Welcome to my design portfolio. Here you will find my some examples of my work, particularly in CAD. A downloadable version with more examples can be seen here.

ROVs: Barreleye and Boxfish

As a member of the club Underwater Remotely Operated Vehicles (UWROV) at the University of Washington, I contributed to the design of the remotely operated vehicles (ROVs) Barreleye and Boxfish. In particular, I contributed to the design of the manipulators of the ROVs. Through this team, I have gained familiarity in working with large assemblies, presenting and marketing products, working on designs in teams large and small, and so much more.

Outside of design, I have lead the team as CEO since 2023 and facilitate the creation and use of our ROVs each year. I’m proud to say that under my leadership, the team has won four separate awards. We were awarded first place in Technical Documentation and Engineering Presentation, earned a discretionary award for Innovation, and placed first in the NOAA OE AI Video Challenge.

Render of 2023 ROV, Barreleye.
Me posing with our 2023 ROV, Barreleye, at our test tank.
2024 ROV, Boxfish.
2025 ROV, Boxfish 2.0, along with several manipulators.
Render of 2024 ROV, Boxfish.
Image of 2025 ROV, Boxfish 2.0.

Modular Manipulator: Fish Flipper

Nicknamed “fish flipper”, this modular manipulator was designed for and used in the 2023 MATE ROV competition, with the purpose to hold and release plastic fish. This manipulator interfaces with UWROV’s 2023 ROV, Barreleye, and is detachable from the ROV.

CAD model of Fish Flipper manipulator.

Modular Manipulator: Lamprey

This manipulator, nicknamed “Lamprey”, was designed for and used in the 2024 MATE ROV competition, and is a custom carabiner that can be locked and unlocked from its chassis in order to attach a recovery line to an underwater object. The attached gif demonstrates the device actually functioning underwater during our 2024 competition, with notations for understanding.

CAD Model of Lamprey manipulator.
Gif demonstrating Lamprey usage.

Configurable Laser Cut Shelves

Modeled a configurable shelf with options to change dimensions, numbers of rows and columns, colors, use of drawers, use of acrylic drawer faces, as well as options to automatically add laser cut joints and layout the pieces to be laser cut.

One configuration of the lasercut shelves.
Configuration laid out into printable orientation.

Ongoing Project: Refreshable Braille Display with Perkins Keyboard and 3D Printed Keycaps

Refreshable braille displays, devices that can display braille similar to an e-reader, are an extremely valuable tool, but are also quite expensive, retailing for prices between $500 and $5000+. I was inspired to make these tools more accessible by creating a low-cost alternative, inspired by other creators like Vijay Varada. My goal is to create a device that can both read books in braille, as well as have a Perkins-style keyboard to allow users to search for books and navigate menus.

While I don’t have as much time to dedicate to this project as I would like to, my design work thus far has focused on the Perkins-style keyboard component, while I work on wrapping my head around the electronics and pin-design needed for the internals. I’ve designed and rapid-prototyped keyboard layouts, improving my skills in iterative design and designing for 3D printing. The keycaps were made in a configurable document, so different designs could be quickly iterated upon


Accessible Chair Base

As a member of a design team of Husky Adapt, an accessible engineering RSO at the University of Washington, I helped design and create a lightweight accessible chair base for a young child with stage 5 cerebral palsy.

3D Model of the accessible chair base.
Presenting at the UW CREATE Showcase.

Room CAD Model

Contributed to a model of the shop-space for a robotics club while in the process of moving to a new room. This CAD helped guide furniture decisions and layout.

Full room assembly.
Model of desk-modification.

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