// courses & honors

Achievements

The courses I've taken beyond Milton's classrooms, and the honors I've picked up along the way — from a 6th-grade robotics stage to a research conference in Montreal.

// honors

Awards

A few of these came with a trophy. Most came with a lesson.

MIT Vanderbilt University
// scientific achievement · 2026

Bausch & Lomb Award

Awarded for scientific achievement — recognizing exceptional promise in scientific inquiry and research, tied to my work at MIT and Vanderbilt.

VEX Robotics
// innovation · VEX Robotics

VEX Amaze Award — Southern New England

Given for the innovative design of the robot my team rebuilt in two weeks during grade 10 — judges interviewed us several times about our design process at that regional.

VEX Robotics
// 2025 & 2026 · VEX Robotics

VEX Southern New England Regional Championship ×2

Qualified for the regional championship two years running, and reached a world-qualifying autonomous score in practice along the way.

FIRST Lego League
// grade 6 · FIRST Lego League

2nd Place in the World — Robot Design

My FLL team, the Mighty MOOOO-NS, made it to the World Level Competition and placed 2nd in the world in the robot design category.

Milton Academy
// grade 8 · Milton Academy

Walter A. Beyer Award

Presented to one student in Grade 8 who gives of themselves cheerfully and thoughtfully in every part of school life — recognizing the patience, dependability, and loyalty Mr. Beyer himself was remembered for.

Milton Academy
// grade 7 · Milton Academy

Richard E. Sherbrooke Memorial Award

One of only two awards given to 7th graders, presented at Milton's Middle School Awards Ceremony.

HCI International Vanderbilt University
// 2026 · HCI International

Conference Presentation & Co-Author

Co-authored and presented "KineticChain," my Vanderbilt research on boxing biomechanics, at the International Conference for Human-Computer Interaction in Montreal. More on my Research page.

// leadership

Everyday leadership

Robotics Club at Milton Academy — illustrated club banner
// 2023–present · 4 years

Co-Head, VEX Robotics

Full story on my Robotics page.

Programming Club at Milton Academy — illustrated club banner
// 2023–present

Co-Head, Programming Club

I run the Gotcha app (~700 schoolwide players), organize hackathons and guest speakers, and helped lead 4 members to USACO bronze/silver medals.

Philosophy Club at Milton Academy — illustrated club banner
// 2023–present · 3 years

Co-Head, Philosophy Club

I facilitate discussions on the dilemmas posed by modern technology — who owns the data, who benefits, who gets left behind.

Film and Photography Club at Milton Academy — illustrated club banner
// 2026–present

Co-Head & Co-Founder, Photography & Film Club

Full story on my Film page.

The gbSTEM mascot penguin over the Engineering Track course page I helped develop
// 1 year

gbSTEM Curriculum Developer

Enough feedback on my own lessons that I applied to develop curriculum myself — a role I held for a full year. Full story on my Community page.

// summer study

Beyond Milton's classrooms

Cornell University
// Cornell University · 2026

Science, Technology & Politics

I took this for-credit course (STS 1101) exploring how technology shapes society and society shapes technology — a natural extension of my interest in engineering, policy, and economics.

Harvard University
// Harvard University · 2025 · Grade A

Data Structures

A seven-week for-credit course on how computers store information, and which algorithms and data structures — lists, stacks, queues, trees, graphs — fit which situations.

Boston College
// Boston College · 2024 · Grade A, 1st of 13

Data Analysis

I learned to obtain, clean, process, and analyze datasets with R and Python. My final project was a complete report on car sales and resale prices.