Portfolio / Engineering

Hardware, firmware, and the systems in between.

Battery-gauge hardware and Linux drivers at Texas Instruments. Automated datacenter cooling tests with Lenovo. Coursework that brings circuits and code together.

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Status: Open to Summer 2027 internships
Focus: Hardware, embedded systems, integration
Education: B.S. Computer Engineering, NC State
GPA: 3.61

Selected engineering work

From board to system

Industry experience, current senior design, and coursework — with my contribution and the project status made clear.

Simplified architecture showing a user-space gauge utility communicating through a Linux kernel driver and I2C bus to a battery gauge

Simplified architecture · Proprietary details omitted

Texas Instruments · Summer 2026

Embedded Linux battery-gauge driver

Embedded Linux / C / I2C / System Integration

Problem: Enable an embedded Linux system to communicate with, configure, monitor, and program TI battery gauges.
Approach: Developed a Linux kernel driver and companion user-space utility supporting I2C communication, device configuration, telemetry retrieval, and gauge firmware programming.
Challenges: Integrating kernel-space and user-space software with the hardware interface.
Supporting device behavior across two battery-gauge platforms.
Outcome: Delivered a driver suite that retrieves state of charge, voltage, and temperature and supports firmware programming across two gauge platforms.

Redacted 3D rendering of the custom ESD-protected battery-gauge PCB

Redacted 3D render · Proprietary details omitted

Texas Instruments · Summer 2026

ESD-protected battery-gauge PCB

Altium / PCB Design / ESD Protection / Validation

Problem: Maintain reliable gauge data communication when the system encounters electrostatic discharge.
Approach: Designed a custom board in Altium, incorporated ESD protection, and validated the design through hardware testing.
Challenges: Integrating protection into the battery-gauge interface.
Connecting observed hardware behavior to board-level design decisions.
Outcome: Maintained reliable battery-gauge data communication during contact-discharge testing exceeding 15 kV.

Lenovo Neptune rack hardware and cooling connections — public product imagery

Lenovo public product imagery · Product context, not the student prototype

Lenovo / NC State · Senior Design · In progress

Automated liquid-cooling system testing

Linux / Python / SQLite / Test Automation

Problem: Develop an automated testing system for liquid cooling in Lenovo enterprise and datacenter server racks.
Approach: As Technical Project Manager, I coordinate system engineering efforts across electrical, mechanical, and industrial engineering disciplines in collaboration with Lenovo's manufacturing organization.
Challenges: Coordinating requirements across electrical, mechanical, and industrial engineering disciplines.
Defining hardware/software interfaces and the system-level test approach.
Current status: Completed sponsor discovery and initial requirements definition; currently developing the system architecture and design plan.

Mason's MSP430-based vehicle with circuit board chassis

NC State · Embedded Systems

Autonomous & Wi-Fi-controlled car

MSP430FR2355 / Embedded C / PID Control / Li-ion Power

Problem: Build a vehicle supporting both autonomous navigation and live Wi-Fi control.
Approach: Developed low-level firmware for timers, interrupts, and serial communication. Replaced AA batteries with a rechargeable lithium-ion supply and tuned adaptive PID control.
Challenges: Integrating peripherals and debugging hardware using schematics and datasheets.
Coordinating navigation, communication, and power delivery.
Outcome: Completed the combined autonomous and Wi-Fi course on the first attempt. Future improvements include DAC speed control and low-power sleep modes.

Breadboarded digital logic circuit for the LED road-sign project

NC State · Logic Design

LED road-sign state machine

Digital Logic / FSM Design / CMOS

Problem: Reproduce a curve-warning road sign using sequential digital logic.
Approach: Designed and breadboarded two concurrent state machines for user inputs and flashing sequences.
Challenges: Handling asynchronous inputs alongside the flashing sequence.
Troubleshooting and stabilizing the clock circuit.
Outcome: Demonstrated the working circuit. Potential improvements include synchronized hazard patterns and cleaner wire routing.

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Additional Verilog work

Three designs, three abstraction levels

Compact coursework examples spanning structural, dataflow, and behavioral hardware design.

