Mechanical Engineering · UC San Diego · Expected March 2027
I build tools and hardware for real engineering systems.
I build tested software tools for physical systems, combining mechanical engineering, AI tooling, controls, robotics, and hardware-software integration.
Experience
Where I've worked
Plumbing Engineering Intern
Gouvis Engineering Consulting Group, Inc. · Irvine, CA
June 2026 to Sept 2026
- Designing plumbing systems for residential and commercial buildings: water distribution, drainage/waste/vent, and gas piping in AutoCAD and Revit.
- Performing pipe sizing and fixture-unit calculations against the California Plumbing Code and Title 24.
- Coordinating with mechanical, electrical, and architectural teams on multi-disciplinary projects.
HVAC Engineering Intern
Gouvis Engineering Consulting Group, Inc. · Irvine, CA
June 2025 to Sept 2025
- Supported HVAC system design by performing load calculations to ASHRAE standards and engineering codes.
- Produced and reviewed mechanical plan sets for residential and commercial buildings in AutoCAD and Bluebeam Revu.
Embedded & Electronics Lead
Vertical Flight Society · San Diego, CA
Nov 2024 to June 2025
- Led electrical integration for an eVTOL firefighting drone—batteries, ESCs, Pixhawk 4, and a hand-soldered wiring harness—reaching 49.6 N thrust at a 1.26 thrust-to-weight ratio.
- Designed and tested payload delivery mechanisms through iterative prototyping.
- Coordinated with mechanical and controls teams on power distribution, weight, and system safety.
- Mentored new members through embedded systems fundamentals and hardware/software debugging.
Selected work
Projects
Nine case studies across AI tooling, controls, robotics, UAV systems, aerodynamics, thermal, and mechanism design.
Deterministic Engineering Tools for AI Assistants
A TypeScript Model Context Protocol server that gives AI assistants five deterministic mechanical-engineering tools, replacing plausible guesses with validated, checkable calculations.
Actuator Performance Analyzer
A reproducible Python and MATLAB workflow that turns measured PID encoder data into step-response metrics and shows the tradeoff between integral gain, overshoot, and steady-state error.
Cantilever FEA Validation
Validated a 6061-T6 aluminum cantilever in ANSYS Mechanical against Fusion 360 and Euler-Bernoulli beam theory under a 444.82 N end load, matching hand calculations within 3.8% for stress and 4.4% for deflection.
Competition Robot
A compact robot that drives, rotates an arm, and grasps objects with a geared claw. Engineered end to end from concept sketches through scored competition runs using Fusion 360, GD&T, Soldering, and quasi-static force analysis.
eVTOL Wildfire-Response Quadcopter
Remote-controlled electric VTOL quadcopter optimized for wildfire response: waypoint navigation, precision hover, and payload delivery, driven by a full avionics and Power Distribution stack.
Leading-Edge Slat Aerodynamics
How a custom leading-edge slat changes flow over a NACA 8612 airfoil at high angle of attack. Hele-Shaw flow visualization validated against ANSYS Fluent CFD.
Pin-Fin Heat Sink Characterization
Convective heat transfer characterization of a bare plate and two pin-fin arrays across free convection, forced laminar, and forced turbulent flow regimes, simulated in Fusion 360.
Escapement Pendulum Clock
A working acrylic pendulum-and-escapement clock designed as a sculptural form. Modeled in Fusion 360 and AutoCAD, then Laser Cutting the parts and comparing two rigid-body timing models against measured behavior.
Rotational Position Control (PID Tuning)
Modeled a 2-DOF torsional control system on real DSP-controlled hardware and tuned a PID controller by root locus design, closing a steady-state error the calculated gains left unresolved.
About
Design. Analyze. Build. Test.
I'm a mechanical engineering student at UC San Diego, graduating with a B.S. in March 2027. I build across software and physical systems, from deterministic AI engineering tools and controls to CAD, fabrication, and instrumented testing.
Recent work includes an open-source MCP server with five tested engineering tools, a competition robot, an eVTOL wildfire-response quadcopter, and controls, aerodynamic, and thermal validation projects. I'm seeking Winter 2027 internships and 2027 new-grad roles in applied AI, engineering software, solutions engineering, robotics, controls, thermal engineering, mechanical design, and R&D.
Software & AI Tooling
- TypeScript
- Model Context Protocol
- Node.js
- Bun
- Zod
- Git
- GitHub Actions
- Unit Testing
Engineering Software
- SolidWorks
- Fusion 360
- Creo Parametric
- CATIA
- AutoCAD
- Revit
- ANSYS Fluent
- Bluebeam Revu
- MATLAB
- Python
Fabrication & Methods
- GD&T
- FEA
- CFD
- Linear Controls
- 3D Printing
- Laser Cutting
- Machining
- Sheet Metal
- Injection Molding
- Soldering
- Prototyping
Electronics
- Circuit Design
- Arduino
- Pixhawk Flight Controllers
- Power Distribution
Let's build
Let's build something useful together.
Applied AI engineering, engineering software, solutions engineering, mechanical and thermal systems, controls, robotics, and R&D. Happy to talk about any of it.