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About Me:

I am a senior in Cornell University's School of Engineering majoring in Electrical and Computer Engineering. My primary research interest is automatic design, specifically applied to circuit design, control systems, and robotics.

Past research:

I’ve worked on several research projects with Dr. Hod Lipson. The first project was aimed at evolving a controller for a six-legged robot. We used evolutionary algorithms to evolve a controller that would make the robot travel as far as possible in a set amount of time. My role in the project was to design sensors that measure the robot’s performance. To accomplish this task, I used both an internal and an external approach. On board the robot, I used accelerometers connected to microcontrollers to measure the acceleration and subsequently derive distance traveled. Outside of the robot, we mounted a video camera that would monitor the robot’s movement. I wrote a C++ program that analyzed images from the camera and derived distance traveled. This project was a great experience because I got to solve tough problems while interacting with engineers in a number of disciplines including mechanical engineering and computer science. The second project is the evolutionary hardware research described on this website.