About
I’m a senior at Los Altos High School in Los Altos, California. I’ve been building things for as long as I can remember, and most of what I work on now goes back to the LEGO robots I started with.
Background
LEGO
I got my first LEGO Mindstorms kit when I was 7. When I was 8, I tried to build a robot that could solve a Rubik’s Cube. I had to learn to solve the cube myself first. The program ended up too big for the robot’s memory, so it could only solve the first row.
After that I switched to LEGO Technic, which has real gears, axles and motors. My builds kept getting bigger, and by 2021 I had a whole wall of drawers just for the parts.
Circuits
Working with motors made me want to know how the electronics behind them worked. In 4th grade, two friends and I built a binary calculator out of logic chips on a breadboard for our science fair. It was the first electronic thing I built from scratch, and I kept going with circuits after that.
Flight
The other thing I was always into was planes. I built scale models and spent hours on flight simulators. In 9th grade, some friends and I started the Aviation Club so we could build things that actually fly.
That’s where planes and circuits came together for me. We started with rockets, then built a quadcopter, and now I design the circuit boards for the club’s drone swarm.
Robotics
The same year, I joined FRC Team 114. It was the same kind of building I’d done with LEGO, just with metal and much bigger robots. I led prototyping for two years, and in 2026 I led the design of our robot’s shooter and turret.
Robotics also got me into writing software. I built the team’s parts inventory system, and I co-founded FRC AutoScout, which tracks every robot in a match video so teams don’t have to scout by hand.
Research
Once I could build both hardware and software, I started using them for research. With Even Goldberg, I’m working on using robots to map wireless signals. It builds on my robotics work, and I’m designing the circuit board for the panel the robots carry.
My first project in medicine was Epitope Finder, a tool for transplant labs that I built with Manxuan Zhang in 10th grade. In 11th grade I started my own research on whether small AI models can safely plan cancer treatment, with guidance from Uri Ilan, MD, and Liron Yatziv, PhD.
Helping people
I’ve also used what I know to build things for people around me. MoodMeter is a quick, anonymous check-in app for students dealing with everyday stress. And when a home bakery was quoted $10,000 for a website, I built it for free.
Photos I’ve taken
Education
- Los Altos High SchoolClass of 2027
- Circuits I (EE 101A), grade AStanford Summer Session
- How We Will Build on MarsStanford Summer Session
- Biomedical EngineeringStanford Summer Institute
Leadership
- Founder & president, MoodMeter501(c)(3)
- Co-founder & co-president, Aviation Club40+ members
- Co-founder & CTO, FRC AutoScoutSince 2026
- Prototyping lead, FRC Team 1142 years
Honors
- Invited presenter, ASHI 52nd Annual MeetingInternational
- FIRST World Championship qualifier; San Francisco Regional Champion, 15–02024
- Google-Sponsored Autonomous Award; District Finalist, FIRST Robotics2026
- National Merit Commended ScholarNational
- AP Scholar with DistinctionNational
- PTSA project grants for the Aviation Club, grades 10–12School
- Creative Thinker Award, LAHS EngineeringSchool
- National Honor Society, California Scholarship Federation, Société Honoraire de FrançaisMember
Outside of school
- Piano13+ years, Royal Conservatory Level 6. Mostly Bach, Mozart, Beethoven and Chopin.
- Tennis10+ years, NTRP 4.0. I play singles and coach young kids in the summer.
- Scale aircraftI build models of civil and military planes.
- Flight simulationMostly navigation and instrument approaches.
- PhotographyMostly landscapes.
- 3D printingArchitectural models, drone parts and repairs around the house.
