Nanosecond-Switching Langmuir Gates
This was a theoretical device that I theorized and proposed as a component for a larger device for genetic printing. The proposal has been submitted to the Nano-Innovator-Grant for evaluation Summer 2027.
I spent one summer researching the field of biophotonics at UCSD. One of the central goals of the research was to discover a way to synthesize DNA strands longer than the current upper limit. As part of my theorized genetic printing device, a molecular gate which could switch its gating state with perfect efficiency within a few microseconds was required. No solid-state nanopore in the literature was capable of fulfilling this task. The best gates were more than one-thousand times slower than required and were not completely efficient. The gate I proposed is completely efficient and switches within nanoseconds, remaining open only when exposed to UV light. The full documentation for my proposal may be found here.
Graphene Composite Compressor
The following graphene compression machine is meant to handle one thousand pounds of force and is machined from stainless steel. It was a central device to synthesize our team’s desired thermal composite material.
My role in my team’s senior capstone project was to build a graphene compression chamber to study compact graphene composites. I came up with a process flow for creating our group’s special composite material, CADed, and manually machined the compression device. The project lasted six months, involving both wet chemistry and mechanical processing. The end result was a graphene composite that showed enhanced thermal conductivity based on the density of intercalated particles within the compressed graphene.
Node Form
The “Node Form” project was an open sourced plugin made for Blender. It is an extension that allows users to enter a mathematical parameterization into a graphical interface and receive an animated visualization of their transformation.
Mathematical transformations are quite beautiful, but not everyone has the background to visualize them from looking at equations alone. I wanted to give others the ability to see them through my software. During my freshman year of college, I finished my first version of the program. It was not until nearly a year later when I completely finalized my project. The results of which can be found here on my github, and the tutorial for it is linked here.
Alameda Garden
The Alameda Garden is a specialized garden bed designed for the residents of the Alameda Homeless Shelter in San Jose. It is rollable, elevated, and able to be closed and locked during the night.
I joined the Boy Scouts in the summer of 2016. I have made plenty of great friends and learned many great lessons during my time there. I attained the rank of Eagle Scout on November 9, 2021. A major requirement of this highest rank is the completion of the Eagle Project. The project was built for the residents of the Alameda Homeless Shelter during the COVID-19 Pandemic. Of the activities available to them during the quarintine times, gardening was one that many enjoyed. However, due to security procol, there were no garden beds available to them, only pottery. This project provided the residents with a garden bed which remained secure during the night. For more details on the project, information can be found here.
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