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Curriculum Vitae
Curriculum Vitae
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Current Experience
Current Experience
Graduate Research Fellow
Graduate Research Fellow
U.S. Army CCDC Army Research Laboratory
May 2019 – Present
- Research engineer in the Vehicle Technology Directorate (VTD) applying multi-GPU computer vision and deep-learning based generative models to microscale material images, bridging the gap between deep learning and what we understand about material systems
- Additional projects include: bringing domain expertise into a large-scale project for the JAIC involving analysis of over 27 TB of health monitoring system data for the H-60 platform - utilizing bayesian methodologies as well as recursive learning
Platoon Leader/Pilot
Platoon Leader/Pilot
May 2015 – Present
- Commissioned into the US Army Reserves as a UH-60L Blackhawk pilot in May 2015
- Currently assigned to B-Company, 1-158th AVN RGT in Conroe, TX as a Pilot/Platoon Leader, rank 1LT
- Directly responsible for almost 30 personnel and 5 aircraft, totaling approx. $110 million in Army assets.
- Job requirements consist of maintaining flight minimums, training requirements, and professional military education while enabling other personnel in the platoon to do the same.
Student Regent
Student Regent
Jun 2019 – Present
- Appointed by the Governor of Texas to serve as the sole student member to the Texas A&M Board of Regents for a one-year term (June 2019 - June 2020)
- Responsible for advocating for 167,000 students across 11 individual campuses internationally
- Directly provide oversight to the Texas A&M University System’s budget of ~$6.3 billion in revenue and expenditures, reviewing proposals as fit for the individual campuses in the system
Research/Academic Awards
Research/Academic Awards
- 2020 TAB Review selectee, oral presentation of my work entitled "Deep-Learning Based Modeling of Material Microstructures"
- Recipient of NSF fellowship entitled D3EM (Data-driven Discovery and Design of Energy Materials) in Fall 2017
Other Awards
Other Awards
- Air Assault Course Distinguished Honor Graduate, class rank #1 of 220, January 2019
- Buck Weirus Spirit Award, April 2018
- Awarded for outstanding service to the Texas A&M Campus Community
In The News
In The News
Former Employment
Former Employment
Research Assistant
Research Assistant
January 2015 – Present
- Ph.D. Student at Texas A&M University studying machine learning, reinforcement learning, computational biology, experimental design, and stochastic systems.
- Currently has many publications in multiple journals and IEEE Conference Proceedings, and has also published and currently maintains the open source R software 'BoolFilter' on the worldwide R repository, CRAN.
- Currently involved in projects concerning Reinforcement Learning, a means of Optimal Control of Markov Decision Processes where the underlying model is unknown to the observer and an optimal control policy may be "learned" by the controlling agent after a sufficient number of training episodes.
Substation Engineer
Substation Engineer
November 2013 – October 2015
- Assisted in the creation and design of protective relaying systems for high voltage utility power distribution substations.
- Directly responsible for generating protective relaying philosophies, design of substation layouts and panels, and programming of protective relaying equipment
- Directly interacted with and produced projects for El Paso Electric Company, McCord Engineering, Cross Texas Transmission, BTU, and other clients
Former Volunteering/Student Involvement
Former Volunteering/Student Involvement
Traditions Lunch Co-Chair
Traditions Lunch Co-Chair
Houston A&M Club
August 2017 - May 2019
- Responsible for coordination of a monthly speaker series involving high-impact Aggies (or Aggie affiliates) in the professional, academic, and political spheres.
2017 Aggie Muster Chair
2017 Aggie Muster Chair
Ft. Rucker Aggie Club
- Coordinated the Aggie Muster event for the Ft. Rucker A&M club in 2017, attended by approximately 40 Aggies, as well as non-university affiliated family and friends
Executive Vice President
Executive Vice President
Texas A&M University Student Government
May 2015 – May 2016
- Responsible for stepping in for the Student Body President at a moment’s notice and coordinating the efforts of the Student Government Executive Cabinet to align with the SBPs vision.
- Co-Chair of the Wind Chimes Task Force, a student-led initiative to help visually impaired student navigate campus. Directly responsible for the implementation of wind chimes currently hanging in various strategic locations on campus, as well as fundraising thousands of dollars to maintain the project into the future.
- Sat on numerous university committees and boards, including Recreational Sports, Student Affairs Fee Advisory Board, Student Organization Funding Assistance Board, Campus Concealed Carry Task force, and others.
Founding Partner
Founding Partner
Texas A&M Career Closet
September 2015 – May 2016
- Assisted in the acquisition of over $100,000 from various donors, including Chancellor Sharp, for startup and endowment funding for Texas A&M Career Closet and other similar operations across the system.
- Responsibilities include interacting at donation drives, speaking at organizational meetings to raise awareness, and giving tours of the closet to various individuals from the Association of Former Students, the Texas A&M Foundation, the Memorial Student Center, etc.
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