Bio

I'm in the 5th year of my graduate study at Stanford, working on a PhD in Mechanical Engineering. My research is on electric space propulsion devices. I have a total of roughly 9 years of karate training, but with a large gap in the middle. I started training in Shito Ryu karate in Southern California in 6th grade, and continued through high school. I did not train much at all during undergrad, but my wife and I started practicing with Stanford Shotokan at the beginning of the summer of 2006. Stanford Shotokan Karate classes provide an intense workout -- quite a bit more strenuous than what I experienced during my previous training. The physical workout and mental focus required simultaneously pulls me out of tedium of lab work while preparing me to go back to work later with renewed interest.