About Me

University of Michigan

In the fall, I will return to Michigan to study Computer Science in the Sequential Undergraduate/Graduate Studies (SUGS) Program which is an accelerated masters program. I plan on taking rigorous courses like CSE 585: Advanced Scalable Systems, CSE 592: Foundations of AI, and CSE 598: Computer Architecture.

Recently graduated Summa Cum Laude from the University of Michigan with a Bachelors of Science in Engineering (BSE) in Computer Science with a minor in Statistics. I accomplished this in only three years and was able to do so while maintaining a 3.94 GPA.

In my time at Michigan so far, I have taken many CS courses covering a wide breadth. Some of these courses include EECS 445: Intro to ML, EECS 482: Intro to OS, EECS 487: Intro to NLP, EECS 471: Applied GPU Programming, and EECS 491: Intro to Distributed Systems. And through these courses, I got to work on many different projects. My most impressive project was designing and creating a search engine from scratch in C++ in a group of 7. Some of my other achievements are:

• Creating a CNN from scratch in cuda
• Implementing Paxos in go
• Creating a simple network file system
• Researching the effectiveness of adversarial training in NLP contexts
• Performing transfer learning with a CNN from scratch
• Implementing a OS page system
• Creating a consistent and sharded, distributed key/value storage

I also delved further into the world of data with my stats minor by taking courses such as TO 414: Advanced Analytics for Management Consulting, STATS 413: Applied Linear Regression, and STATS 306: Statistical Computing.

UofM Awards

I am a James B. Angell Scholar for 5 consecutive semesters with only A's. I have also received the Phillip Goldman Scholarship and the Lieutenant Francis Brown Lowry Scholarship from the College on Engineering for the 2023-24 and 2024-25 academic years respectively. In addition, I was on the deans list and received the University Honors designation each semester for all six semesters for maintaining a GPA above 3.5.

Croton Harmon High School

I spent my high school years at CHHS. Throughout, I maintained a 4.0+ GPA. I was an active member and President of the CHHS Pi Squad and Vice President of the Programming club.

National Merit Finalist

I took part in the National Merit Scholarship program and am a finalist. I was the only person in Croton Harmon's class of 2022 to become a semi-finalist or finalist. When I first became a semi-finalist the story was published in the River Journal North, a local newspaper.

Thomas J. Watson Memorial Scholarship

I have received the Thomas J. Watson Memorial Scholarship established in 1957. The selection committee evaluates applicants based on academic achievements and community involvement.

Certificates

• I completed Stanford's Machine Learning Course taught by Andrew Ng, in February 2022.
• I completed Harvard's CS50x taught by David Malan, in October 2021.
• I became a certified Java Developer through the Microsoft Technology Associate program in June 2021.
• I am a lifeguard certified by the Red Cross.
• I completed the CDC Heads Up Concussions Safety Program for Youth Sports Coaches.

Hobbies

I like coding and choose to code in my free time outside of class or work. I enjoy creating games to practice my skills and learn new languages while making something fun. You can view a full list of the projects I worked on here.

I have been doing Taekwondo for 15 years now and have become a fourth degree black belt. I am currently the president of the University of Michigan Taekwondo Club. Last year, I was the Travel Coordinator. I also lead the beginner classes. As part of the club, I have represented the university at a numerous collegiate and state tournaments. In the past, I worked as a Senior Instructor at UMAC Briarcliff.

Growing up on the Hudson River, I enjoy many different water activities. I enjoy sailing and kayaking as well as swimming. I worked at the Croton Sailing School as a Sailing Instructor and for Heritage Management Services as a Lifeguard.