Welcome to my website! I am an Electrical Engineering student specializing in Signal and Image Processing, minoring in Cognitive Science with a focus in Neuroscience and Human-Computer Interaction at UC San Diego. I just finished studying abroad at Kyoto University for the Spring 2026 quarter. Read about my adventures!
A MESSAGE
If a life worth living is built on facing adversity, how can we build technology to help everyone struggle better?
I'm greedy for a full, intense life, hard days included. But no one should have to carry the strain alone.
ABOUT
I am currently 19 years-old. At 17, I figured there was more to life than sitting through six periods of classes and stressing over a 4.0 GPA just for a shot at getting into a "good" university. So, I decided to get busy and get a head start on living and dropped out (technically, tested out) of high school. That liberating sense of freedom did not last long. I managed to find my way into UC San Diego just a year and a half later 😂. My first year of junior at UCSD humbled me in more ways than I could have imagined. The experience was rough, but I still found ways to live, learn, and enjoy the ride along the way.
John 16:33"In the world you will have tribulation.
But take heart;
I have overcome the world."
When I am not "studying", my life is driven by the 3 G's: God, golf, and the gym or on Sundays, faith, family, and football. I have a massive passion for understanding new things, but I also love unwinding outside of technology. Whether that's watching a movie, reading book, solving jigsaw puzzles, or tracking game lines, projections, and spreads. My deepest passion, though, is ice hockey. I have been playing for 15 years now, so if you ever need a short washed forward for pick-up games, hit me up, just don't look up my elite prospects profile beforehand. Aside from sports and other interests, I love to travel, learn new cultures, and adventure. I have been very fortunate to explore different countries at such a young age, and I am hoping to continue to do so. You can read more about me and my thoughts right here in my logs.
My academic, professional, and personal journey is very unorthodox, and has been quite the adventure. If you want to discuss professional opportunities, talk shop, swap travel stories, debate LeBron Raymone James, or just say hi, feel free to contact me.
CURRENT
Senior* at UC San Diego pursuing a B.S. in Electrical Engineering with specialization in Signal and Image Processing, minoring in Cognitive Science with a focus in Neuroscience and Human-Computer Interaction (2025-2028).
*Senior standing, I still have a few more years 😂
GOALS
My Purpose- Be a decent human being.
- Get closer to God while staying grounded in the present.
- Do right by my people, and pour into others.
- Build technology that helps people overcome physical and mental limitations.
- Keep moving forward, even when the path is unclear.
EXPERIENCE
FPGA / RTL Design Engineer
Triton Quantitative Trading (TQT)
- Develop an FPGA-based ITCH 5.0 decoder in SystemVerilog to parse NASDAQ feeds from a 100G CMAC interface.
- Build an AXI4-Stream adapter to deserialize 512-bit bus data into 8-bit streams using
tkeepmasks for partial frames. - Extract order attributes (price, volume, side) at 1 byte/cycle and update Limit Order Book registers to output live top-of-book prices.
- Verify pipeline throughput and sub-microsecond latency using Vivado behavioral simulations on real market data.
- Unfortunately, I did not win a math competition in China 😔
La Jolla, California
Firmware Engineer
Triton NeuroTech (TNT)
- Programmming Arduino microcontrollers in C++ to read raw input data from EMG sensors and drive motor movements for prosthetic control.
- Configuring hardware pins and signal thresholds to ensure smooth, responsive sensor-to-actuator execution during initial testing.
- Documenting board configurations and baseline firmware setup before handing off the system to the mechanical team.
La Jolla, California
Battery Engineer
Triton Solar Car (TSC)
- Almost shorted a circuit my first year, hopefully they bring me back 🙏
La Jolla, California
Engineering Intern
NASA California Space Grant Consortium
- Engineered embedded C++ firmware for an ESP32-based algae detection robot, integrating turbidity, pH, and temperature sensors to generate over 1,000 reliable data readings for environmental monitoring.
- Designed Python workflows to automate calibration, process sensor data in real time, and generate visualizations that improved testing efficiency and reliability.
- Created technical documentation for sensor calibration and firmware deployment process.
San Jose, California
Hockey Coach
Sharks Sports & Entertainment
- Teaching and spreading the love of the game to the next generation 🫡
- Technically Celebrini and I are
co-workers
San Jose, California
Wireless Culinary Order Interceptor
Raising Cane's
- Was on the come up, one would say I was a Raising Cane. 😤🐕🍗🍞
San Jose, California
Acoustic Order Telemetrist
Shake Shack
- Two of the hardest weeks and weekends of my life, but we made it through!
- Time is relative, but memories last forever.
San Jose, California
EDUCATION
University of California, San Diego
B.S. Electrical Engineering, Minor in Cognitive Science
Signal and Image Processing
Activities and Societies: UCSD Ice Hockey Club, UCSD Surf Club, IEEE, Triton Neurotech, Triton Solar Car, Triton Quantitative Trading
Relevant Coursework:
- COGS 108: Data Science in Practice
- DSC 10: Principles of Data Science
- ECE 15: Engineering Computation: Introduction to Programming in C
- ECE 17: Object-Oriented Programming: Design and Development with C++
- ECE 25: Introduction to Digital Circuit Design
- ECE 35: Introduction to Analog Circuit Design
- ECE 45: Circuits and Systems
- ECE 109: Engineering Probability and Statistics
La Jolla, California
Kyoto University
Kyoto University International Exchange Program (KUINEP)
Activities and Societies: Developmental Neurorobtics (Veale Lab), Kyoto University Ice Hockey Club
Relevant Coursework:
- Basics of Informatics and Artificial Intelligence
- Fundamentals of Artificial Intelligence
- Behavioral Neuroscience
Kyoto, Japan
Evergreen Valley College
Focus in Engineering with coursework in Mathematics, Computer Science, and Physics
Activities and Societies: President - Engineering Club, Vice-President - Computer Science Club, and Math Club
Relevant Coursework:
- COMSC 028: Foundations of Data Science
- COMSC 041: Programming Concepts and Methodology I
- COMSC 075: Computer Science I: Introduction to Program Structures
- Computer Science II: Introduction to Data Structures
San Jose, California
CERTIFICATIONS
Community College Aerospace Scholars
NASA · Apr 2025
EMG Neural Prosthetics
Designing the embedded stack for an EMG controlled prosthetic: dual-core MCU architecture, low-latency motor control, and robust wireless telemetry.
Triton Solar Car
Developing the traction pack: cell modeling and selection, pack architecture, BMS integration, and safety/thermal testing.
FPGA HFT System
Developed a low-latency trading infrastructure on a Xilinx Kintex UltraScale FPGA using High-Level Synthesis (Vivado HLS)
Thoughts, reflections, and other musings