ECE 310 · Gate-level Verilog

8x8 Dadda Multiplier

A structural multiplier that compresses partial products through staged Dadda reduction before a final ripple-carry addition.

Structural Verilog / Arithmetic Circuits / Testbench Verification

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ECE 310 · Dataflow Verilog

Dataflow Arithmetic Calculator

A controller-and-datapath design combining structural registers, signed arithmetic, capture sequencing, and a delayed valid signal.

Dataflow Modeling / Control / Datapath / 2's Complement

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ECE 310 · Behavioral Verilog

Serial BCD ALU

A framed serial arithmetic system with SIPO input, parallel four-digit BCD addition or subtraction, and PISO output.

Serial Protocols / BCD Arithmetic / Finite State Machines

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Experience

Where I've worked

From board-level hardware debug to 1,000+ managed campus systems.

Applications Engineer Intern — Battery Gauge Products

Texas Instruments · Dallas, Texas

May 2026 — August 2026

Diagnosed and resolved application-level hardware, firmware, and system-integration issues for industrial and consumer-electronics customers, closing 26 customer support cases without further escalation.
Developed an embedded Linux kernel driver suite for a TI battery-gauge architecture, enabling I2C communication, device configuration, and system-level integration across two gauge platforms.
Designed and validated a custom PCB in Altium with integrated ESD-protection circuitry, maintaining reliable data communication during contact-discharge testing exceeding 15 kV.

NC STATE

Student IT Technician

NC State University Libraries · Raleigh, North Carolina

January 2025 — Present

Support an environment of more than 1,000 computing systems, diagnosing hardware, software, and network failures to maintain workstation availability across university libraries.
Resolve approximately 70 tickets per semester through configuration analysis, system imaging, component replacement, and troubleshooting.
Provide customer-facing technical support to students, faculty, staff, and large campus events, including technology setup and live troubleshooting for events ranging from 10 to 100+ attendees.

SCI

Assistant Estimator

Superior Concrete of NC Inc. · Greenville, North Carolina (hybrid)

February 2021 — Present

Prepare material takeoffs, prequalifications, and bid documentation for concrete construction projects, supporting project planning and competitive bidding.
Designed and implemented a digital project archive and expanded server capacity by 5 TB, improving long-term record retention and retrieval.
Designed and launched a new company website and resolved select business-critical software, storage, and network issues in-house, avoiding outside IT escalation.

NC STATE

B.S. Computer Engineering

North Carolina State University — Accelerated Bachelor's–Master's (ABM) track, graduate coursework in progress

Graduating

May 2027

GPA

3.61

Skills

Technical skills

Programming & software

C/C++ / Python / Verilog / Java / Git / SSH

Hardware

Embedded Systems (MSP430/ARM) / PCB Design / FPGA/ASIC Design / Microarchitecture / Microelectronics

Tools & simulation

Vivado / Synopsys / Questa / Altium Designer / KiCad / SPICE / Oscilloscopes / Logic Analyzers

Operating systems

Windows / macOS / Linux (Ubuntu and Debian)

Leadership

Leadership & organizations

Service, mentorship, and a website that beat out the rest of the region.

Education Vice President

Alpha Phi Omega National Service Fraternity

August 2024 — Present

Previously Webmaster, External Shadow, and Scouting Fellowship chairs.

Web Development Lead

IEEE Student Branch, NC State

July 2025 — May 2026

Won 1st place at SoutheastCon 2026 for best website.

Treasurer

IEEE Student Branch, NC State

April 2026 — Present

Mentee

Apple Next-Gen Innovators Mentorship

September 2025 — Present

Mentee

NCSU–IBM Pathfinder Mentorship

September 2024 — May 2025

Recognition

Awards & honors

Eagle Scout

University Honors Program

Dean's List — Spring 2025

Dean's List — Spring 2026

2026 NC State University Libraries Student Assistant of the Year

TI Engineer Your Future Participant

SECU "People Helping People" Scholarship

Let's build something that works.

Open to Summer 2027 hardware and systems engineering internships, and taking on a limited number of freelance web design projects.

Engineering opportunities Freelance web design