As a child I was always fascinated by electronics. I always spent my free time taking apart broken devices and wondering how they worked and why they stopped working. In high school, I started repairing broken cellphones and even fixed my friends audio amplifier one time. That's when I became motivated to study Electrical Engineering with the hopes of becoming a hardware design engineer one day. 

During my Junior year at UNT, Dr. Ifana Mahbub gave me the opportunity to join her research team and assist with developing a wireless powered device for neural stimulation where I was supported partly through the ONR STEM award. Alongside my mentor, Dipon K. Biswas, I created a prototype device that was able to induce power from an electromagnetic field and convert it into usable energy for optical stimulation. We submitted a poster/demo proposal for Radio Wireless Week (RWW) in 2019 and got the opportunity to showcase our work with professionals from the industry. Since then, I am involved with designing a system needed to properly drive a Phased Array Antenna to use for far-field wireless power transfer in C/X-bands using digital beamforming. 

After graduating in Spring 2020 I joined Elbit Systems of America as an Electrical Engineer with a focus in RF and Analog Design. Being involved with research promoted by the ONR STEM award  helped prepare me for the engineering discipline by creating a stronger foundation in the electrical fundamentals that I learned in my classes. I encourage students to take or create opportunities in research as it will help them academically and professionally by stimulating their minds to be innovative and building them into great researchers/engineers.