Mechanical Engineering
I'm on a path. One historically less traveled by women. One less traveled by artists. One that, however, I discovered is meant for me.
I received my Bachelor's of Science in mechanical engineering at the University of Texas at Dallas in 2020 and am continuing my studies at Stanford. Life as an engineering student has been definitely different from my high school days in various art-based classes, but in a way it is the same. Creativity is always needed and it's how I show my individuality. Although most of my days are lost in Calculus based problems or scientific reasoning, art has never and will never disappear. When I promised my high school teachers that I will never stop creating art, I really meant it. Using what I have been learning, I hope to become an open-minded engineer that combines artistry and engineering intuition to breakthrough current restrictions.
The first section of this page shows glimpses into introductory projects and learning experiences freshman year and in high school. Most of the advanced engineering projects I have completed are not shown due to intellectual property agreements.
I received my Bachelor's of Science in mechanical engineering at the University of Texas at Dallas in 2020 and am continuing my studies at Stanford. Life as an engineering student has been definitely different from my high school days in various art-based classes, but in a way it is the same. Creativity is always needed and it's how I show my individuality. Although most of my days are lost in Calculus based problems or scientific reasoning, art has never and will never disappear. When I promised my high school teachers that I will never stop creating art, I really meant it. Using what I have been learning, I hope to become an open-minded engineer that combines artistry and engineering intuition to breakthrough current restrictions.
The first section of this page shows glimpses into introductory projects and learning experiences freshman year and in high school. Most of the advanced engineering projects I have completed are not shown due to intellectual property agreements.
Senior Design 2019-2020
COVID-19 impacted the world in many ways and after all that has been said, I want to focus on what has not been said much. Yes, I wished I could have finished out my undergraduate experience celebrating with friends, going to my favorite advanced engineering class about how functional materials are made and why they are so revolutionary, and finishing out my capstone project with some of the most talented peers I have grown to call friends. Yes, those anticipated experiences were shattered by something smaller and yet bigger than all of us. However, I acknowledge and realize that this has impacted others to a far more devastating degree. It is for this reason that I hope for the day we will "win the war" against not only the real impacts of this virus but also the one against misguided speculation, manufactured doubt and fear, and the modern day plague of selfishness and blindness towards problems that do not directly impact ourselves. I have much to work on my end and invite you to both continue on yours and scold me if you see me off track.
Here's a intellectual-property-free peak into my team's capstone project. To learn more about this project's result or to collaborate with our team's sponsor, please visit rotolatch.com
Here's a intellectual-property-free peak into my team's capstone project. To learn more about this project's result or to collaborate with our team's sponsor, please visit rotolatch.com
Summer internship 2019
I interned at Raytheon's Space and Airborne Systems both full and part time from May 2018 to May 2019. Having worked for a defense contractor company means that I have restrictions on what I can share. I can share my amazement when I learned that Raytheon was the birthplace of the microwave and the fascination I still have for the Multispectral Targeting Systems that I got to help improve during my time there.
My 2019 projects at Texas Instruments utilized my artistic side significantly more than I expected; this auspicious circumstance helped me realize that my dreams to be both an engineer and an artist are compatible. I can be a modern Leonardo da Vinci. Here's some photos from Texas Instrument's "Bring your kids to work" event, where I volunteered as a photographer.
My 2019 projects at Texas Instruments utilized my artistic side significantly more than I expected; this auspicious circumstance helped me realize that my dreams to be both an engineer and an artist are compatible. I can be a modern Leonardo da Vinci. Here's some photos from Texas Instrument's "Bring your kids to work" event, where I volunteered as a photographer.
Summer internship 2017
I was part of a summer boot camp style internship in Plano, Texas. The office focused on education center architecture and is part of a larger engineering services company, collectively called Stantec. The other interns and I, in two teams, came up with separate designs and ideas for a conference center for Camp Grady Spruce. To better understand the tangible importance and presence of the ideas buzzing in the office, I was able to once again put on a hard hat and other personal protective equipment to visit a massive (well, sort of massive high school stadium in Texan terms) football stadium construction site.
2019 Club T-Shirt
Design for the UT-Dallas branch of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. Our university's mascot, Temoc (which is comet spelled backwards) had to compete with the unofficial mascot, Enarc (the crane at the center of campus construction) for attention.
group project 2017
This wooden structure, which we named Russian Swing due to its visual appearance, was created to demonstrate changes in normal force with increased weight as well as the nature of friction. This group project was created for an introductory statics course, which deals with the physics behind stable, motionless systems. I like to make things look way too extra, hence what you see below
Aiaa
UT-Dallas Chapter of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics: filled with the joy of being nerdy or at least trying to be cool with corny space puns. Public Relations Officer Fall 2018 - Spring 2020. AIAA UT-Dallas website