Harris Orthopaedics Laboratory (formerly MGH Orthopaedics Biomechanics and Biomaterials Laboratory). Will be working on developing the next generation of implant materials, devices, and simulations used to improve outcomes in orthopedic surgery. Particularly focused on reducing post-operative infection risk through through mechanical devices leveraging pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamic (PK/PD) optimization, simulating intra-articular (in joint) conditions for local antiobiotic delivery. More to come soon.

+ Selected to design and build a precision, microtome-style device capable of producing ~10 µm reproducible sections of soft, compliant polymers without embedding or cryogenic stiffening.

+ Developing custom clamping, micron-scale feed mechanisms, and blade kinematics to minimize compression, shear, and deformation during sectioning.

+ Engineering a non-contaminating mechanical sectioning workflow to enable accurate refractive-index depth profiling across the first 100–1000 µm of material.

+ Validating section thickness accuracy, flatness, and repeatability using optical microscopy and mechanical calibration methods.

+ Industry-sponsored project in collaboration with faculty advisors; scope spans mechanical design, prototyping, and experimental validation.

*NOTE: Work is being conducted entirely for Yale's MENG 4991 (Special Projects I) class for 1.0 Yale College Credit (Spring 2026 semester). Not being paid or remunerated/compensated in any way, shape, or form by Johnson & Johnson Vision.

+ Promoted from Co-Lead of Yale Exploration Rover to President of Yale Undergraduate Robotics, an organization I helped found after leaving the Yale Undergraduate Aerospace Association to centralize and expand robotics at Yale.

+ Yale Undergraduate Robotics brings together mechatronics engineers, machine learning researchers, aerospace enthusiasts, chemists, and biologists around one mission: building the most capable fully autonomous exploration rover Yale engineers can produce for the Martian surface.

+ As President and co-founder, I lead both the technical and organizational development of the program. Alongside my work as Co-Lead of Project Rover, I oversee administrative and strategic operations including finances, grant applications, sponsorships, industry outreach, event organization, and team coordination.

Co-leading the entire Yale Mars Exploration Rover effort and team of 30+ Yale engineers; speerheading mechatronics design, engineering, and integration. I also serve as Lead Mechatronics & Control Engineer. We are currently building a fully functional Mars rover for the University Rover Challenge (URC) held in Utah (2026).

Currently speerheading the research & engineering of a next-generation Dynamic Electromechanical Bioreactor (DEB) at the Yale Integrative Cardiac Biomechanics Laboratory under Dr. Stuart Campbell. The goal is to simulate exercise-induced cardiac stress in human-engineered heart tissues (hEHTs) - our focus is on studying the effects of Arrhythmogenic Cardiomyopathy (ACM) on the hearts of endurance athletes.

By combining mechatronics and biochemistry to simulate real-world cardiac loading patterns, we will ultimately elucidate the progression of Desmoplakin Cardiomyopathy (DSP-CM) under exercise stress, which will hopefully lead to a myriad of potential therapeutic interventions.

Our bioreactor enables programmable electromechanical loading, real-time force feedback, and electrophysiological assessments to bridge the gap between biomechanical modeling and real-world, clinical applications.