Video Games

I like Factorio, Overwatch, Subnautica, Terraria, and Starcraft II, among others.




Anime

I like Full Metal Alchemist: Brotherhood, Code Geass, and Attack on Titan.




Classical Guitar

I've practiced acoustic guitar for on and off for roughly 6 years, and I've started taking it more seriously since taking classical guitar classes at UW. Here's some pictures from a performance:

I also play piano, but not as much as guitar.




Gymnastics

Fun fact: I've done gymnastics ever since I was little. So I can do this:

and this:

That one was actually from circus arts, not gymnastics. I was taught by Lu Yi, a wonderful old man who was in the Chinese circus for A Very Long Time™.

My biggest takeaway from working with him is that your whole body is connected through your core, and if you engage those muscles, you can increase your power and coordination significantly. However, as with everything in life, it's a tradeoff. I've found breathing is more difficult while engaging my core muscles.




Cooking

I can cook two things really well, and most other things competently. here's my favorite dish:

My dad passed this recipe down to me. He initially got it as a Kung Pao Chicken recipe from a book, but it has since evolved into what I make today.

I also make Challah. I can't remember when or why I first made it, but it's pretty much my favorite kind of bread.




Birbs

Since pictures of pets seem to be nearly mandatory for this kind of presentation, here be birb:







Homeschooling

Fixed my sister's Nixie clock kit. I couldn't figure out the exact problem, but there was an issue with the brain of the boost converter circuit that made 170 Vdc, so I replaced the MOSFET driver with a circuit based off of a neat TI chip.

(Look at other parts of website for other projects)




Look at blog for robot arm stuff.

Research

Undergrad research with my favorite professor, Scott Hauck, working on an FPGA-based emulator for the RD53a development chip to go into the pixel detector for the Atlas experiment in the LHC.

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