I'm an engineer, educator, and researcher who loves building things, breaking things, and fixing things.
With a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering and a background that bridges robotics, control systems, mechatronics, and medical devices, I've led R&D projects from early-stage concepts to testable, real-world prototypes. My journey has spanned industry and academia: I've developed soft and hard robotic systems for medical applications, taught university-level courses in statistics, dynamics and machine design, and collaborated on interdisciplinary teams across engineering, healthcare, and data science.
Selected Projects

Soft Robotic Medical Device Control System
Online Jacobian estimation give a cable-driven soft robot mo...

Handheld Delta Robot for Enhanced Motor Control
As part of a project on collaborative robotics I designed an...

Grip Force Device Validation for Muscular Dystrophy Research
While new therapies are continuously introduced to treat mus...

Surgical Skill Evaluation Research Project
I managed a large-scale research project evaluating surgical...
Selected Work Experience
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