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Angela guiding a participant through a Ripple sensor-glove demonstration at a senior center

Founder and Solo Engineer

Ripple

  • Hand rehabilitation through music; custom exoskeleton translating finger movement into sound
  • Solo, end-to-end engineering: mechanical design, sensing, signal processing, and web app
  • 200+ elderly users across the US, China, and Canada; paper accepted to the RSS Embodied4Arts Workshop
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SomaStacks

June – August 2026 Intern
  • Calibration pipeline for a 14-joint, dual-arm dexterous robot
  • Friction, damping, and armature identification; closer alignment between simulation and hardware
  • 200–250 demonstrations; traceable data platform later reused for teleoperation and troubleshooting
  • Teleoperating the arms through a pick-and-place demonstration
  • Wearing a VR headset with both arms raised, teleoperating a two-armed robot in simulation; the monitor shows the simulated hands and the objects being manipulated
    Collecting demonstration data in simulation

Ronovo Surgical Robotics

June – July 2025 Intern · Shanghai
  • Force-sensor bench testing of laparoscopic instruments; data for safe insertion limits
  • Ergonomic measurements from 100+ people; inputs for surgeon-console design
  • CAD and 3D-printed instrument adaptor; prototype fracture repair with medical-grade adhesive
  • Angela performing force testing and calibration on a surgical robotic instrument and arm at Ronovo Surgical
    Force testing and calibration of a surgical robotic instrument and arm
  • SOLIDWORKS CAD model of Angela's uterine manipulator design for a new robotic arm
    CAD design of a uterine manipulator for a new robotic arm
  • Angela writing code at her workstation at Ronovo Surgical
    Software development at Ronovo Surgical
  • Laparoscopic instrument test bench with a mounted instrument, laptop, and endoscopic video display
    Laparoscopic instrument test bench
  • Surgical robot console beside a monitor displaying the instruments
    Surgical robot console and instrument display
  • Side view of a surgeon console showing the viewing unit, hand controls, and foot pedals
    Surgeon console with hand controls and foot pedals
  • Gray 3D-printed uterine manipulator prototype on an engineering workbench
    3D-printed uterine manipulator prototype

VEX / FTC Robotics

Captain · Hardware/design lead · Club president Four seasons · 2 VEX + 2 FTC
  • Two-time VEX Worlds qualifier; 2025 Worlds Innovate Award
  • Leadership of a 30+ student robotics club; team mentorship; annual all-school competition
  • 22+ volunteer hours refereeing and scorekeeping; co-hosted events reaching 2,000+ students
  • Angela holding a controller with teammates beside a VEX competition field
    At the VEX controls
  • Four Infinity teammates holding a division finalist award at Rumble in the Rockies
    Rumble in the Rockies
  • Team Infinity members with their robot in a pit decorated with red and white balloons
    In the team pit at Worlds
  • Angela holding a microphone beside referees and the VEX competition field
    On the microphone at a VEX event
  • Four teammates sitting on blue and yellow bleachers with an FTC award
    Celebrating an FTC award
  • Angela sitting beside a VEX robot holding onto a blue pole on the practice field
    With the robot on the practice field
  • FTC teammates walking through a line of high-fives at a competition
    High-fives with the FTC community

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