Hey, I’m Steph.
I’m an engineer-turned-designer and innovator based in the SF Bay Area. I’m passionate about inspiring the next generation in STEM.
Current Work
Awards & Recognitions
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Hand selected as one of two scholars across the RCA by Mr. Ishihara (CEO of Pokémon) and Gareth Loudon (MSc/MA Innovation Design Engineering Program Head) for the Pokémon Scholarship.
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Selected as a scholar of Her Royal Highness, the Princess Royal’s Commission for the Exhibition of 1851—an organization dedicated to advancing science and art for productive industry.
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Awarded highest honors for MA/MSc in Innovation Design Engineering at the Royal College of Art and Imperial College London.
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Competed in Imperial Enterprise Lab’s WE Innovate program.
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Pitched at London City Hall for the Mayor’s Entrepreneurial Competition.
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Finalist in entrepreneurship competition run by the (former) Prince on team Xellyfish, a project aimed at reducing microplastics in water
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Team Xellyfish
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Awarded general honors, which are granted to the top 20% of graduating students at Vassar College. Also awarded departmental honors in physics, granted to top performing students in the physics major.
Select Projects
STRATUM: Smart Tech for Chronic Wound Care
Spatial EduTech: Augmented STEM Gaming Platform
Xellyfish: Cleaning Microplastics with Ferrofluids
Building a Robot Scorpion
Superform: Designing a Chair
Ocean Detective: VR for Ocean Stewardship
RFIDIY: Circular Design Challenge
QrAr: AR-Enabled Tourism for Westminster City Council
Professional Work: Biotechnology Consulting
Professional Work: Biotherapeutics Research
A bone anchor for at-risk patients
Analyzing novel solar cell materials
Artwork
ecoThink: Teaching Climate Science with Art
