I am a PhD Candidate in the Robotics Institute at Carnegie Mellon University, working with Aaron Steinfeld in Transportation, Bots, & Disability Lab (TBD) on Human Understanding and Modeling in Robot Failure Scenarios. I have a MS in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Michigan, and a BS in Electrical Engineering from Nagoya University, Japan.

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[May - August 2024] I was a Research Scientist Intern at Honda Research Institute in San Jose, CA. I worked on multi-modal human modeling and robot action adaptation in physical Human-Robot Interaction, specifically robotic touch.

[Sept 2021] Moved to Pittsburgh to be Robotics PhD student in the Robotics Institute at Carnegie Mellon University

[May 2021] Graduated from University of Michigan with a Master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering. Moved to New York City for my internship with Aptiv LLC as an Applied Research Scientist Intern

[Aug 2019] Moved to the United States from Japan for a Master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Michigan

[Sept 2015] Moved to Japan for a Bachelor’s degree in Electrical & Electronic & Information Engineering at Nagoya University