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May 15, 2025 Demonstrated the first stable fixed-wing-to-multirotor transition on the DRAGON eVTOL platform using gain-scheduled LQR and PID transition control laws with custom PX4 firmware.
May 10, 2025 Completed AOE 5404 (Optimal Control) final project on Hermite-Simpson direct collocation for UAM trajectory optimization, implementing a custom projected gradient descent solver in MATLAB.
May 01, 2025 Joined the Nonlinear Systems Laboratory as a Research Assistant, taking GNC ownership of the DRAGON eVTOL and working on adaptive control for 6-DOF platforms.
Aug 25, 2024 Started my M.S. in Aerospace Engineering at Virginia Tech, joining the Nonlinear Systems Laboratory.