I'm an Industrial & Systems Engineering student at USC with a hands-on background in electrical engineering. I build things, study how systems work, and look for ways to make them run better.
01 — About
I'm a second-year Industrial and Systems Engineering student at the USC Viterbi School of Engineering, originally from Houston, Texas. What draws me to ISE is that almost everything we deal with every day is a system: a supply chain, a hospital, a club budget, even a school cafeteria. Every component and every small decision affects how the whole thing performs, and I like finding those factors and improving them.
I started at USC in Electrical and Computer Engineering before switching to ISE, and I've kept that hands-on side. I'm on the electrical team at USC Makers, where I've worked on projects from an automated guitar-chord system to interactive light-up sabers, and I also serve as the club's Director of Finance.
Outside of engineering, I tutor kids in math and reading, canvass and block-walk for causes I care about, and volunteer with my community, both back home in Houston and here at USC. I love research, and I'm always looking for my next research project.
02 — Projects
Interactive light-up sabers that glow and make sound when you swing them. I program addressable LED strips and integrate a speaker module and motion sensor, then solder, wire, and troubleshoot our custom circuit boards, testing battery power, brightness, and sound response to make them more reliable.
addressable LEDs · motion sensing · custom PCBsAn automated system that presses guitar chords. I built and tested solenoid actuator prototypes, then helped move to electromagnets for better precision and less noise. I soldered and integrated motors and an ESP32 microcontroller, and debugged circuits for heat, duty cycle, and noise.
ESP32 · electromagnets · solderingA 3D-printed drone designed to inspect abandoned buildings. We weighed size, material, cost, and safety trade-offs, and I helped build a multi-criteria decision framework to rank which buildings to restore first. We presented the design and its societal impact.
3D printing · decision analysisCan bin placement, signage, and reminders change how people recycle? I designed a two-week, mixed-methods study with 50 participants, analyzed surveys and bin observations, and presented the results in a formal research paper.
↑ 41.9% recycling frequency03 — Experience
Director of Finance
Business Operations Intern
I tutor students ages 5–14 each week, breaking problems into step-by-step approaches that fit how each student learns.
I knock on doors and talk with voters about the issues and causes I care about, in Houston and in Los Angeles.
I volunteer with community organizations back home in Houston and stay involved with student organizations on campus.
04 — Skills