Hey! I'm JR.
Mechanical Engineering, Product Design @Lehigh University.
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Innovator-in-training, I'm in pursuit of learning and contributing to novel and impactful technologies and research for eventual research translation and technology transfer.
Research
Presented at a poster session during the APS Joint Meeting in Anaheim, CA, in March 2025.
Ultrabroadband Optical Limiting and Phase Behavior of Colloids
Ultrabroadband Optical Limiting and Phase Behavior of Colloids
Leading research in the Advanced Fluids and Biophotonics Lab at HST sponsored by the Department of Defense and National Science Foundation on protecting sensitive optical equipment by responsive optical limiting, using a colloid solution that decreases transmittance depending on the intensity of incoming light. Ongoing research on the phase behaviors of the colloid mixture and its relationship with the virial equation of state.
Semiconductor Impurities
Semiconductor Impurities
Completed, measured, and assisted in the publication of research in semiconductor impurities and the impact of interstitial hydrogen in semiconductors to increase conductivity (through annealing).
DOI: 10.1063/5.0271156
Multi-agent Homogenous Systems
Multi-agent Homogenous Systems
Converting CaTL syntax into executable Python scripts that allow multiple robots to navigate around uncertain environments simultaneously and without centralization, using ROS and the Autonomous Intelligence Robotics Lab's Optitrack camera system for positioning.
Information-Retrieval Pipeline, for AI/LLM
Information-Retrieval Pipeline, for AI/LLM
Lead author for research on novel pipelines for information retrieval, utilizing a weighted entropy-guided hybrid retrieval pipeline and using LLM-as-a-Judge as a metric for retrieval accuracy. Submitted to ACL-SRW 2025.
https://openreview.net/forum?id=tZD9a9MeBD
Recent
➤ April 2025:
Accepted a 10-week summer internship offer to work as a technical and AI business development intern at VoiceBlocks, in partnership with Lehigh@Nasdaq center, under Startup Academy.
Abstract poster and speaker session accepted for August SPIE OTOM in San Diego, CA.
Presented for the ESE Project Symposium.
Presented for the IDEAS Project Symposium.
➤ March 2025:
Began the Northeastern I-Corps Propelus Program with Prof. John Coulter for SmartMold Technologies.
Present findings on phase diagram research for colloid constituent composition for sufficient optical limiting at the March 2025 American Physical Society (APS) in Anaheim, CA.
Received $900 IDEAS grant for APS March Meeting week-trip in Anaheim, CA.
Joined the Lehigh Space Initiative for the Mars Rover Robotic Arm Subteam.
➤ February 2025:
Secured a 10-week internship for Summer 2025 in San Francisco, for Startup Academy, in partnership with Lehigh@Nasdaq.
As a lab analyst, joined a projected team for DERNetSoft for optimizing a neural network for a virtual power plant (VPP) and creating a database using CAISO API.
➤ January 2025:
Go to Silicon Valley for a 5-day immersion program, discussing with SV CEOs and venture capitalists, and performing live case studies.
Secured a spring internship with Celebr8 Life as a business development intern for scaling their startup.
Received $150 EUREKA grant for resume-ATS-optimization startup.
Began 12-week research program with Algoverse in LLM-research in RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation) IR systems (Information Retrieval).
➤ December 2024:
Abstract Poster for APS March Meeting was accepted.
Received $900 IDEAS grant for APS March Meeting week-trip in Anaheim, CA.
➤ November 2024:
Gained my CSWA-A certification for CAD design with a perfect score.
Received $625 Student Opportunity Fund grant for winter-term Lehigh Silicon Valley experience.
➤ October 2024:
Concluded my research position with Prof. Stavola and Andrew Venzie for semiconductor impurities in In2O3.
➤ September 2024:
Started new position as a peer tutor for MAT033 for the Center of Academic Success.
Started new position as a technical lab analyst for the Energy Systems Engineering Lab at Packard Laboratory.
➤ August 2024:
Started contractual position as a grader for MAT033 for the PC Rossin College of Engineering.
Started contractual position as a teaching assistant for ENGR/FE005 for electrical and computer engineering for the PC Rossin College of Engineering.
Started research positions with Prof. Stavola, Ou-Yang, and Vasile.
➤ March 2024:
Received $500 EUREKA Pitch Grant for a startup from the Baker Institute of Entrepreneurship.
➤ December 2023:
Created my ENGR010 Capstone project, utilizing OpenAI's API and CAD skills to create a voice-assistant.
➤ September 2023:
Began work as a user experience analyst for Lehigh's Auxiliary Services Office.
Began volunteer work as a disability service note-taker.
Projects
Capstone Project
Capstone Project
Working with Prof. John Coulter for research translation of a smart mold
Virtual Power Plant Deep Learning
Virtual Power Plant Deep Learning
Creating optimization applications through deep learning for testing a virtual power plant with DERNetSoft, a DER company based in San Francisco, California.
Nuclear Regulation Compliance and DER Nodal Analysis
Nuclear Regulation Compliance and DER Nodal Analysis
As a technical lab analyst, perform a comprehensive regulation compliance report for a proposed nuclear SMR-powered cargo ship. Performed and created a web app for optimal nodal analysis for a virtual power plant aggregator and ideal regions for implementation.
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