Visual Learning Lab @ UCSD

• Working with embedding models to predict developmental visual learning trajectories using BabyView and experimental datasets
• Built and Maintained reproducible data pipelines for behavioral experiment data; documented workflows and versioned code to support collaboration..

ACM @ UCSD --- AI Projects, La Jolla, CA

• Mentored and directed teams through the end-to-end ML lifecycle, provided technical guidance on model architecture selection, loss function optimization, and deployment.
• Lead weekly standups to unblock project progress and coordinate pacing, collaboration, and quality across the team.

Data Science Society (DS3) @ UCSD, La Jolla, CA

• Built a full-stack course planning and visualization web app used by UCSD students; placed 1st out of 12 teams in a quarterly competition judged by HDSI faculty and industry engineers.
• Engineered Python and Go data pipelines to process 2,500+ course records and recursively parse prerequisite graphs into AST-based tree structures.

UC San Diego (URL Lab), La Jolla, CA

• Conducted econometric regression analysis in STATA to evaluate regional economic impacts of educational policy spillovers using IPUMS and World Bank data
• Standardized 10,000+ points census records across datasets for analysis in STATA, presented findings to research team.

UC San Diego, La Jolla, CA

• Participated in the Transfer Research Experience Program in the Mathematics Department, implementing and training CNNs and image classification and clustering models
• Developed and optimized classification and clustering workflows using NumPy, Pandas, and PyTorch, reducing model errors by 40% through rapid iteration and parameter tuning

Growth Sector, San Francisco, CA

• Applied foundational civil engineering concepts by modeling infrastructure systems in Revit 2016, Bridge Designer Software and CAD
• Programmed an Arduino microcontroller to wirelessly control a vehicle across a student-built bridge, integrating coding, electronics, and mechanical design

City College of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA

• Tutored 20+ students weekly in calculus and physics, improving average student grades by one letter grade through targeted problem-solving support
• Provided 10+ hours of weekly office hours in collaboration with faculty, improving student pass rates in calculus and physics

NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (Remote)

• Engineered a simulated Mars rover mission plan, balancing latency, power limits, data transmission, and reliability for success
• Analyzed telemetry and communication strategies for remote robotic systems to optimize mission efficiency

LionDanceMe, San Francisco, CA

• Collected, processed, and visualized availability data for 100+ student members to coordinate practice scheduling
• Built a digital attendance tracking system that logged 750+ events, replacing manual record-keeping and reducing manual workload
• Led teams on-site at performances, serving as primary contact with event managers and clients; also performed as a dancer

Bert Hsu Academy, San Francisco, CA

• Scripted, recorded, and edited video content for social media channels, and photographed students for annual yearbook production