About me

Electrical Engineer - Mixed Reality at Microsoft (Jan 2025 - Present)

    Quick Facts:
  • Stanford University 🌲 M.S. in Electrical Engineering '25 (Bioengineering Focus)
  • Georgia Tech 🐝 B.S. in Electrical Engineering (Minor in Robotics) '22
  • GT Stamps President's Scholar '18
  • Electrical Engineering Intern at Intuitive Surgical (June - Sept 2024)
  • Hardware Systems Engineering - AirPods Intern at Apple (Jan - May 2023)
  • Electrical Engineering Research Intern at MIT Lincoln Laboratory (May - Aug 2022)
  • Space Science Electronics Engineering Intern at Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (Jan - July 2021)

I'm a full-time engineer and graduate student focusing on product design for Augmented/Virtual Reality devices👓, with specific interests in wearables for medical devices 🩺.

I have diverse experiences in multiple industries: consumer electronics, medical robotics, defense, and space exploration. I also like teaching.

Some of my non-work experiences include as a Research Assistant at the Coleman Neural Interaction Lab🧠 and Biomedical Microsystems Lab 🔬, Peer Instructor at the campus electronics makerspace (Interdiscplinary Design Commons)💡, and Teaching Assistant for undergrad courses in Physics/Electrical Engineering👨🏽‍🏫.

Picture of me holding a mini diploma and grad cap

On the topic of learning...

In the digital age, most skills are just a few Google searches and YouTube tutorials away. I found myself wanting to learn so many things (see: embedded systems, frontend development, robotics, PCB design, video editing, the list goes on). Sure, I followed the tutorials and learned a bit but found I bounced too quickly from subject to subject, not having any motivating projects in mind. This website is both for others (@future employers) to see but also for me to document my personal growth as a maker and my shifting mindset from "learning to just learn" to "learning what I need for what I want to do" 🧠.

Also, teaching someone else is a fun way to solidify your knowledge and fill in tiny gaps that you might not know exist. I used to make a couple educational videos in high school here. I hope to make some more again eventually.

Picture of me looking up in front of the wall with college names at HackGT

Things I Can Do

Here's a summary of my skills and list of relevant coursework. You can find my CV/resume here

Coding

Python, C/C++, MATLAB, Verilog, Git, Java, MIPS Assembly

Editors: VS Code, Xilinx Vivado, STM32CubeIDE, Jupyter Notebook, GNU debugger

Prototyping

PCB Design/Schematic Capture (KiCAD, Altium, OrCAD), Soldering, Oscilloscopes, Logic Analyzer, STM32, Arduino, Raspberry Pi, Instrument Automation/Scripting (SCPI, PyVISA), 3D Printing, Laser Cutting

CAD Modeling/Misc.

Basics of CAD (Fusion 360, SolidWorks), Video editting (Adobe Premiere, Final Cut Pro, DaVinci Resolve), Linux, Unity Game Engine

GSEOS (Ground Support Equipment Operating System)

Course ID Course Name Skills/Tools Used
EE 214A Fundamentals of Analog IC Design HSPICE
EE 219 3D+ Imaging Sensors ToF, Ultrasonic, mmWave radar
EE 225 Biochips and Medical Imaging ...
EE 256 Board Level Design KiCAD, Arduino, Atmel SAMD21 MCU
EE 264 Digital Signal Processing MATLAB
EE 292E Image Systems Engineering Seminar ...
EE 292S Sensors in your Smartphone Python, Raspberry Pi
EE 369A Medical Imaging Systems I MATLAB, x-ray, CT, PET, ultrasound
EE 369B Medical Imaging Systems II Python, MRI
CS 106L Standard C++ Programming C++
CS 111 Operating Systems Principles C++, Linux, multithreading
CS 205L Continuous Math Methods with ML Emphasis ...
ENGR 203 Engineering Public Speaking ...
CS 1301 Intro to Computing Python, VS Code
CS 1331 Object-Oriented Programming Java, VS Code
CS 1332 Data Structures and Algorithms Java, IntelliJ
CS 2316 Data Manipulation for Engineers Python, NumPy, Pandas, MySQL, Jupyter Notebook
COE 2701 Startup Lab ...
ECE 2020 Digital Systems Design Digital ICs
ECE 2031 Rapid Prototyping of Digital Systems and Intro to FPGAs VHDL, Altera Quartus, FPGA, Oscilloscope, Logic Analyzer
ECE 2040 Linear Circuit Analysis Multimeter, Oscilloscope
ECE 2035 Programming Hardware/Software Systems C, MIPS Assembly, ARM µC w/mbed, Linux, gtest
ECE 2026 Intro to Signal Processing MATLAB
ECE 3025 Electromagnetics MATLAB
ECE 3058 Computer Architecture, Systems, and Concurrency MIPS Assembly, C/C++, Verilog
ECE 3072 Electrical Energy Systems MATLAB & Simulink
ECE 3084 Signals and Systems MATLAB
ECE 3040 Microelectronic Circuits ...
ECE 3043 Circuits and Microelectronics Laboratory Multisim, MATLAB, Oscilloscope, Function generator, DMM
ECE 3782 ECE Design Fundamentals C, Arduino, Eagle PCB, Oscilloscope, DMM
ECE 4122 Advanced Programming Techniques for Engineers C++, CUDA
ECE 4180 Embedded Systems Design C, ARM mbed, NXP LPC1768 MCU
ECE 4550 Control System Design C, TI C2000 MCU, Code Composer Studio
ECE 4795 GPU Programming for Video Games Cg/HLSL, Unity Game Engine
ECE 4781 Biomedical Sensing Systems LTSpice, Arduino, C, KiCAD, Op-amps
CS 3630 Intro Robotics & Perception Python
CS 4476 Intro to Computer Vision Python (PyTorch)

