Engineering
Engineering
Materials scientist and engineer. 5+ years across industry and academia, from semiconductor characterization to research automation.
Experience
Graduate Research Assistant
University of Utah, Sparks Group · Salt Lake City, UT
Running a multi-project self-driving-lab program.
- Lead a team of undergraduate and graduate researchers
- Manage the group's HPC cluster, databases, workstations, and lab edge devices
- TA for MSE 5540/6640 Materials Informatics (Spring 2026)
- Reviewer for Integrating Materials and Manufacturing Innovation (Springer Nature / TMS)
Surface Analysis Engineer
Micron Technology · Boise, ID
Semiconductor surface characterization, made faster with automation and data science.
- Co-principal investigator on data science projects
- Developed new characterization methods and automated experiments across teams
- First employee to complete Micron's global data science training program
Asset Integrity Engineer (Co-op)
Canadian Natural Resources Ltd · Calgary, AB
Predicted corrosion, erosion, and thermal damage on plant equipment from a decade of operating data.
Application Engineer (Co-op)
University of Alberta · Edmonton, AB
Materials-failure research and damage-risk modeling for industrial equipment.
Education
PhD, Materials Science & Engineering
University of Utah · expected Dec 2026
Self-driving labs that reuse knowledge across data sources of uneven fidelity. Advisor: Prof. Taylor D. Sparks.
MicroMasters, Principles of Manufacturing
MIT · 2022
Graduate credit toward MIT's Master of Engineering in Advanced Manufacturing & Design: process control, manufacturing systems, supply-chain analytics, engineering management.
BSc, Materials Engineering
University of Alberta · 2022
Functional and nanomaterials. Capstones in additive-manufacturing powder metallurgy and carbide-reinforced white iron.
Professional Certificate, Manufacturing & Design
MIT · 2023
Multiscale materials design, AI for design and manufacturing, ML for materials informatics, efficient deep learning.