I am a PhD student in the Civil & Environmental Engineering Department at the University of Michigan. My research is focused on modeling the geometry and structural behavior of deployable, curved-fold structures inspired by origami.
My long-term goal is to implement analysis methods for this unique flavor of structures in order to gain a greater understanding of their anisotropic and geometry-dependent stiffness properties in the context of large-scale, civil structures. My PhD advisor is Dr. Evgueni Filipov.
Ph.D.
Civil Engineering
University of Michigan - Ann Arbor, MI
2017 - Present
B.S.
Civil Engineering
Tufts University - Medford, MA
2013 - 2017
Study Abroad
University of Hong Kong - Hong Kong, HK
Spring 2016
Sigma Xi (The Scientific Research Honor Society) Associate Member
2018
Recipient of 2018 NSF GRFP Fellowship
2018
Finalist in 2018 ASCE Earth & Space Conference Student Paper Competition
2018
American Institute of Steel Construction & the Great Lakes Fabricators and Erectors Association (AISC/GLFEA) Scholarship
2017
Structural Engineers Association of Massachusetts (SEAMASS) Scholarship
2017
NYC Post Society of American Military Engineers (SAME) Max O. Urbahn Scholarship
2016
Chris Conklin Student Scholarship
2016
Connecticut Association of Realtors Raymond F. Gates, Jr. Memorial Scholarship
2013
Questbridge Scholar
2013
Engineer in Training - Civil Engineering
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
2017
Junior Staff Engineer & GIS Technician
Infrasense, Inc. - Woburn, MA
2016 - 2017
Engineer's Assistant
Structural Integrity Engineering Group, Inc. - Medford, MA
2014 - 2015
Graduate Research Assistant
Deployable & Reconfigurable Structures Lab
University of Michigan
2017 - Present
Course Grader
Dept.s of Mathematics & CEE
Tufts University
2014 - 2016
Group Organizer
Girls in Science and Engineering (GISE) Summer Camp
University of Michigan
2018
Brunch & Trivia Organizer
CoE Visit Weekend
University of Michigan
2018
ComSciCon (communicating science)
Ann Arbor, MI
25-26 Aug 2018
PhD Connections (career development)
Ann Arbor, MI
13 Apr 2018
ASCE Earth & Space Conference
Cleveland, OH
9-12 Apr 2018
ASME IDETC/CIE
Cleveland, OH
6-9 Aug 2017
Managing Conflict Effectively
CoE Office of Student Affairs
8 Aug 2018
Managing Expectations in Grad School
Campus Mind Works
17 Jul 2018
Disability Awareness & Etiquette
DEI
28 Mar 2018
What you need beyond your graduate degree to be successful
ECRC
20 Feb 2018
Effective Teaching
CRLT-E
17 Jan 2018
Data Ethics (Workshop B)
RCRS
30 Nov 2018
Communicating Across Cultures
CoE Office of Student Affairs
29 Nov 2018
Personal Relationship Ethics (Workshop C)
RCRS
28 Nov 2018
Plagiarism and Publication Ethics (Workshop A)
RCRS
13 Nov 2018
Intellectual Property and Professional Ethics (Workshop D)
RCRS
8 Nov 2018
Resume/CV Writing
CEE
25 Oct 2018
Finding Funding
CEE
20 Sep 2018