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About Me

I’m a creative technologist and Columbia University student working at the intersection of interactive media, systems design, and storytelling. I build installations, prototypes, and hybrid hardware–software works that translate complex social, historical, and speculative ideas into tangible experiences.

My work explores how systems - technical, cultural, and material - shape how people perceive, remember, and interact with the world.

I am especially interested in installation art, speculative design, and interactive systems as expressive mediums.

Selected works focus on interactive systems, material computation, and narrative-driven design.

Interactive Systems - software-based works

  • Retro Media Emporium: Interactive System, a digital library for tracking, exploring, and sharing physical media among friends, that combines data modeling, a responsive frontend, and intuitive UX.
  • SysAdmin Automation a Linux/Raspberry Pi setup that provisions users, deploys software, and collects logs in a real-world system automation.
  • SustainTulsa a HTML/CSS/JS coded frontend project, responsive UI design
  • Pirate Memory Game a tiny interactive game, coding, UX, and playful interface design.

Speculative / Narrative Systems

Courier-14: Mixed Media Installation

  • Concept, Interaction, Goal Coming Soon

Water Attention Robot: an AI powered robot which learns over time to attract viewers with cymatics or vibratory patterns.

  • Concept, Interaction, Goal Coming Soon

Property of Words

  • Concept, Interaction, Goal Coming Soon

Hardware + Material Systems

Moonrat: Hardware Installation, an open-source rugged, portable, battery-

powered incubator that holds samples at a correct temperature and time. Full workflow: design -> circuit -> firmware -> interaction. Published scientific paper.

  • What does it do in the real world? Impact/Use case Coming Soon

Narcan Kandi For Raves an opiate harm reduction product for electronic music festivals, combining hardware, firmware, and interactive design.

  • What does it do in the real world? Impact/Use case Coming Soon

Experimental projects Coming Soon

Materials & Tools

Programming languages: Python, Bash, Java, Swift, TypeScript, JavaScript, HTML, CSS, interactive UI design Hardware: Arduino, KiCad, FreeCAD, Fusion360, Siemens NX, SolidCAD, 3D printing Creative: Figma, Blender

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  1. moonrat moonrat Public

    Forked from PubInv/moonrat

    Moonrat: A second-generation portable incubator

    C++

  2. JLCPCB-Ordering-Guide JLCPCB-Ordering-Guide Public

  3. Pirate-Memory-Game Pirate-Memory-Game Public

    JavaScript

  4. Retro-Media-Emporium Retro-Media-Emporium Public

    This is a simple Java program I built to help me keep track of my personal collection of books, DVDs, and CDs.

    Java

  5. sysadmin-automation sysadmin-automation Public

    Shell