First-year mechanical engineering student at Purdue.
I'm looking for a Summer 2027 internship in mechanical design, aerospace, or robotics. Before Purdue I spent six years on a VEX robotics team in Santa Ana, California, and captained it. I led the design and programming of our last two robots: I modeled the mechanisms in CAD, made the parts, and wrote the control code.
Our 2025-26 robot went to the VEX World Championship, finished in the top 8% of the teams there, and ranked #33 in the world in programming skills. VEX is a student robotics competition with more than 20,000 teams.
The Push Back robot on the stage at the 2026 VEX World Championship.
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PUPurdue University West Lafayette, IN
B.S. Mechanical Engineering, class of 2030, with the ECE Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning minor. Member of Purdue FSAE and ASME.
Irvine Valley College Irvine, CA
Dual enrollment in high school: Calculus I to III, Linear Algebra, and Oral Communication, all transferred to Purdue.
Experience
2ZTeam Captain VEX team 2147Z
2019 to 2026 · Santa Ana, CAI captained a VEX robotics team for six years. We qualified for the World Championship 5 times. I ran each build season in sprints, with build sessions every morning and afternoon.
AAPurchasing Intern Ascent Aerospace
Jun 2025 to Jul 2025 · Santa Ana, CAI spent two months in purchasing at an aerospace tooling manufacturer. I entered purchase orders and invoices in SAP and kept supplier certifications and audit records current for AS9100, ISO 9001, and ITAR. The intern team also built a logo tooling part, which was printed in ABS and then CNC milled to size.
LEFounder and CEO Legacy Enterprises
2025 to May 2026 · Santa Ana, CAI started an apparel business through my school's entrepreneurship program and ran it with a team of 32 students until it ended in May 2026. We handled more than $2,000 in orders and inventory, and I set up how we sourced suppliers, scheduled production, priced the product, and checked quality.
IRFounder and President Integer Robotics Education
2023 to present · Santa Ana, CAI founded a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that teaches robotics, drones, and coding to school-age children. A core team of 4 has reached more than 500 of them. Our instructors are local high school students, and before I left for Purdue I wrote the curriculum down so the program can continue without me.
Awards
- 2026VEX World Championship, top 8% of all teams, representing Southern California
- 2026#33 in the world in VEX programming skills
- 2025-266 awards in the Push Back season: Tournament Champions, Excellence, Design, Innovate, Judges, and the Build Award that qualified the team for Worlds
- 2025VEX AI World Championship, special recognition award
- 2024-2513 awards in the High Stakes season, including 3 Excellence, 2 Tournament Champion, and the Design Award that qualified the team for Worlds
- 2025National Merit Commended Scholar, top 4% of PSAT scorers
- 2022Gold Presidential Service Award