Projects

A more refined take on peer-to-peer fashion rental — with a working app demo and a stronger business model than AnyWear.

A bi-weekly newsletter on building a positive mindset, developing better habits, and growing as a person.

A DECA pitch for an app that condenses distracting notifications into brief, timed digests to help users stay focused.

A conversational AI built with the Gemini API to provide accessible mental health support and psychoeducation.

A reusable heat pouch for premature infants in low-resource settings, designed to replace single-use warmers at $2.21 per unit.

Independent research into direct air capture technologies, focusing on cost reduction pathways and scalability.

A Theory of Knowledge presentation exploring the philosophical motivations behind human curiosity and the pursuit of understanding.

An overnight hackathon where our team designed a phytoplankton-based solution to ocean acidification caused by rising CO2.

A TKS case study on improving the TikTok creator experience — built through creator outreach, user research, and a 20-day sprint.

A TKS research challenge combining synthetic biology and carbon capture — engineering banana plants to absorb more CO2.

A case study on protecting young users in the Metaverse — presented to Meta as part of TKS.

Building and programming autonomous robots — exploring hardware, control systems, and what it means to give machines physical agency.