Penn – violinmeiling

Graduation: May 2027

Minor: Data Science

Relevant Coursework:

Director (Fall 2024 – present)

Managing organizational, finance, storage, and outreach operations for four aircraft subteams of over 150 engineers
Obtaining sponsorships from companies and alumni; building mentor relationships with industry professionals
Led recruitment and marketing efforts that resulted in a 33% increase in club applications compared to the previous year, the highest number of applicants seen since the pandemic
Launched semesterly coffee chat initiative in Fall 2024 to connect first-years and new members with more experienced peer mentors
Managing website and creating social media content

High-Altitude Balloon Team Director (Fall 2024 – Spring 2025)

Led an engineering team of over 20 members for two launches of our high-altitude balloon payload
Outlined deliverables, collaborated with project leads, led weekly team meetings
Managed team budget, supply purchasing, and storage
Managed the logistics and finances for balloon launches, including communicating with FAA Air Traffic Controllers to obtain the necessary launch authorizations and organizing transportation for the team to the launch site
Led recruitment and marketing operations that resulted in the highest number of applications seen by the team since the pandemic — 22.5% increase from the previous year

Flight Data and Research (Spring 2024 – present)

Designing and conducting research study to determine the effects of altitude on solar cell efficiency through repeated launches of high-altitude weather balloon and statistical analysis of sensor data
Developed Arduino software to interface with environmental sensors and data visualization tools in Python
Connected environmental sensors and solar cells to electronics board; designing payload to safely and effectively accommodate research equipment

Software Developer (Fall 2023)

Designed team website on Figma and worked on implementing inflight communication between RockBlock and website backend

Incoming President

Vice President External (Fall 2024 – Spring 2025)

Led recruitment, marketing, and social media operations
Collaborated with other software clubs to organize a fundraiser that brought in over $1000 in profit
Published monthly club newsletters for over 700 readers
Connected industry professionals with project teams to serve as mentors
Piloted new product development track to strengthen Spark’s impact on off-campus community spaces
Managed alumni relationships and hosted Homecoming event
Created sponsorship packet materials for corporate outreach

Project Manager (Fall 2024)

Led team of developers and designers to build Stride, an app to encourage and reduce barriers to sustainable transportation use in Philadelphia
Collaborated with Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission and Philadelphia’s Clean Air Council to research current barriers and areas of improvement related to transportation
Scoped technical and marketing requirements for development and showcase and managed team deliverables

Software Developer (Spring 2024 – present)

[SPRING 25] Developed a companion app for Penn Museum’s Into the Blue Student Exhibition, an interactive guided experience that will run from 2025 to 2026 and is projected to reach over 1000 visitors. Used NextJS to develop the frontends of a camera capture and a stickerboard feature for a scavenger hunt that guides users around various blue objects in the museum
[FALL 24] Used React Native for frontend development on a mobile app to encourage sustainable transportation use in Philadelphia by gamifying user environmental impacts and crowdsourcing information about safety and accessibility on sustainable routes
[SPRING 24] Developed web application to convert user-uploaded images to interactive 3D object models with photogrammetry. Implemented image upload pipeline from client to iOS Object Capture backend and model retrieval from Amazon S3

Biomedical Researcher (Spring 2024 – present)

Developed pipeline using Python to quantify volumes of visceral and subcutaneous fat from the T2 to L3 vertebrae using ML-segmented CT scans
Developing baseline models of fat and muscle compositions based on demographic data to investigate the effects of weight loss treatments on patient body compositions

Chair of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee (Spring 2024 – present)

[SPRING 25] DEI Committee Chair

Organized meetings with administration and campus stakeholders to address issues including cost of academic materials, inclusive course syllabi language, identity group funding, and support for summer research for international students
Organized and promoted DEI Open Forum event for Penn students to voice their questions, thoughts, and concerns surrounding DEI on campus
Led weekly committee meetings and collaborated with SCUE leadership to outline semester initiatives, coordinate outreach efforts, and ensure progress on projects

[FALL 24] White Paper Liaison

Wrote and published 2025 White Paper for university administration containing SCUE’s educational policy recommendations
Coordinated committee’s writing of 2025 White Paper by setting writing deliverables for the team and reporting between committee and editors team to ensure committee adherence to publishing deadlines

[SPRING 24] Committee member

Organized student and campus stakeholder meetings to research student experiences with DEI at Penn in preparation for writing for 2025 White Paper

Teaching Assistant (Spring 2024 – Fall 2024)

Created and led Materials Science Engineering labs for Philadelphia high school students on the weekends.

Penn Chamber

34th Street Magazine, Daily Pennsylvanian

Features Writer (Fall 2023 – Spring 2024)

Produced monthly long-form Feature articles for an audience of over 40,000 readers online and in-print
Interviewed professionals, sourced stories, and collaborated with editors.