selects English/Spanish) using liquid crystal display
Fall 2022: ABE3612C- Heat and Mass Transfer in Biological Systems
- Lab 1: using a DAQ and handmade thermocouples to record air temperatures
- Lab 2: transient heat transfer analysis of a tomato in refrigeration

Specialized and Graduate Coursework

Fall 2024: EML5526- Finite Element Analysis and Application
- Static and dynamic analysis of structures, steady-state and transient heat transfer analysis
- Project: use of SolidWorks to model a heat exchanger and a spring structure
Fall 2024: EML4600- Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Fundamentals
- Application and design for industrial and institutional buildings

Spring 2024: EML5465- Energy Management
- Field-based and analytical techniques for assessing/minimizing energy use in industrial and institutional buildings
- Project: use of Carrier HAP software, psychrometric analyzer software, pipe/duct sizer softwares to evaluate energy conservation measures in a hypothetical office building

Spring 2024: EML5131- Combustion
- Chemical thermodynamics, chemical kinetics, detonations, laminar/turbulent flames (premixed/non-premixed)
- Project: numerical analysis and simulation of methane pyrolysis using Python/Cantera