VP of Engineering
Ranger category, X Academy Hephaestus Robotics. Led a group of 3 coders, supported the CTO in building the ROV, and built an AI detection system. In charge of management and production of the main ROV.
2026
The breakthrough year — ROV Worlds, ISEF, and the Conrad Challenge.
Awards & Honors
ISEF
First Award, $500
Patent and Trademark Office Society
Science Fair
Best in Show, Senior Division
Santa Cruz County Science Fair — also ISEF Finalist
Science Fair
Outstanding Electrotechnology Experiment
IEEE
Science Fair
Armed Forces Award
Santa Cruz County Science Fair
Innovation
Distinguished Conrad Innovator
The Conrad Challenge — Fireguard Technology
State
CSEF Qualified Participant
California State Science & Engineering Fair
Robotics
1st Place, MATE ROV World Championship
St. Johns, Newfoundland & Labrador, Canada — won among 47 teams from 15 countries.
1st Place, MATE Northern California Regional
Watsonville, CA.
Projects
Autonomous Wildfire Suppression Firefighting Robot
A model prototype firefighting robot that moves, senses, and extinguishes fire in rough terrain, with an embedded sensor fusion algorithm combining YOLOv8 visual detection with LiDAR, ultrasonic, and IR camera data.
Also this year
Stanford University — CS106EA
Completed "Exploring Artificial Intelligence" over the summer.
University of North Dakota
Started Math 207: Introduction to Linear Algebra (ongoing).