I’m currently an undergraduate student at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) working towards a Chemical Biological Engineering degree with a minor in Japanese.

You can also see my resume here.

Research and Work Experience

Summer 2008

Student researcher at the MIT Langer Lab performing drug release kinetics modeling using scaffolds which are basically microspheres made out of polymer fused together. I’m also trying to determine the optimum fusion time for these scaffolds for drug release purposes.  

Fall 2007

Worked as a teacher assistant (TA) for the 5.111 (Introduction to Chemical Sciences) class at MIT. My duties included grading Problem Sets and Exams and going over material from lectures in recitations to make sure students understood it. As a TA, I was also responsible to watch over the student’s performance in class and try to deal with any issues.

Summer 2007

Chemistry Workshop Facilitator and Residential Advisor for the Interphase Program. Job duties were the same as a Teacher Assistant (TA) plus advising a few students to make their transition to MIT as smooth as possible.

January 2007

Worked as part of the Neutrino and Dark Matter Group at MIT. My part of the research was to build a light tight box in which we could test Silicon Photomultipliers. For this it was necessary to also build two circuits which had to be connected to an oscilloscope and a power supply. During this month I built the light-tight box and the two circuits, and made sure that they worked correctly.

Summer 2006 

I spent my summer at MIT’s Interphase Program, you can find more information about the program here.

Course Load Per Term at MIT

Fall 2008

7.03 - Genetics
10.302 - Transport Processes
21F.503 - Intermediate Japanese I
21F.592 - Introduction to Japanese Culture
UROP - Undergraduate Research for Credit

Spring 2008

10.213 - Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics
10.301- Fluid Mechanics
10.702 - Experimental Biology
21F.502 - Beginners Japanese II

Fall 2007

5.12 - Organic Chemistry I
5.60 - Thermodynamics and Kinetics
10.10 - Introduction to Chemical Engineering
21F.501 - Beginners Japanese I
SP.231 - Teaching Seminar

Spring 2007

6.001 - Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs
7.013 - Introduction to Biological Sciences
8.022 - Electricity and Magnetism with Theory
18.03 - Differential Equations

January 2007

18.02A - Multi-variable Calculus

Fall 2006

5.111 - Principles of Chemical Science
8.012 - Introduction to Classical Mechanics
18.01A/18.02A - Single-Variable Calculus
21F.222 - Expository Writing for Bilingual Students
SP.727 - Blogs, Diaries, Journals and Portfolios: Reflecting on Your First Semester at MIT