👋 hello!

I'm Sohi, engineering student by day and deep tech founder by night. I'm interested in using electronics, robotics, and nanotech to build the devices of the future and augment the human experience. I live by 2 core philosophies: nothing imaginable is impossible to build and if I don't build it, who will?

📜 education

✦ Yale University | B.S. in Electrical Engineering and B.S. in Economics

📈 key experiences

✦ Organ | Building a wearable to realize the human data layer for healthcare ML

✦ Gravel Robotics (acq.) | Founded and sold a programmable matter startup

✦ MIT Lincoln Laboratory | Federally funded to research radars and surveillance

✦ NASA Johnson Space Center | Built a VR microgravity simulator for NEO asteroids

✦ Houston Museum of Natural Science | Created 2 best-selling planetarium shows

✦ SMU BAST Lab | Investigated solid-state nanopores for single molecule studies

👥 volunteer work

✦ Yale Entrepreneurial Society | Built an accelerator program for 380+ Fellows

✦ The DICE Initiative | Led a 160+ member service-based business club for 3 years

✦ TechTogether (acq. MLH) | Raised $14k+ from sponsors like Microsoft and VZW

🎤 speaking engagements

✦ World Youth Economic Forum | "Tech-Driven Economic Growth" at Shanghai World Financial Center, July 24-30, 2024

✦ TechConnect World Innovation Conference | "Programmable Matter" at Gaylord National Convention Center, June 19-21, 2023

✦ Engineering Council of Houston Banquet | Keynote at the Forest Club, May 24, 2023

✦ ISEF Education Outreach Day | "Effective Scientific Communication" at Georgia World Congress Center, May 12, 2022

✦ Greater Houston Women's Chamber of Commerce Summit | Keynote at the Woodlands Resort, November 18, 2021

🏆 awards and press

✦ Regeneron International Science and Engineering Fair | 1st in Materials Science

✦ Regeneron Science Talent Search | Top 300 Scholar

✦ National Junior Science and Humanities Symposium | 2nd in Chemistry

✦ US Environmental Protection Agency | Patrick H. Hurd Sustainability Awardee

✦ MIT Technology Review | 35 Innovators Under 35 Top 100 Semi-Finalist

✦ Regeneron International Science and Engineering Fair | 3rd in Materials Science

✦ Regeneron International Science and Engineering Fair | 4th in Materials Science

✦ Emergent Ventures | 34th Cohort Grant Awardee

✦ Pear VC | Pear Competition Investment Awardee

✦ Houston Business Journal | Inno 25 Under 25

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📮 connect with me

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