Academic research is a collaborative endeavor. Beyond my individual contributions to computational mechanics, I am committed to fostering a rigorous, supportive, and multidisciplinary scientific community at the Oden Institute and beyond.
Technical Leadership & Mentorship
As the Lead Developer of our group’s software ecosystem, my role extends beyond code architecture to hands-on technical mentorship for researchers entering the group.
- Visiting Researcher Onboarding: I serve as the primary technical mentor for visiting scholars from international institutions, including Trinity College Dublin and Drexel University. I provide hands-on training in GPU-native workflows, JAX implementation, and finite element theory.
- Directed Reading Program (DiRP): I have led three directed reading groups through the UT Austin CS department, covering topics ranging from computational geometry to scientific machine learning. These sessions involve weekly meetings, curated reading lists, and hands-on assignments designed to bring undergraduates up to research speed.
- Software Development: As lead developer of CARDIAX, I maintain documentation, worked examples, and reproducibility standards to ensure the codebase remains accessible to new group members and visiting researchers building on our computational infrastructure.
Program Leadership
I am deeply involved in the organizational health and academic culture of the Oden Institute.
- CSEM Program Ombudsperson: I serve as a bridge between the CSEM student body and program administration, supporting conflict resolution, student wellness, and curriculum feedback.
- SIAM Vice President (UT Austin Chapter): As VP, I co-organize technical workshops, guest lectures, and professional development events for the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics.
- Babuška Forum Curator: I help curate and moderate the Babuška Forum, a long-standing Oden Institute tradition that fosters technical discourse and peer-to-peer knowledge exchange across disparate computational disciplines.
Community Outreach
- Greater Austin Regional Science and Engineering Fair (GARSEF): I serve as a Category Judge for the divisions of Computational Biology, Bioinformatics, and Biomedical Engineering. I am passionate about encouraging the next generation of engineers to apply computational rigor to clinical challenges.
- Clinical Bridge-Building: My immersion at Dell Medical School, auditing the MS1 curriculum with a focus on cardiovascular, respiratory, and neurological systems, was a service to our lab’s translational mission. By learning the language of the bedside, I act as a translator between clinicians and computational scientists to ensure our digital twins are clinically relevant.