About
I am a PhD student in Systems Engineering at Cornell University, working at the intersection of transportation systems, optimization, and artificial intelligence. This fall I am the graduate teaching assistant for CEE 5900, Project Management, with Professor Robert Newman.
My research focuses on sustainable mobility and equitable access: forecasting incidents and congestion for smarter traffic control, and planning electric vehicle charging so that access reaches the communities that need it. I build models that hold up under real world uncertainty and translate them into decisions cities and agencies can act on.
Publications
Spatiotemporal Forecasting of Incidents and Congestion with Implications for Sustainable Traffic Control Presented in person
American Control Conference (ACC) 2026
Download paper (PDF)A United Framework for Planning Electric Vehicle Charging Accessibility Virtual presentation
IEEE Intelligent Transportation Systems Conference (ITSC) 2026
Download paper (PDF)Research Simulations
Traffic scenarios modeled in SUMO, from my work on incident forecasting and on electric vehicle charging accessibility.
Electric vehicle charging
Conceptual charging example from the accessibility work.
Intersection, car and car
Collision at a signalized intersection between two human driven vehicles.
Rear end, car and car
Rear end collision between two human driven vehicles.
Rear end, car and bus
Rear end collision involving a transit bus.
Rear end, car and autonomous vehicle
Rear end collision involving an autonomous vehicle.
Teaching, Fall 2026
CEE 5900 · Project Management Teaching Assistant
With Professor Robert Newman · MW 8:00 to 9:55am · Aug 24 to Dec 7, 2026
A core graduate course in managing technical and engineering projects, covering both the technical tools of project management (planning, scheduling, and control) and the human side (building teams, managing performance, and resolving conflict).
Advising & Honors
Advisor
Professor Andreas A. Malikopoulos
Professor, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering. Director, Information and Decision Science Laboratory.
Service
- Mentor, MAC Doctoral Peer Mentoring Club
- Mentor, Office of Inclusive Excellence Rising Researchers Program
- Member, Black Graduate and Professional Students Association
- Bachelor of Science, Cornell College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, graduated with Research Honors
Honors and Awards
- 2026Dean’s Scholars Student Spotlight
Selected for the Dean’s Scholars Student Spotlight, Summer Series, Cornell University. - 2026American Control Conference Travel Award
Awarded to support presenting at the American Control Conference in New Orleans. - 2025Office of Inclusive Excellence Mentor Fellowship
Cornell University, Fall 2025 semester. - 2024Dean’s Scholars Award
Cornell University. - 2023Undergraduate Research Grant
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Cornell University. - 2023CALS Honors Research Program
Accepted into the honors research program, Cornell University. - 2021 to 2024Cornell University Dean’s List
Spring 2021, Fall 2023, and Spring 2024 semesters.
Graduate Coursework
- CEE 6620 Transportation Systems & Networks
- CEE 6648 Sustainable Transportation Systems Design
- CEE 6660 Systems Engineering Under Uncertainty
- CEE 6680 Optimization, Control and Decision Theory
- CEE 6690 Information Design for Strategic Decision
- MAE 5350 Multidisciplinary Design Optimization
- ORIE 5320 Optimization for AI
- ORIE 6365 Continuous Optimization
- ORIE 6580 Simulation
- SYSEN 6000 Foundations of Complex Systems
- SYSEN 6150 Model-Based Systems Engineering
- SYSEN 6820 AI for Energy Systems
- SYSEN 6840 AI for Digital Agriculture
- SYSEN 8000 Systems Doctoral Colloquium
- SYSEN 8100 Systems Seminar Series (PhD)
- GRAD 9010 Graduate-Level Research
Beyond the Lab
In my spare time you will find me training our family golden doodle. The patience, consistency, and small daily wins are a good reminder of how the best research actually gets done.
Connect
I am always glad to connect with students, researchers, and practitioners working on mobility, optimization, and AI for the public good.