summer focus
Summer programs that I’ve done over the years.
DYNE RESEARCH | 2025
IdeaLab Applied Research Program
- Built a functional lunar rover prototype over the course of 12 weeks
- Learned problem solving skills and key mindsets, such as systems thinking and first principles thinking
- Gained frameworks and principles for tackling research problems
CRACKD.IT SAT PREP | 2025
Content Creation Intern
- Made daily educational content promoting the platform
- Grew a fresh instagram and tiktok account
- Reached over 30K views per month
NASA | 2025
GeneLab for High Schoolers
- Learned about space biology and genetics
- Explored experimental methods for biology in space
- Analyzed genetic data from an experiment
Lumiere Education | 2024
Lumiere Research Scholar
- Mentored by Dr. Michel Lacerda from Georgia Tech
- Wrote a novel research paper detailing a lunar rover design for a future lunar base
- Explored multiple subsystems of the rover and quantified metrics to prove feasibility
- Published the paper in the National High School Journal of Science
SUMMER SPRINGBOARD | 2024
Aerospace Engineering Program at UCLA
- Attended a course on Aerospace Engineering taught by Dr. Fabio Bendana
- Learned the fundamentals of Aerospace engineering, including but not limited to:
- Solid & liquid rocket engines
- Monopropellants & bipropellants
- Thrust & fuel efficiency
- Aerodynamics
- Jet engines, turbojets, turbofans, ramjets, scramjets, etc.
- Liquid rocket engine cycles, gas generator, staged combustion, expander, etc.
- Launched a model rocket, measured height with an altimeter (208 ft)