Making things, then helping others make them too.

LEGO robotics

I started with team LEGO robotics in elementary school, then continued building independently with a home kit. By middle school, I was taking on more competitive challenges—designing and programming within rules and deadlines—and built a LEGO NXT robot to solve a Rubik's Cube.

• LEGO
• LEGO NXT
• Team robotics
• Competition
• Independent building

FIRST Tech Challenge

I learned to program in a real language with Java and Android Studio. I wrote autonomous and driver-controlled code, then debugged it at competitions.

• FIRST Tech Challenge
• Java
• Android Studio

Stirling engine

I designed a Stirling engine in CAD, machined the parts, and built it into a functioning engine.

• CAD
• Machining
• Mechanical systems

Pen plotter concept

An electronics concept for a pen plotter, laid out around a Raspberry Pi, two stepper motors, and a controller board.

• Pen plotter
• Raspberry Pi
• Stepper motors
• Electronics

Makerspace R&D Assistant

I helped turn engineering design challenge ideas into manufacturable prototypes. One was an early glove-retainer prototype intended to help someone with limited dexterity put on a medical glove in a sterile environment. We explored a trolley moving along a rail over a vacuum chamber to stretch the glove, then reviewed the first printed design and worked through questions about fit, friction, travel, and how to move the trolley.

• Prototyping
• Manufacturing
• CAD
• Design iteration

The Future of Robotics

I gave this presentation for a class assignment. It captures ideas I was exploring at the time, rather than a fixed or current position on the future of robotics.

• Robotics
• Class presentation

Autonomous Rubik's Cube solving bot

I designed and built an autonomous 3x3 Rubik's Cube solver. A Raspberry Pi uses two USB cameras to capture the cube, Python software detects its colors and computes a solution, and six stepper motors drive the robotic arms. I designed the frame and arms in Autodesk Inventor, 3D printed the parts, and documented the build and bill of materials so future students could extend the project.

• Python
• Computer vision
• Raspberry Pi
• Autodesk Inventor
• 3D printing
• Stepper motors

Cello & Double Bass

Double bass jury performance

I performed this graded end-of-semester double bass jury on December 13, 2021.

• Double bass
• Jury
• Performance

Double bass

Pacific University orchestra

I took part in the orchestra's digital performance of Beethoven in the Stars.

• Orchestra
• Digital performance
• Beethoven in the Stars

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Rubik's Cube club and class

I started and taught a Rubik's Cube club in 8th grade, then taught a recurring class at an elementary school in high school.

• Teaching
• Rubik's Cube
• STEM

Pacific University String Project

I taught violin, cello, and double bass to community students in group classes and one-on-one private lessons. When COVID moved instruction online, I taught over Zoom.

• Violin
• Cello
• Double bass
• Online teaching

ASTA National Conference: String Project Best Practices

I co-presented with violinist and music educator Jonathan New at the Pacific University String Project's National String Project Consortium Best Practices session. We shared bow exercises for beginning, intermediate, and advanced students.

• ASTA
• String Project
• Bow exercises
• String education

LEGO Robotics Instructor

I led student teams through project-based robotics, providing technical guidance and keeping the classroom running safely.

• LEGO
• Robotics
• Classroom

Eastern Oregon University Senior Symposium

I presented my Rubik's Cube robot at the 2024 Senior Symposium and am returning to EOU as a guest speaker in January 2027.

• Guest speaker
• Robotics
• Teaching