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I’m a 3rd year PhD student at Carnegie Mellon University’s Robotics Institute and part of the <a href="https://theairlab.org/" rel="external nofollow noopener" target="_blank">AirLab</a>. My research focuses on risk-aware robotics, with a particular interest in how robots can learn and adapt to risk in the wild.</p> <p>My projects have included firefighting, search and rescue, and agile flight.</p> <p>I previously earned my MS in Robotics from CMU and BS in Computer Science from San Jose State University.</p> <p>If you’d like to chat, please feel free to shoot me an email.</p> </div> <h2> <a href="/news/" style="color: inherit">news</a> </h2> <div class="news"> <p>No news so far...</p> </div> <h2> <a href="/blog/" style="color: inherit">latest posts</a> </h2> <div class="news"> <div class="table-responsive"> <table class="table table-sm table-borderless"> <tr> <th scope="row" style="width: 20%">Jan 01, 2025</th> <td> <a class="news-title" href="/blog/2025/welcome/">Welcome</a> </td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="width: 20%">May 14, 2024</th> <td> <a class="news-title" href="https://blog.google/technology/ai/google-gemini-update-flash-ai-assistant-io-2024/" target="_blank" rel="external nofollow noopener">Google Gemini updates: Flash 1.5, Gemma 2 and Project Astra</a> <svg width="2rem" height="2rem" viewbox="0 0 40 40" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"> <path d="M17 13.5v6H5v-12h6m3-3h6v6m0-6-9 9" class="icon_svg-stroke" stroke="#999" stroke-width="1.5" fill="none" fill-rule="evenodd" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round"></path> </svg> </td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="width: 20%">Apr 23, 2022</th> <td> <a class="news-title" href="https://medium.com/@al-folio/displaying-external-posts-on-your-al-folio-blog-b60a1d241a0a?source=rss-17feae71c3c4------2" target="_blank" rel="external nofollow noopener">Displaying External Posts on Your al-folio Blog</a> <svg width="2rem" height="2rem" viewbox="0 0 40 40" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"> <path d="M17 13.5v6H5v-12h6m3-3h6v6m0-6-9 9" class="icon_svg-stroke" stroke="#999" stroke-width="1.5" fill="none" fill-rule="evenodd" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round"></path> </svg> </td> </tr> </table> </div> </div> <div class="social"> <div class="contact-icons"> <a href="mailto:%79%6F%75@%65%78%61%6D%70%6C%65.%63%6F%6D" title="email"><i class="fa-solid fa-envelope"></i></a> <a href="https://inspirehep.net/authors/1010907" title="Inspire HEP" rel="external nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><i class="ai ai-inspire"></i></a> <a href="/feed.xml" title="RSS Feed"><i class="fa-solid fa-square-rss"></i></a> <a href="https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=qc6CJjYAAAAJ" title="Google Scholar" rel="external nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><i class="ai ai-google-scholar"></i></a> <a href="https://www.alberteinstein.com/" title="Custom Social" rel="external nofollow noopener" target="_blank">

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