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I made things. A few are out in the world, others are still cooking.

012025

Alexis AI

Your inbox and calendar, handled. Hands-free.

A voice assistant for email and calendar. Call a number, summarize your inbox, draft replies, and create events — all without opening an app. Built for busy people who multitask. Available in English, Mandarin, and Spanish.

022025

Coco

An AI furry friend, in your pocket.

A friendly AI therapy dog and virtual pet for mental wellness. Chat with Coco anytime to feel heard, earn coins as you talk, then feed and level up your furry friend. A daily dose of joy.

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Handmade balsawood glider
Balsawood glider — additional view
Balsawood glider — additional view
Balsawood glider — additional view

Balsawood Glider

1st place — MESA engineering competition.

Designed and hand-built a balsawood airplane for the MESA engineering competition

042025
Soft robot fabrication
Soft robot — additional view
Soft robot — additional view
Soft robot — additional view

Silicone Soft Dance Bot

MENG 767 project:A pneumatic silicone robot that moves.

Designed and fabricated a pneumatic soft robot for a graduate-level robotics course. 3D-printed casting molds shaped the body, EcoFlex 00-35 and Dragon Skin 10 silicones formed the layered structure, and embedded silicone tubes paired with syringes drove the actuation. Iterated through paper-inspired design.

06Grad school
Soil rover prototype
Soil rover prototype — additional view
Soil rover prototype — additional view
Soil rover prototype — additional view

Soil Rover

MENG 185 project: soil tester.

A low-cost rover for sampling Martian soil. Swapped a scissor arm for a threaded rod, a pump for a straw, and digital pH transfer for a Bluetooth camera reading the probe.