Gallery

Here's a bunch of pics of things that I've made and other random photos. In the future, some of these pics should link to a page that dives deeper into the thought process, but that's for another time. :) 🚧

Picture of my stepper motor driver and three steppers for a motorized platform project.

AVR Stepper Motor Controller

Assembled stepper motor pcb controlled by an AVR microcontroller.

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Picture of me teaching a coding class on modeling and game programming at a kid's coding camp.

Summer Coding Instructor

Me teaching a children's coding class on modeling and game programming.

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Picture of black PCB for music visualiztion on LED strips.

LED strip Music Visualizer

Ordered and assembled music visualizer PCB based on Sparkfun's spectrum shield!

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Picture of my music visualizer prototype that inevitably failed. I wrote 'FAIL FASTER' on it as a message that failure is part of the learning process!

Fail Faster!

One of my first prototype boards of a music visualizer. Failure is key to learning. :)

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Picture of a blue LED light under a slice of acrylic with a laser engraved grid art that Jonathan made.

Light Lamp Workshop Planning

LED lamp with laser engraved acrylic design (the artistic work of Jonathan)

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Picture of my wooden nametag with my name engraved as a Peer Instructor at the Hive.

Peer Instructor Nametag

My laser engraved wooden tag from training as an instructor at the makerspace

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Picture of my fabricated heating sleeve PCB for my Biomedical Sensing class project.

wARM Sleeve PCB

Controller PCB designed for final group project in my Biomedical Sensing class.

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Picture of my ECE 2035 final project: a video game on an ARM microcontroller.

ARM Mbed Video Game

The beginning of my final ECE 2035 project, a turn-based RPG game on an ARM microcontroller.

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Top-view picture of the book When Breath Becomes Air and a cup of coffee for some summer reading.

Summer Reading

Reading When Breath Becomes Air over a cup of coffee in the afternoon. :)

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Picture of a low poly tree made and rendered in Blender.

Low Poly Tree

Blender render of a low poly tree model. I love low poly art.

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Picture of my TDMA PCB being tested for signal multiplexing on the oscilloscope.

TDMA PCB Test

Testing my PCB for time-division multiplexing of signals from Coulter counters at my research lab

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Picture of my modeled raspberry pi bed mount in SolidWorks.

Raspberry Pi Bed Mount

SolidWorks model that was 3D printed and mounted to my bed frame to hold a raspberry pi.

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Picture of final PCB for our smart sleeping mask Capstone Project

Senior Capstone: REM Sleeping Mask PCB

PCB designed, fabricated, and embedded within a sleeping mask for measuring eye movement data overnight.

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Picture of the view from our team HackGT project: a frog escape arcade game in Unity.

HackGT: Venture Frog Game

View of our frog escape arcade game made in Unity by my roommates and I during our first hackathon!

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Picture of my Arduino setup for my many fans (pun intended).

My Many Fans (pun intended)

Setting up working fan controls using MOSFETs for my research lab

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Picture of a camera holder with two degrees of freedom.

Camera 2DoF Holder

Camera holder parts modeled in Fusion360 to allow rotation and translation in the PDMS Aligner project.

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