Teaching · Mentorship · Public science
My outreach work has ranged from week-long engineering camps to planetarium shows, robotics competitions, peer tutoring, and the creation of new student teams.
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The goal is not simply to show students that engineering is impressive. It is to give them enough confidence to realize that they can participate in it.
My lessons generally begin with a concise explanation and physical demonstration. Students then spend most of the session implementing, testing, and revising the concept themselves. This keeps technical material approachable without removing the challenge that makes it interesting.
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Summer 2025
Club SciKidz
Led project-based programs for students ages 7–13, including Junior Scientist, Junior AI and Chatbot, and Advanced Robotics with LEGO SPIKE. I combined demonstrations with supervised building while maintaining a safe, engaging environment.
2024–2026
SPARK! Robotics
Developed and presented four lessons introducing middle-school students across South Carolina to robotics, electronics, and circuitry. I also helped coordinate material for a 15-student instructional team.
Summer 2026
FTC Team 22972 Excalibur
Helped organize and teach a week-long introduction to FTC
robotics. Lessons used short explanations, live demonstrations,
hands-on implementation, and small science activities to keep
students engaged.
Camp proceeds supported the creation of a new FTC team through
Fort Mill 4-H.
2026
Scouting America
Organized technical merit-badge instruction covering digital systems, electronic safety, logic, computing, and responsible technology use. Group instruction was paired with individual assignments for requirements better completed independently.
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2026–Present
Fort Mill 4-H
Helped establish a new FIRST Tech Challenge team and guide its students through robot design, CAD, fabrication, programming, documentation, and competition preparation.
2022–2026
Gold Hill Middle School
Served as a VIQRC Tournament Manager operator and certified Head Referee, entering match information, applying competition rules, and helping events run consistently for student teams.
2024–2026
GSSM student teams
Trained younger FTC and SeaPerch team members in CAD, 3D printing, mechanical design, fabrication, and iterative prototyping.
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2023–2026
Museum of York County
Answered visitor questions, hosted space-themed activities, supported hands-on natural-science exhibits, operated the planetarium projector, and assisted with live shows.
2024–2026
Sullenberger Aviation Museum
Helped visitors, field-trip groups, and homeschool students use makerspace equipment and materials while exploring engineering-focused activities.
2024–2026
IAAC
Hosted astronomy activities at museums and introduced participants to the scientific concepts used in international competition questions.
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2023–2026
Schoolhouse.world
Led targeted group and one-on-one tutoring sessions, used assessment results to plan instruction, and helped facilitate full-length practice tests serving more than 200 students.
2025–2026
GSSM Tutoring Labs
Helped peers work through course concepts and assignments by adapting explanations to the specific areas where they were struggling.