Selected work
Built, tested and used.
Every project here has been built and used by someone other than me — a team, a client, a competition or a research study.
Engineering · Apr 2024 – present
HABS PowerStrike — Greenpower Electric Car
Founded and led Habs’ Greenpower programme, taking it to the 2025 International Finals, winning the regional Portfolio Award at Dunsfold and securing £1,500+ in sponsorship.
- Led CAD, manufacturing, electronics, wiring and race strategy.
- Designed a live ESP32 + LoRa telemetry system for vehicle performance tracking.
Robotics · 2023 – present
VEX Robotics — Team 34071B
Led Habs Gliders across robot design, autonomous programming, engineering documentation and competition strategy. The team reached the 2026 VEX World Championship Finals in St. Louis and earned a Judges Award.
- Habs’ first co-ed team to reach the VEX World Championship Finals.
- Also built the UK’s #1 VEX Virtual Robot programme across MS/HS, #11 globally in Middle School.
Flight / Software · Jul 2026 – present
FlightEye & ATC24 Radar Development
Joined FlightEye as a beta tester and developer for an ATC radar platform serving the 70,000+ member ATC24 community, then helped contribute to a next-generation radar scope.
- Built a separate live radar tracker with real-time flight data.
- Created a custom map aligned to the in-game world with range and bearing tools.
Web · Jul 2026 – present
Burleigh House Care Home Website
Completed work experience at Xanda, carrying a care-home website project from research through a React/Tailwind prototype into a self-hosted WordPress build.
- Handled market research, UX thinking, performance and SEO.
- Rebuilt the site with a custom theme, ACF and structured content systems.
- Continue to host and manage the live site — uptime, security and ongoing content updates for the care home.
Programming · Mar 2026
VEX Virtual Robot Programme
Developed the UK’s #1 ranked VEX Virtual Robot programme across both Middle School and High School, reaching #11 globally at Middle School level.
- Competition-specific optimisation through iterative testing.
- Focused on autonomous path planning, repeatability and reliability.
Product Design · 2023–24
Pillgineers — Make:Able World Finalist
Built an assistive design project with two teammates for the Autodesk Make:Able challenge, including the product, assembly guide, user manual and four-minute submission video.
- Selected as a World Finalist out of thousands of teams.
- Project designed around practical accessibility and real use.
Publishing · 2025 – present
ENIGMA Computer Science Magazine
Editor-in-Chief of Habs’ Computer Science magazine, planning a multi-school regional expansion to partnership schools.
Research Paper · Aug 2025
Chatbot Adoption by the Elderly — CREST Silver
Independently researched AI adoption patterns among elderly care-home residents, examining barriers to access and proposing design improvements to make AI more accessible.
3D Printing · 2025
1/144 Lufthansa 747-8 — 60th Anniversary Retro Livery
3D printed a 1/144 scale Lufthansa Boeing 747-8 (D-ABYT “Köln”) on a BambuLab P1S, assembled and sanded the fuselage, then applied a full decal sheet from a student sponsorship with V1 Decals to recreate the 60th Anniversary retro livery.
Science Research · CREST Bronze
The Physics of Solar Energy
Team research investigating the optimal solar panel tilt angle for maximum energy generation across simulated seasonal sun angles, finding 30–40° consistent with published research, plus a CAD, 3D-printed and laser-cut model of a panel’s internal structure.
Essay · Jan 2025
Does AI Have Bias?
Awarded Merit with Distinction in Habs’ Dawson essay competition. Explores the origins of bias in AI systems and their societal implications.
Robotics · 2024 season
VEX IQ — Team 22903A Habs SciClones
Led Habs SciClones to UK Nationals and qualified through Skills at a regional competition, designing and building a robot for object manipulation and navigation challenges.
Complete · 2024
GitHub / DevOps · Live
Dynamic GitHub Profile README
A fully dynamic profile README powered by self-hosted activity graph, streak stats, profile summary and chart APIs, all deployed on Vercel and Render — every stat updates automatically.
Poster · Winner
What Is the Best Design for a Paper Helicopter?
Won a school year-wide physics research poster competition testing how weight, wingspan and scale affect descent speed — lighter paper and longer blades produced the slowest descent.