The projects for Tandon Honors students in the Global Leaders & Scholars in STEM program consists of a culmination of various experiences, research, and interests related to the Tandon Areas of Research Excellence. Scholars are also required to address the NAE Grand Challenges and think about the United Nations Sustainability Development Goals when doing so. At the end of the 3 years in the GLASS Program, students have a better understanding of the impact they can have on changing the world for the better. GLASS students enter the world as globally competent and socially responsible innovators and engineers!

My mission is to close the gap between healthcare innovation and access by designing business models that make life-changing technologies affordable, scalable, and deployable across underserved communities worldwide.

Engineering Health: I focus on building healthcare solutions that are both technically effective and financially accessible. Through RoboReach, I designed a prosthetic arm that reduced costs by 99 percent, demonstrating how product design and cost modeling can expand access to care. In my work with Mediktor and BroomX, I support the deployment of AI triage and immersive care technologies by building outreach pipelines, structuring partnerships, and advancing pilot conversations with hospitals. I am interested in how healthcare innovation moves from prototype to adoption, and how business models determine who actually receives care.

Systems Engineering and Complex Decision-Making: I approach problems by analyzing how technical systems, business strategy, and user behavior interact. At J.P. Morgan, I contributed to over 75 million dollars in portfolio proposals and built a pipeline of 500 plus prospects, which required understanding how data, client needs, and strategic positioning align to drive outcomes. As an Engagement Manager at Consult Your Community, I led a team of five to redesign a client’s brand and growth strategy, increasing engagement and conversion metrics through structured, data-driven decisions. My work focuses on designing systems that not only function technically, but also scale through effective decision-making and execution.

Robotics and Embodied Intelligence: I am interested in designing physical technologies that improve human capability and independence. Through RoboReach, I built a low-cost prosthetic using CAD and 3D printing, focusing on both functionality and affordability. This project reflects my broader interest in embodied systems that directly impact quality of life, particularly in healthcare settings. I aim to continue developing technologies that integrate engineering design with real-world usability and accessibility, ensuring that advancements in robotics translate into tangible benefits for diverse populations.

I focus on SDG 3 (Good Health and Well-Being), SDG 8 (Decent Work and Economic Growth), and SDG 10 (Reduced Inequalities). Through the design and deployment of affordable healthcare technologies, I work to expand access to care, enable economic mobility, and reduce disparities in who benefits from innovation. My work centers on building solutions that are not only technically effective, but financially accessible and scalable across underserved communities.

Nearly 2 million Americans live with limb loss, yet functional prosthetic technology remains out of reach for most, priced between $10,000 and $100,000 and locked behind a clinic-dependent distribution system that fails low-income, uninsured, and geographically isolated populations. Globally, fewer than 15% of people in low- and middle-income countries who need prosthetic devices can access them.

RoboReach is a social enterprise designed to dismantle this barrier. Built as a $1,000 prototype through the NYU Prototyping Fund, RoboReach pairs a fully functional, modular 3D-printed prosthetic arm featuring EMG-controlled finger movement, 360-degree rotation, and a Raspberry Pi interface with a direct-to-consumer mobile app that allows users to scan their residual limb, customize their device, and order on demand. By eliminating the clinic bottleneck entirely, RoboReach makes prosthetic access as straightforward as ordering eyeglasses online.

Operating on a hybrid B2C and NGO partnership model, RoboReach targets a scalable 5% profit margin while prioritizing distribution to underserved communities across the U.S., Caribbean, and sub-Saharan Africa. Aligned with UN SDG 10: Reduced Inequalities, RoboReach reframes prosthetic access not as a privilege but as a right, and proves that affordability and functionality are not mutually exclusive.