02 · Experience
Where I've shipped
Research that turned into real, measurable software — plus the clubs and teams I help run.
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AI/ML Research Assistant Intern
JAN – AUG 2026Dept. of Electrical & Computer Engineering · University of Alberta · Edmonton, AB
- Built reinforcement-learning models, then a Graph-Transformer surrogate for power-grid reconfiguration that cut simulated power loss by 31% on average (up to 34%) — within 0.16% of the exhaustive optimum.
- Built an MCP-based agentic LLM web app (FastAPI, JS, REST APIs) reaching 95.7% routing accuracy.
- Kept API keys out of source control; used Claude Code and Copilot for daily debugging.
- Graph Transformers
- Reinforcement Learning
- FastAPI
- JS
- LLM Agents
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Dean's Research Award Research Assistant
JAN – APR 2025Faculty of Engineering · University of Alberta · Edmonton, AB
- Selected for the competitive Dean's Research Award to build a Neo4j knowledge graph of researchers, papers and institutions, loading nodes and relationships from CSV with Cypher (
LOAD CSV,MERGE) via Python. - Built a menu-driven Python tool with Cypher queries to count nodes and relations, find nodes sharing relationships or common objects, and compare pairs of nodes.
- Detected overlapping research disciplines across related researchers and papers, generated society and community nodes, exported results to CSV, and presented at a faculty-wide poster session.
- Python
- Neo4j
- Cypher
- CSV pipelines
- Selected for the competitive Dean's Research Award to build a Neo4j knowledge graph of researchers, papers and institutions, loading nodes and relationships from CSV with Cypher (
Awards & scholarships
- 2025Dean's Research AwardFaculty of Engineering, University of Alberta
- 2023International Admission ScholarshipUniversity of Alberta
- 2023Regional Excellence ScholarshipUniversity of Alberta
- 2023Iron Standard Entrance ScholarshipFaculty of Engineering