Education

Stanford University,
Aeronautics and Astronautics, Doctor of Philosophy (Anticipated)
Aeronautics and Astronautics, Master of Science

University of Nebraska–Lincoln,
Major: Mechanical Engineering, Bachelor of Science
Minors: Computer Science, Mathematics, Business

A bit about me:

Hi! I'm a graduate student researcher in the Stanford Intelligent Systems Lab. My research focus is decision making under uncertainty for autonomous systems. I develop algorithms for safe and efficient online planning and seek to validate these methods in simulation.

Applications of my work include human behavior-aware merging and freeway driving. I'm interested in developing probabilistically safe guardian autonomy solutions for the autonomous driving domain and beyond. My long-term goal is applying my work on risk-aware planning to improve aircraft go-around safety.

When I'm not running automotive simulations or chasing down Julia bugs, I love to snowboard and play sand volleyball. I've been captivated by anything that flies since I was very young and am easily distracted whenever a jet flies overhead! My interests also include board games, alternative rock, and partially observable Markov decision processes.

Projects

A lineup of my publications from the Nebraska Intelligent MoBile Unmanned Systems Lab and the Stanford Intelligent Systems Lab

Latent Behavior Estimation

Human Driver Modeling

Inter-Brain Coherence

Loss-of-Control Detection

Cyber Resource Allocation

Aerial Manipulation

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Use the links below to learn more about my lab group and view my full CV!