Robotics: Team 6502 DARC SIDE

As a founding 3 year member of FRC team 6502 DARC SIDE, I can say robotics has been one of the best experiences I have had in high school. DARC SIDE has taught me how to work well with others and apply what I learn in class to the real world. This team has given me experience in mechanical and electrical engineering, fabrication, CAD, data analysis, and much more.

As a team, DARC SIDE has been to the Houston World Championship twice in the 3 years I was on the team, and has won countless awards for robot design and engineering. I was nominated for the Dean's List award by the team.

Racing Drones: Quads and Wings

FPV stands for first-person view, where the pilot flies by using real time feed from a camera mounted on the drone. Whether it's learning how to hand-launch a plane, flying over large construction sites, formation flying with friends and a mounted 360º camera, or practicing flying through gaps, FPV wings and quads are always a blast!

Oregon Geophysics Project

Over the summer of 2018, I was invited to participate in a research project to map several areas of land in eastern Oregon. As a commercial drone pilot, I upgraded a DJI Matrice 600 with a Micasense RedEdge multispectral camera and a Zenmuse XT thermal camera and used Pix4D photogrammetry software to generate accurate maps of these areas. I also gained experience with ground based Magnetometers and EM devices.

Origami

Since I was in 2nd grade, origami has always interested me, both because of the incredible models that can be made and the potential mathematical and engineering applications of folding sheet material in complex ways. Recently I studied platonic solids as part of a non-euclidian geometry class, and then researched the connections between mathematics and origami. This led me to volunteer at the NC State University JRMF, teaching origami and the connections it has to mathematics.