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The projects and research showcased here represent my commitment to exploring how technology can address pressing challenges in sustainability, public safety, health, education, and community connection—each endeavor reflecting my belief that the best innovations happen when we combine technical excellence with deep empathy for the people and environments we're designing for.
PROJECTS
App dev + digital Work
January 2018 - May 2021
Built a public safety IOS app at 15 with the help of an older classmate, Elijah Cobb. Inspired by being in an uncomfortable situation that I could not find my way out of, I learned how to program, build, and launch an app onto the IOS App Store as a means to help others discretely get out of any situation.
May 2021 - May 2024
Built a mobile IOS food-sharing platform to empower my college campus and beyond to mitigate food waste, alleviate hunger, reduce the environmental effects associated with food waste, and connect communities through food. The app connects users to excess food in their community in a reliable, safe, and secure way.
May 2023 - Present
Joined Jodie Schanhals as a development intern to help build the IOS/Android app, MeetingMaker. The app aims to help users discreetly check in and out of Alcoholics Anonymous meetings, creating a secure and accurate record of attendance for themselves and drug and treatment courts.
November 2024 - Present
Give5 Mile High is a citywide volunteer initiative led by First Lady of Denver Courtney Johnston and the Mayor’s Office outreach team. Alongside Aaron Neyer and Shawn Duncan, our group created a mobile platform for Denverites to find volunteer events and track volunteer hours. I was voted by the team to lead as the project manager where I oversaw and managed the development while designing and developing alongside the team.
PROJECTS
physical builds + Designs
Submitted: February 2025
A class group project for ATLAS 4330 (Wearable Technology) with Dr. Shaz Zamore. An introductory project for wearable technology to learn how to create a soft button. Alongside my group, created and design a chef's hat inspired by Alfredo Linguini's chef hat that Remy would hid in from the Disney movie, Ratatouille. Using conductive materials, the LEDs inside the hat turn on when the circuit is closed, (or, someone is wearing the hat as their skin is the conductive element that closes the circuit; thus, a button!). When the LEDs are on, it casts a shadow of the rat cutout imitating the Ratatouille look. This introductory project taught us to merge technical concepts with storytelling, demonstrating how even fundamental circuit principles can create magical, interactive experiences.
Submitted: March 2025
A class group project for ATLAS 4330 (Wearable Technology) with Dr. Shaz Zamore. Inspired by recent deaths of skiers from getting stuck in tree wells, built a beacon for skiers to install onto and into their helmets. The beacon tracks the user's pulse ox data. If the user's pulse ox drops below the threshold and the user stops moving, the beacon goes off, sending a blaring alarm to alert others that there is a skier who has a low pulse ox and is not moving. Ultimately, the design hopes to keep skiers safe by getting them immediate attention when they lose their voice under the snow.
Submitted: April 2025
A class group project for ATLAS 4330 (Wearable Technology) with Dr. Shaz Zamore. The Ray-Band functions as a smart wearable device designed to enhance sun safety for outdoor enthusiasts by providing real-time UV index alerts and timed sunscreen reminders, ensuring that users can make informed decisions about sun exposure and maintain skin health during their outdoor activities.
Submitted: May 2025
A class group project for ATLAS 4330 (Wearable Technology) with Dr. Shaz Zamore. The project is a wearable art piece that mimics the appearance and light-reflecting properties of comb jellyfish. The device replicates how these marine creatures naturally reflect light from their comb-like structures as they move. The primary target market is avant-garde and couture fashion, particularly inspired by rave culture. With a 7-hour battery life, it's designed as high-end festival wear that bridges fashion and biology. The Jelly-D bridges art, fashion, biology, and technology in an innovative way to spark conversations about marine life and the remarkable adaptations of our ocean ecosystems; demonstrating how nature's designs can inspire wearable art that makes marine biodiversity tangible and fascinating for new audiences
Submitted: March 2025
An individual design project for ATLAS 5410 (Creative Technology) with Zach Weaver where the class was asked to solve our personal pet peeves. For me, my biggest pet peeve is my own laziness in checking weather reports or ski resorts websites to find the best snow for a ski day or even what type of skis I should wear. My installation scraps the Epic and Ikon resort websites along with weather data to tell me which pair of skis I should ski on and which resort I should ski at to guarantee a great ski day.
