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Summary of Education

  • Bachelor of Science: Mechanical Engineering, University of Florida (UF)

  • Undergraduate Certificate: Sustainable and Resilient Energy Engineering, UF

    • Earned in Spring 2024​

  • 4/1 Combined Degree Program: earning 9 graduate-level credits with intent to complete Master of Science: Mechanical Engineering at UF in December 2025

Scholarships, Awards, and Distinctions

  • 2024-2025 University Scholars Program

    • Undergraduate research scholarship at UF​

  • 2024 Duke Energy Scholarship

    • In tandem with Sustainable and Resilient Energy Engineering undergraduate certificate​

  • Spring 2024 UF Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Research Poster Competition: 3rd place

  • UF President's Honor Roll: Spring 2022

  • 2021 National Merit Scholar

  • Benacquisto Scholarship

  • ​Florida Academic Scholars Award

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

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

  • 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 being refrigerated

Specialized and Graduate Coursework

  • Fall 2024: EML4600- Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Fundamentals

    • Application and design for industrial and institutional buildings

  • Fall 2024: EML5526- Finite Element Analysis and Applications

    • Static and dynamic analysis of structures, steady-state and transient heat transfer analysis​

  • ​Spring 2024: EML5131- Combustion

    • Chemical thermodynamics, chemical kinetics, detonations, laminar/turbulent flames (premixed/non-premixed)

    • Methane pyrolysis project: numerical analysis and simulation using Python/Cantera

  • 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

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