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II — Digital

Closed-Loop Stabilization for an Underwater ROV

Control Systems Engineering Lead · Oceanus ThinkTank · MATE ROV

College Station, TX — May 2025 — Present

A 6-DOF PID feedback loop on a Raspberry Pi 5 + Blue Robotics Navigator stack — stabilizing a vehicle in dynamic fluid, streaming RTSP video for live photogrammetry.

• ▸Engineered a closed-loop PID control system in Python over ArduSub firmware to maintain attitude and depth under turbulent flow.
• ▸Architected the Distributed Control System: a Raspberry Pi 5 paired with a Blue Robotics Navigator flight controller, handling 6-DOF IMU telemetry and thruster output across a tethered Ethernet link.
• ▸Conducted a techno-economic trade study selecting a high-bandwidth SBC architecture to support photogrammetry and turbidity sensing requirements.
• ▸Built a live computer-vision tool that ingests an underwater RTSP feed and feeds variance-thresholded frames into Apple RealityKit for high-fidelity 3D scene reconstruction.

I — Molecular

Petroleum Coke → Battery-Grade Graphite

Undergraduate Researcher · Texas A&M College of Engineering

College Station, TX — February 2026 — Present

Catalytic conversion of waste petroleum coke into anode-grade graphite — high-energy ball milling, iron-catalyzed graphitization in a 1,600°C tube furnace, structurally validated via XRD.

• ▸Investigating low-cost, sustainable pathways from refinery byproduct to battery-grade graphite anode material.
• ▸Executing material synthesis through high-energy ball milling and iron-catalyst integration, then driving graphitization in high-temperature tube furnaces.
• ▸Characterizing synthesized samples with X-ray Diffraction (XRD) to quantify crystallinity and validate degree of graphitization.

I — Molecular

ExxonMobil Engineered-for-Safety Interlock

Team Lead — Aggies Invent · Texas A&M, Meloy Program

College Station, TX — November 2025

A SIL-rated safety interlock using Two-out-of-Two voting logic and SAE J1939 to prevent struck-by incidents in hazardous-location upstream and downstream environments. 3rd Place Overall.

• ▸Designed a SIL-rated safety interlock leveraging Two-out-of-Two (2oo2) voting logic and ISO 13849-1 standards to prevent struck-by incidents in high-risk zones.
• ▸Engineered a hardware-agnostic E-stop integration over SAE J1939, with Edge AI and Ultra-Wideband (UWB) proximity sensors triggering automatic shutdowns on dynamic buffer-zone breach.
• ▸Scaled deployment strategy across Upstream (mobile magnet-mount) and Downstream (fixed network) infrastructures, addressing HazLoc constraints throughout.

III — Creative

TEX-E Fellow — Greentown Labs

Ecosystem Builders Committee Co-lead · Texas Exchange for Energy & Climate Entrepreneurship

Houston, TX — May 2025 — May 2026

Bridging A&M research with early-stage climate-tech startups — carbon capture, hydrogen, low-carbon fuels — and translating dense process engineering into visual brand stories.

• ▸Co-lead the Ecosystem Builders Committee, organizing renewable-energy events and connecting students with industry leaders across the climate-tech corridor.
• ▸Assessed early-stage technologies in carbon capture, hydrogen production, and low-carbon fuels for process feasibility and industrial scalability.
• ▸Launched the TEX-E Instagram, scaling to 400+ followers by translating complex chem-E concepts into engaging bite-sized visual stories.