Sim2Real Furuta Pendulum — physical hardware and MuJoCo simulation

Sim2Real Transfer: Robust RL Control of a Furuta Pendulum

Trained a PPO control policy in a custom MuJoCo Gymnasium environment and achieved zero-shot transfer onto an ESP32 microcontroller. Balances continuously for over an hour on physical hardware with no additional tuning.

May 1, 2026
Custom built high-performance FPV freestyle quadcopter

Custom FPV Racing Drones

Designed, built, and tuned custom high-performance FPV quadcopters since 2016, developing hands-on mastery in precision micro-soldering, flight controller configuration, PID loop tuning, and custom CAD airframe components.

June 1, 2020
Assembly of the custom Infinity Mirror LED Hyper Cube frame

Infinity Mirror LED Hyper Cube

Engineered and fabricated a custom infinity mirror LED cube from scratch, integrating 300+ individually addressable LEDs, concealed wire routing through structural acrylic tubing, and a Bluetooth smartphone controller — including hardware troubleshooting to resolve matrix voltage drop.

June 1, 2021
Full view of illuminated custom hexagonal NanoLeaf LED array

Custom Arduino-Controlled NanoLeaf LED Installation

Built an interactive wall installation featuring 280 individually addressable NeoPixels in handcrafted wooden hexagonal frames. Programmed custom Arduino C++ firmware with hardware interrupt mode-switching, analog potentiometer brightness mapping, and multi-point 5V power injection.

January 18, 2021
Illuminated custom LED art installation

Custom LED Art Installation

Hand-crafted an illuminated wall installation translating the intricate linework of artist Vinnie Hager into physical form. Features dozens of hand-formed flexible LED segments, discrete micro-soldering, high-density concealed wire management, and DFM reflections.

August 1, 2022