My Experience
HELLO AGAIN! This is where you can explore my professional and technical background. Below you will find my work and research experience spanning power electronics, analog design, and beyond. If any of it sparks your interest or if you're an expert in these areas please reach out :)
Work Experience
University of Central Florida | Undergraduate Research Assistant
Orlando, FL | February 2026 – Present
Designed a 20-stage Cockcroft-Walton voltage multiplier PCB in Altium for integration into a medium-voltage power module
Optimized MOV placement in an MV hybrid DC circuit breaker power stack using PINN, improving current balance by 48%
Performed aluminum wire bonding on MOSFET and PCB interconnects using a TPT HB75 to improve thermal dissipation
Simulated voltage multiplier circuits in Simulink to determine ideal frequencies, voltage, capacitor ratings, and diode values
Arup Group | Electrical Engineering Intern
San Francisco, CA | May 2025 – August 2025
Designed fiber optic wiring systems for Equinix’s new 280,000 sqft SV18 & SV19 data center, supporting 34 MW of power
Conducted site visits at UCSF Parnassus Hospital, installing 4.8–27 kV switchgear and electrical wiring per NEC standards
Validated electrical designs across 12 major projects in coordination with 30+ contractors using UniFi and SKM Power Tools
Engineered power distribution systems in Revit MEP for industrial buildings up to 850,000 sqft, focusing on system reliability
Lockheed Martin Corporation | Analog Design Engineering Intern
Orlando, FL | August 2024 – May 2025
Performed deep Monte Carlo simulations on PUFs, generating 10+ million data points to evaluate randomness for security
Evaluated 200+ IC designs in Synopsys, analyzing power, performance, area, and functionality across multiple circuit designs
Simulated 25 AC/DC and RLC circuits weekly in LTspice, improving efficiency by minimizing conduction and switching losses
Created 10-15 block diagrams from full EDA schematics in Visio to communicate system architecture to cross-functional teams
University of Central Florida | Undergraduate Learning Assistant
Orlando, FL | January 2025 – May 2025
Led 2 weekly office-hour sessions supporting 120+ students in digital systems topics including Boolean algebra and logic gates
Developed 150+ problems with 4 fellow ULAs throughout the semester, raising average scores by 10% from Midterm 1 to 2
Designed synchronous and asynchronous sequential logic examples to connect classroom concepts with real-world applications
Supported graduate TAs in weekly lab sessions debugging Verilog code for BASYS-3 FPGA boards and proofreading lab reports
Research Work
Undergraduate Research: Harmonic Distortion in Wide-Bandgap Power Conversion
April 2026 - Present
Simulated a single-phase GaN H-bridge inverter in LTspice with 20 kHz SPWM, achieving 19.2 V peak output at 0.03% THD-F
Built and validated an FFT-based THD-F pipeline in MATLAB with harmonic detection to the 50th order, confirmed to <0.01% error
Diagnosed high-side gate drive failure in LTspice H-bridge by replacing NMOS with ideal switch models, restoring correct SPWM output
Independent Research Study: GaN-Based High-Frequency DC-DC Converter
January 2026 - Present
Designed a 15W GaN synchronous buck converter from first principles, deriving component values for 2MHz operation
Simulated GaN buck converter in LTspice using EPC2020 SPICE models, characterizing efficiency across load and frequency
Developed MATLAB loss model separating switching, conduction, and gate drive losses across a 1–10MHz frequency sweep
Laid out GaN converter PCB in Altium applying high-frequency layout techniques including minimized switching loop area
Research Paper: The Global Data Center Dilemma - Under Review
January 2026 - Present
Compared generation mix and grid carbon intensity (g CO2/kWh), analyzing coal, natural gas, hydro, wind, and solar sources
Analyzed grid interconnection constraints, comparing queue sizes (<5 GW to 400+ GW) and wait times (1–2 to 5–10+ years)
Evaluated data center environmental impacts including carbon emissions, thermal discharge, and infrastructure sustainability