I'm luck to have a 197 million square mile workshop, classroom, and plaground.

I’m a Visting Assistant Professor at Olin College of Engineering where I teach mechanical engineering and design.

I’m passionate about climate-centered and human-centered engineering design processes, creating innovative learning experiences, and exercising my design skills to have an impact on global challenges. For example, for my Ph.D. at MIT MechE, I designed a solar-powered, water-saving irrigation tool for farmers in Kenya, Jordan, and Morocco.

Topics that excite me include the product design process, sustainable design, design team collaboration, and engineering and design education. On this site, you can see a collection of my teaching, research, and design work.

To see all of my professional experiences, please see my CV. Send me an email if you’d like to connect.

(P.S. 197 million square miles is the surface area of the Earth)

(P.P.S. To advertise a Plushie Design Workshop I lead each year in MIT’s Toy Product Design course, I built a 3-foot tall plushie bandsaw!)