Hi, I’m Andrew.
I’m an aerospace engineering student at Purdue, an instrument-rated pilot, and a founder building a hardware company.
I like working across software and physical systems. That has taken me from rocket-igniter analysis and aircraft tooling to embedded puzzles and the site you’re looking at now.
I’m studying Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering at Purdue, with graduation expected in May 2028.
What I’ve
been working on
Engineering, research, and building things.
2026–2027
Building a hardware company
Entrepreneur First
A fellow in EF’s August 2026–January 2027 cohort, starting from a blank page and working toward a company.
2026–present
AI Research Trainer
Handshake AI
Designing multi-step research prompts and search trajectories to benchmark and train frontier AI web-search agents.
Summer 2025
Structures & Avionics Engineering Intern
Western Aircraft
SolidWorks drawings for structural repairs and alterations, plus specialized tooling across Pilatus, Gulfstream, Beechcraft, and Dassault aircraft.
Read about the work →2024–2025
Propulsion Engineer
Purdue Space Program
Hydrogen–oxygen torch-igniter design on a team of five. Thermodynamics, heat transfer, and a Python library for NASA CEA and the Bartz correlation.
Read about the work →2023–2024
Built an escape room
Independent project
A complete in-person escape room, including the embedded programming and electrical systems behind its puzzles.
Read about the work →
Away from the desk
Rock climbing, travel ice hockey, gymnastics, RC aircraft, photography, videography, and 3D printing. I like hobbies that involve making something or learning a physical skill.
Things I work with
SolidWorks, MATLAB, NX, Fusion, Blender, Python, TypeScript, React, C/C++, Git, and Neovim. The tool depends on what needs building.