Industrial Automation

Built a VPN system for remote programming and testing of actual FRC RoboRIO hardware — not a simulator — and learned as much about networking latency as robotics in the process.

Home automation interests me because it brings systems thinking into everyday physical life.

Designed and tested a DIY HVAC solution for an unresolved third-floor heating and cooling problem using 12-inch ducts and AC Infinity inline fans — before a full system replacement validated the approach.

A LabVIEW and CompactRIO data acquisition system to measure a novel Solar Thermal Electric Panel against commercial systems — results published on ResearchGate.

A standardized test robot built from LEGO for repeatable, reconfigurable multi-motion and vision testing — because having a reliable test platform is the difference between debugging code and debugging hardware at the same time.

Multi-language robotics programming across NI hardware for FRC mentorship — maintaining parallel codebases for the same robot behaviors to understand what's universal versus what's a language artifact.

A system for syncing and displaying family photos across Echo Show devices — where the hard problem turned out to be curation, not display.

Built a remote learning environment during the pandemic so students could access LabVIEW software and physical lab hardware from anywhere — keeping a robotics program running when everything else shut down.

Robotics brings together many of the things I care about most: building, learning, teamwork, mentorship, and the joy of making complex systems real.

Projects building robots, mentoring students through FIRST Robotics, and creating the tools and environments that make hands-on learning possible.