Executed two year-long projects that required setting a technical vision, developing a plan, managing a budget, and tracking milestones

Continued to expand skills as a researcher by learning and applying machine learning techniques

Expanded the fabrication capabilities within the organization by developing new equipment and creating new fabrication processes

Adapted existing 3D printer Marlin firmware to enable printing materials that are currently not printable with commercially-available 3D printers

Formulated analytical models for systems related to solid mechanics and fluid dynamics

Wrote two successful proposals for internal funding

Executed one year-long project that required setting a technical vision, developing a plan, managing a budget, and tracking milestones

Designed and manufactured soft sensors for robot safety and manufacturing applications

Characterized the performance of soft sensors using a materials testing machine

Developed test methodologies for soft robots to inform stakeholders of robot performance

Formulated and validated models and design tools for building and controlling soft robotic skins

Designed and manufactured soft robotic skins with integrated sensors and actuators

Characterized components of soft robots including sensors, actuators, and pneumatic controllers

Formulated and validated models and control strategies for soft robotic systems

Integrated soft sensors and actuators into soft robotic systems

Designed and manufactured liquid embedded elastomer and conductive elastomer composite sensors

Evaluated material properties of elastomers to enhance understanding and design of soft systems

Studied shape memory alloys for use in actuated soft robotic systems

Coordinated a Particle Shadow Velocimetry system with synchronized equipment

Analyzed costs, purchased parts, and built a fluid system

Assisted high school students with a solar car competition

Improved the data processing procedure associated with vacuum furnaces used in Superconducting Radio Frequency cavity research

Upgraded a LabVIEW program to coordinate a Stanford Research Systems Residual Gas Analyzer and an Allen Bradley PLC

Created macros to improve data processing for Excel spreadsheets by 92%

Sheet metal testing - Supervised by a graduate student

Prepared metals for heat treatment

Operated a limit dome height testing machine and a material testing machine

Analyzed specimens in a Scanning Electron Microscope

Conducted and assisted in analyzing tensile test results