Education MASc in Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Waterloo Expected graduation: Aug 2025 B.S. in Computer Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Graduated with The Highest Honors in 2022 Experience Graduate Research Assistant (Sept 2023 - Present) Autonomous System Lab, University of Waterloo Topic: Learning motion planners in uncertain environments with dense obstacles Advisor: Prof. Stephen L. Smith Post-baccalaureate Research Assistant (May 2022 - Aug 2023) Intelligent Motion Lab, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Topic: Mobile robot teleoperation, attentiveness estimation, obstacle avoidance Advisor: Prof. Kris Hauser Undergraduate Research Assistant (May 2021 - May 2022) Human-Centered Autonomy Lab, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Topic: Human intention prediction, collaborative manufacturing Advisor: Prof. Katherine Driggs-Campbell Computer Vision & Algorithm Intern (May 2021 - Jul 2021) Golden Ridge Robotics Topic: Robot vision, learning, obstacle recognition and detection Awards and Honors University of Waterloo International Master’s Award of Excellence $12,500 CAD (Nov 2023) The Highest Honors at graduation, UIUC (Spring 2022) UIUC Dean’s List for 7 semesters (Fall 2018 - Spring 2020, Spring 2021 - Spring 2022) James Scholars for 2 semesters (Fall 2021, Spring 2022) Teaching ECE484 Principles of Safe Autonomy, UIUC, Teaching Assistant, Spring 2022 ECE208 Discrete Math II, University of Waterloo, Teaching Assistant, Spring 2024 Community Service American Control Conference 2024 - Conference Volunteer