Aerospace Engineering · Arizona State University
Most of my free time goes into engineering projects. I design airplanes, rockets, and any other fun ideas come to mind. I then like to run the numbers on them, build them and find out how close I got. This has lead me very far into new territories such as composites, variable-pitch propellers, clustered rocket motors, and long-range drones.
I've been into airplanes and rockets since I was a kid in Seattle. It started with model rockets, which turned into a years-long project of chasing higher altitudes and building recovery systems that actually survived the landing. Getting there meant a lot of trial and error, designing parts in CAD, printing them, watching them fail, and reprinting until the geometry held up. The recovery electronics were their own problem: wiring up Arduino and ESP32 boards to trigger deployment at the right point instead of just hoping a mechanical system fired on time.
In high school I started flight training toward my private pilot license, and I always had something else going on the side, whether that was RC planes, guitars, 3D printers, or Arduino projects. Most of it started as a way to fix or build something I couldn't buy, and the more I did it the more I picked up the full process, sketching an idea in Fusion 360, prototyping it, testing it, and reworking it until it actually did what I needed. Somewhere in there I stopped just assembling things and started engineering them, thinking about tolerances, loads, and why a part failed instead of just that it did.
That prototype-to-final-product loop is the part I like most, and it's what pulled me toward aerospace engineering.
Projects I've designed, built, and flown. Each one started on paper and ended with something I had to go fly.
A composite short-takeoff-and-landing RC aircraft with a working variable-pitch propeller
Three airframes over six years, chasing altitude on motors that cost a fraction of composite
A 1960s balsa aerobat, a modular cargo airframe, a weather-balloon glider, and a slatted STOL scale model
A GPS-equipped long-range airframe for mountain surfing and search-and-rescue, plus flight instruction at the ASU Drone Club
Freeing a seized engine, redoing the heads, and machining new bronze and steel parts to take the play out of the steering
A four-person build turning an abandoned shopping cart into a 35 mph go-kart for under $600
Working toward a private pilot license, self-funded, since high school
A custom design and manufacturing operation — 100+ customers, 1,400+ print hours, over $10,000 profit in year one
CAD & Design
Programming
Fabrication
Coursework
Work
The Home Depot
3D Design & Printing Services · Self-employed
Custom Model Aircraft Design · Self-employed
Upward Creative Media · Self-employed
SMS Intl Shore Operations Inc · Seattle, WA
Bishop Blanchet High School · Seattle, WA
Teams & Clubs
ASU Drone Club · Arizona State University
ASU Sun Devils RC Airplane Club · Arizona State University
FIRST Robotics Team 4682 · Seattle, WA
STEM Education Outreach