Submitted: May 2025
An individual design project for ATLAS 5410 (Creative Technology) with Zach Weaver. Inspired by Cher's closet recommendation and organization system from the movie, ClueLess, my installation is installed in my closet and uses RFID tags and a sensor to monitor what is in/out of my closet. Depending what is in my closet, its wear count, what looks good together, and the weather outside of my apartment, I am given a recommended outfit posted to my associated HTML site for the project (or, recommended top, bottom, and outer wear). Over time, I have access to this data of what I am wearing vs. not so I can better keep my closet organized by removing closets that are not being worn.
RESEARCH
Academic + Applied
Submitted: May 1st, 2025
An individual research project for ATLAS 4519 (Hacking the Apocalypse: Water) with Professor Zach Weaver. The premise of the semester-long research based course was to problem-solve for a future apocalyptic environment where water is scarce. Throughout the semester, I lead four experiments sprouting mung beans, broccoli, and radish using various saline amounts and different contaminates to study the effects of saline and grey water on plant growth. Ultimately, I sought to understand how to recycle water for agricultural demands in a future apocalyptic world.
Presented: October 31st, 2024
As part of my Technology for Social Impact course at the ATLAS Institute (Fall 2024, taught by Denise Powell), I researched advancements in solar-powered desalination and interviewed an MIT Media Lab researcher, Jon Bessette, to better understand how this emerging technology can address the global water crisis. My case study explored MIT’s groundbreaking system that uses solar power without the need for batteries or grid access—offering scalable, sustainable water solutions for underserved communities. This project deepened my interest in equitable infrastructure design and the role of innovation in climate resilience.
Submitted: May 1st, 2024
Studied “Technology for Social Impact and Sustainability” under the mentorship of Dr. William Hahn (Environmental Biology) and Dr. Mahendran Velauthapillai (Computer Science) and oversaw by Dean Dr. Bernard Cook at Georgetown University's Interdisciplinary Studies program to research and design solutions that drive social change and sustainability.
This interdisciplinary research project is the culmination of my degree which I successfully defended on May 1st, 2024 to the Interdisciplinary Studies department at Georgetown. I combined primary interviews with mobile app developers, hands-on app development experience, and extensive literature review to investigate how technology can drive social change and sustainability through the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. Drawing from diverse academic sources and real-world developer insights, the study demonstrated that mobile applications possess unique capabilities to collect data, connect communities, protect resources, and affect to create meaningful impact when strategically
implemented.
The project's central contribution is the FIFO (First In, First Out) solution model—a framework that creatively adapts both culinary principles learned during my concurrent culinary school studies and computer science queue management concepts to argue that sustainable technology solutions work best as catalytic entry points rather than standalone fixes, requiring collaborative, community-based, and creative approaches to achieve lasting social and environmental change.
Submitted: May 6, 2024
This final research term paper for STIA 3375 "Science, Innovation, and Entrepreneurs" under Professor ​Charles Wessner at Georgetown University examines how Georgetown University's Office of Technology Commercialization responds to innovation challenges in the post-Gardasil era. Through comparative analysis and interviews with professors and department heads at peer institutions including Stanford, Columbia, and CU Boulder, I evaluated Georgetown's strategic transformation under new leadership, analyzing both quantitative metrics from AUTM licensing surveys and qualitative insights from interviews with university administrators and faculty researchers. The study reveals how Georgetown's historically successful tech transfer program—responsible for breakthrough innovations like the HPV vaccine Gardasil, Allegra, and CT scanner technology—faced sustainability challenges when key patents expired, leading to a 70% revenue decline. My research documents the university's strategic response, including new leadership appointments, mission statement development, cross-campus partnerships, and portfolio optimization efforts aimed at diversifying Georgetown's innovation ecosystem. This work demonstrates applied organizational behavior analysis in higher education settings while contributing to broader discussions about university technology transfer effectiveness and the implementation of the Bayh-Dole Act in driving American innovation.
