Research
Where the engineering meets a real question.
Behavioral science and HCI, applied cryptography and computer vision, and the ethics of the systems we build.
Behavior change & HCI
Studying behavior change to design methods that help people overcome personal fears. I analyze behavioral triggers, design intervention strategies, and prototype human-centered tools that interrupt negative patterns in real time.
Bio-inspired fiddler crab robot
A robotic claw that replicates the mating wave of a male fiddler crab, used on-field in Thailand for an international science and wildlife media production. Developed with Northwestern’s Department of Engineering Sciences and Applied Mathematics — I translated observed crab behavior into engineering requirements, then led the hardware selection, embedded software, motion planning, CAD, prototyping, and system integration. Python tools I wrote handled real-time motion tuning and data capture, so the wave got adjusted between takes rather than between builds.
Steganographic QR communication
QR codes embedded inside ordinary-looking photographs, so links and messages travel without exposing the encoded content. Built in Python, CoreML, and SwiftUI; I trained models to keep codes detectable through compression and noise while preserving image quality.
U.S. Air Force
U.S. Marine Corps
U.S. Navy
General ElectricThe ethics of ML & robotics
Through MIT’s MITES summer program I took courses in Robotics and Science Writing, culminating in a research paper on the ethics of machine learning and robots, which I presented at a closing symposium.