Curriculum Vitae

Ph.D. in Robotics Engineering

• Research focus: Surgical robotics, robot infrastructure, model-based robotics, simulation, multi-modal data pipeline, advanced perception and automation using AI algorithms
• Visiting Graduate Scholar at LCSR JHU between June 2023 and May 2026

M.S. in Mechanical Engineering

• Thesis: Imitation Learning with Dynamic Movement Primitives

Senior-year Visiting Undergraduate Student

B.S. in Mechanical Engineering

Visiting Graduate Scholar

• Develop infrastructures to be shared with the dVRK community
• Develop high-fidelity simulation environments for NSF AccelNet Surgical Robotics Challenges
• Conduct advanced research utilizing the physical dVRK and simulation environments for surgical robotics applications
• Led International Conference Workshop live demonstrations in 2024 ISMR

Research Technician

• Reactivated the full da Vinci Surgical Systems using the dVRK controllers and software
• Developed novel replacement solutions for defective joint encoders and brakes of the dVRK arms
• Owned a novel approach for surgical instrument lubrication and instrument internal cable tension recovery
• Developed a replacement solution for the dVRK viewer console monitors and re-enabled the height adjustment linear actuator
• Developed the video pipeline for endoscope image stacks using Video for Linux v2 drivers, sharing with the dVRK community

Image-Guided Therapy Robotics Intern

• Developed a robot motion simulator using raw DICOM input and PyQt 5, improving refreshing frequency by 30x
• Integrated Xbox game controller as alternative control input
• Performed analytical analysis on simulator-generated data