Submitted: December 15, 2023
This research paper, completed for STIA 331 (Science, Technology & International Affairs) at Georgetown University under Professor Brian Toohey, explores the evolution of 3D printing technology from its origins in manufacturing to its emerging applications in food and organic material production. Through comprehensive interviews with three researchers at different career stages—graduate student Jack Kraynak (Temple University bioprinting research), postdoctoral fellow Dr. Jonathan Blutinger (Columbia University's Creative Machines Lab, funded by ReDefine Meat), and lab director Dr. Michael Rivera (CU Boulder's ATLAS Institute, NSF-funded)—the study reveals critical insights about the current state and future potential of organic 3D printing. Key findings include the dominance of international companies (rather than U.S. firms) in funding large-scale food printing innovations, the critical role of bioprinting as a foundation for both medical and food applications, significant sustainability challenges requiring energy-efficient solutions and alternative organic filaments, and the growing need for intentional, environmentally-conscious development practices. The research demonstrates how 3D printing technology is transitioning from traditional manufacturing disruption toward addressing global challenges in food security, personalized nutrition, and sustainable production, while highlighting the interdisciplinary nature of cutting-edge research in this rapidly evolving field.
Submitted: December 16, 2023
This final term project for STIA 4230 "Data Science for A Changing Climate" under Professor Megan Lickley at Georgetown University analyzed nearly three decades of Great Lakes surface water temperature data (1995-present) from NOAA CoastWatch alongside NASA GISS land surface temperature data to investigate climate resilience patterns across all five Great Lakes. Using temperature anomaly calculations and linear regression analysis comparing water and land temperatures from corresponding Great Lakes cities (Marquette MI, Prince Edward ONT, Traverse City MI, Alpena MI, and Erie PA), the study revealed four key findings: (1) remarkable consistency in Great Lakes water temperatures over time, with minimal deviation from long-term averages despite climate change concerns, (2) synchronized temperature variation patterns across all five lakes despite their geographic diversity in depth, topography, and regional conditions, (3) depth-dependent temperature stability, with deeper Lake Superior showing greater variability than shallow Lake Erie due to thermal inertia and mixing dynamics, and (4) confirmation that water holds energy longer than land, resulting in smaller temperature variations in aquatic systems compared to terrestrial environments. The research demonstrates the Great Lakes' natural resilience to warming through thermal inertia, complex circulation patterns, and seasonal ice cover, while highlighting the ecosystem's interconnectedness and the fundamental physics governing water versus land temperature responses to climate variability.
Grad Student Researcher
December 2024 - June 2024
Work as a graduate student researcher under the mentorship of PhD student Josh Myers-Dean and Professor Al Bovik through the University of Colorado, Boulder's Department of Electrical, Computer, and Energy Engineering. Our research focuses on evaluating the perceptual quality of lipreading videos for the deaf and hard-of-hearing community, in partnership with the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA). This project required conducting user studies to assess and improve video content accessibility. This work is directly aimed at improving the visual quality and effectiveness of lipreading videos, ensuring they meet the needs of individuals in the deaf and hard-of-hearing community. Additionally, this research supports responsible energy consumption for a growing tech and media industry.
Water Policy Research
November 2024 - Present
As a researcher for FLOW, I hope to support the organization's mission of protecting the Great Lakes by examining critical issues such as water quality, climate change, water conflicts, and the application of public trust principles. Additionally, FLOW's work also involves studying the legal and policy frameworks that govern water use and management in the Great Lakes basin, with an emphasis on how public trust doctrine can be applied to strengthen protections and ensure sustainable water governance. By collaborating with policymakers, legal experts, and environmental organizations, I hope to help develop evidence-based policies that address the challenges posed by climate change, advocate for stronger legal protections, and promote solutions that safeguard the Great Lakes as a shared and irreplaceable resource for future generations.
ESG Research
May 2023 - Aug 2024
I joined Trinity's Digital Solutions Team, led by Jason Schmitz, to leverage technology in streamlining environmental solutions, with a focus on tackling the complexities of Scope 1, 2, and 3 emissions. My role involves helping clients accurately measure, manage, and reduce both their direct (Scope 1) and indirect (Scopes 2 and 3) environmental impacts across their operations and supply chains.
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