CV

PhD, Robotics (Ongoing)

Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh PA, USA

• Algorithmic foundations for multi-robot systems.
  • Incorporating learned models (e.g., diffusion models) with graph search for flexible and efficient multi-robot coordination.
  • Applying my work to multi-arm manipulation.
  • Publications.

BSc, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge MA, USA

• Minor in mathematics and a focus on robotics via research and coursework

Researcher and Teaching Assistant

Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University

• Assisting with teaching the graduate class Planning and Decision-Making in Robotics (Fall 2024, Professor Maxim Likhachev).
• Researching multi-robot coordination and manipulation via interleaving data-driven methods with classical planning.

Applied Scientist II

Amazon Robotics

• Applied Scientist internship focusing on generative modeling and large scale planning for multi-robot collaboration.

Algorithm Engineer

Indoor Robotics

• Developed aerial autonomous robots operating in the wild.
  • Localization, mapping, and trajectory optimization using range, inertial, and visual inputs.
  • I was the technical lead in multiple mapping and visual/range localization projects.

Undergraduate Researcher

MIT CSAIL - Robust Robotics Group

• Ellipsoid deformations for continuous and differentiable object shape estimation
• Learned object-level visual data-association methods for object tracking and SLAM.

Research and Software Development Intern

Amazon Robotics

• Path planning algorithms for large-scale multi-agent settings.

Robotics Software Development Intern

Optimus Ride

• Developed new techniques for motion planning and decision-making in complex traffic scenarios, leveraging semantic and geometric information.

Aerial Robot with Visual Localization Autonomy Stack

• Endowing a DJI Tello Drone with autonomy using its onboard camera, ROS, and Aruco markers.

Ground Robot with LiDAR SLAM Autonomy Stack

• An introductory tutorial-style resource for creating an autonomous ground robot with ROS.
• This project has become quite popular among students and hobbyists, inspiring some projects shared online! [1, 2, 3]

• Best Student Paper Award from the 2024 International Conference on Planning and Scheduling (ICAPS).

Track And Field

• MIT triple jump record holder, NCAA (DIII) Indoor/Outdoor national champion, National team (ISR).
• I was fortunate to win some awards when at MIT- summary.