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At U.S. Naval Academy

  • Rowed in the stroke seat for Navy's 1V8 that placed fourth in the third final at the 2023 IRA Championships
  • Rowed in the stroke seat for Navy's 2V8 that placed second in the third final at the 2024 IRA Championships
  • Competed in three seasons for the Midshipmen heavyweight crew
  • Earned degree in aerospace engineering
  • A USNA Trident Scholar for conducting independent research and publishing in the field of integrating computer-vision for uncrewed autonomous systems (drones) in guidance, navigation, and control

Prior to college

  • Rowed for the Peachtree Rowing Club (now Row Georgia)

Personal

  • Recipient of a Knight-Hennessy Scholarship while working toward his master's in aeronautics and astronautics at Stanford
  • Officer in U.S. Navy who will head to Naval flight school upon earning his master's at Stanford
  • In the summers of 2023 and 2024, worked in the NASA Johnson Space Center Astronaut Office as a Rapid Protyping Engineer
  • Helped in construction of the Robotic Repair Satellite lauched to the International Space Station 
  • Collaborated with Artemis II astronauts and engineers in testing and developing the Orion spacecraft procedure trainer's cockpit instrumentation
  • A first-generation American with French parents 
  • Certified private pilot and emergency rescue SCUBA diver
  • Punter, kicker, and team captain of the McIntosh High football team
  • Won two national titles in the UAS4STEM Autonomous Drone Search and Rescue Challenge while serving as President of McIntosh's Aeronautics Organization and captain of the Multi-Rotor Team