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About

EE student at the University of South Florida designing resilient power, embedded, and infrastructure systems. Security hardening is a technical differentiator — applied at the layer most engineers never reach.

B.S. Electrical Engineering CIBR Lab Researcher Security+ Certified NSBE Tech Dev Chair
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FOCUS
Power systems, embedded firmware, infrastructure modeling, secure-by-design engineering
APPROACH
Systems thinking, measurable outcomes, hardware-to-software integration
DIRECTION
Founding TIG — defense technology at the physical-digital engineering boundary

Background

I'm an Electrical Engineering student at USF building at the hardware-software boundary — power monitoring nodes, electromechanical systems, and infrastructure models that have to work under real constraints. My projects start with circuit analysis, simulation, and bench testing, then layer in automation, firmware logic, and communications protocols.

My differentiator isn't a security background applied to engineering. It's an engineering foundation that makes security rigorous. I've architected a NERC CIP-compliant IIoT grid monitor, designed a PWM-controlled power distribution unit validated with oscilloscopes, and built load-flow simulations in MATLAB that model cascading infrastructure failures at scale.

I'm a research assistant at the USF CIBR Lab, analyzing human-AI interaction datasets and working alongside criminologists and security researchers on behavioral and technical security problems. I serve as Technical Development Chair for NSBE USF, running workshops, developing Arduino curriculum for K-12 outreach, and leading technical programming for a chapter of 100+ engineering students.

The long-term target is founding the Tactical Intelligence Group — a defense technology firm operating at the intersection of power, communications, and physical-digital threat infrastructure. Everything being built right now is infrastructure for that.

Education

University of South Florida — B.S. Electrical Engineering (Expected May 2028). Core Foundations: Electrical Systems I (AC/DC Analysis), Modeling & Analysis of Engineering Systems (MATLAB/Simulink).

Certification

CompTIA Security+ (Jan 2026) — infrastructure security, secure protocols, and identity management. Verification available upon request.

Active Work

What's currently in progress across research, builds, and technical development.

Current Projects

TARS — Electromechanical Walking System

Mar 2026 – Present

Multi-articulated walking robot on Raspberry Pi 3 + Adafruit 16-Channel PWM Servo Driver. 12V-to-6V DC-DC power regulation designed in SOLIDWORKS Electrical managing 11.1V 1300mAh LiPo discharge rates. Python-driven bipedal gait automation across 9 metal-gear servos for high-torque motion.

Enterprise Infrastructure Home Lab

Feb 2026 – Present

MATLAB load-flow simulations modeling service recovery strategies and grid restoration. PulseGrid AI simulating cascading failure propagation across 7 infrastructure layers (500+ unique outage scenarios). Bash automation reducing manual diagnostic time by 40%. Infrastructure for both EE modeling and security lab work.

CIBR Lab — AI Systems & Research

USF · Mar 2026 – Present

Analyzing 500+ human-AI interaction datasets to identify cognitive biases susceptible to social engineering. Working with an interdisciplinary team of criminologists and security researchers to improve technical and non-technical security capabilities.

Completed Projects & Credentials

Secure IIoT Smart Grid Edge Monitor

Completed · Aug 2025 – Mar 2026

Real-time ESP32 power monitoring node: RMS Voltage, Current, Power Factor with <3% error margin. Firmware FFT for THD detection. AES-128 + MQTT TLS 1.2 for NERC CIP-compliant data handling.

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Smart Load-Shedding & Power Distribution Controller

Completed · Dec 2025 – Jan 2026

ESP32-based power distribution unit with ±0.5% current sensing. PWM trip-logic maintaining system stability within 10% of peak rated capacity. Oscilloscope-validated, reducing electrical noise (Vpp) by 35%.

CompTIA Security+

Issued Jan 2026

Infrastructure security, secure protocols, and identity management. Verification available upon request.

Open to Opportunities

Targeting EE internships in power systems, embedded engineering, and infrastructure — with a security-hardening edge. Primary target window: Summer 2027. Open to conversations now.

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