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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.

Beyond Milton's classrooms

// 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 · 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 · 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.

Awards

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

// 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.

// 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.

// 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.

// 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.

// 7th & 8th grade · Milton Academy

Walter A. Beyer Award

A Milton Academy honor I received in both 7th and 8th grade.

// 7th & 8th grade · Milton Academy

Milton Citizenship Award

Voted on by students and teachers — the only award of its kind given in middle school — and one I'm especially proud of, since it recognized how quickly I'd connected with my grade and teachers in my first year at a new school.

// Milton Academy

Richard E. Sherbrooke Memorial Award

A Milton Academy honor.

// 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.