Tiger Strake

I like building things that have to work outside a CAD model: aircraft, rockets, electronics, and test rigs where you can measure whether an idea was actually good. I'm especially interested in the parts where physics, fabrication, and embedded systems meet.

I also spend a lot of time 3D printing. I started with my own machines, later ran a fabrication lab at my high school, and still like the fast loop of printing a part, finding out what is wrong with it, and trying again.

Outside the lab, I like mountaineering because it is good exercise and the views are great. Around Stanford, I run the trails by the Dish; when I get the chance, I wakeboard. I also enjoy cooking, flying, and long conversations about slightly ridiculous technical ideas.

I hold EASA and FAA Private Pilot licences with single-engine piston privileges and a night qualification. I'm training toward an airplane multiengine class rating and a rotorcraft-helicopter rating, along with high-performance, complex, and tailwheel endorsements.

Flying is simply a lot of fun, and it makes spontaneous trips possible. The view from up there is hard to beat too. More on this on the flight page.

I'm looking for internships and research where I can design, build, and test real systems. Aerospace is the obvious fit, but I'm also interested in other physics-heavy work: planetary exploration, habitats and infrastructure for Mars, space engineering, orbital data centers, and additive manufacturing and 3D printing.

Very long term, I'd like to help build a Dyson sphere. It is obviously not a near-term plan, but I mean it.