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Founder

Real Robotics

• Designed and simulated autonomous drone systems for search-and-rescue missions in support of first responders
• Performed market and feasibility analyses to evaluate business viability and develop investor-facing reports and pitch materials
• Won elevator pitch competitions, and secured funding to advance startup development

Graduate Researcher

Cyber Physical System Lab

• Guided Multi Agent Reinforcement Learning to improve collaboration, control efficiency, to achieve high level goals.
• Designing and analyzing optimal & nonlinear control policies (LQR/LQG, MPC, Lyapunov-based) to ensure stability, safety, and performance.
• Building Python DNN pipelines that turn LLM outputs into verifiable controllers, with on-robot execution and closed-loop telemetry

R&D Engineer

Ikergune

• Integrated industrial PLCs with IO-Link sensors and actuators over PROFINET for real-time control and data acquisition.
• Built and customized Linux OS images with the Yocto Project (kernel features, device trees, layers) for robotics hardware optimization.
• Programmed and debugged embedded System communication protocols (SPI, UART, I2C, CAN) for automated systems.

Sensor development & integration Engineer

SYLVAE

• Led LiDAR and temperature sensing for a ground wildfire-risk mitigation platform on ESP32/Linux.
• Designed and tested PCBs (Cadence Allegro), state machines for feedback response, and C/C++ data acquisition.
• Analyzed point clouds in CloudCompare and produced calibrated field measurements.

Undergraduate Researcher

Human Aware Robotics Exploration Laboratory

• Prototyped a 4+1 VTOL drone for humanitarian missions.
• Ran simulations in ArduPilot and developed multi-sensor perception for resource and survivor detection.

logic Design Reader

Baskin Engineering

• Supported course delivery (exams/homework) in digital circuits, Boolean algebra, and FPGA fundamentals.

Masters of Science

Michigan State University

Electrical & Computer Engineering

• Graduate Researcher for the Cyber Physical Systems Laboratory
• Awarded in entrepreneurship pitch elevator competitions
• GPA 4.0/4.0

Bachelors of Science

University of California Santa Cruz

Robotics Engineering

• Member of the USCS Formula SAE Tractive System team
• GPA 3.83/4.0 (Cum Laude)

Entrepreneurship Launch Program

Burguess Institute of Entrepreneurship

Recognized and entered into the exclusive Launch program of BIE for and to continue developing a startup recognized in competitions and raised funds.

Engineering Graduate Leadership Fellowship

Michigan State College of Engineering

Recognized for exceptional academic, leadership achievements, and delivering engineering outreach talks

UCSC Cum Laude & ECE maximum department honors

UCSC and ECE department

Recognized for outstanding academic performance in Robotics Engineering and Electrical Engineering, graduating Cum Laude and receiving the highest departmental honors for excellence in engineering coursework, and technical achievement.

Engineering Honor Society (Tau Beta Pi)

Tau Beta Pi institution

Recognized for exceptional academic achievement and leadership in engineering, ranking in the top 5% of my class