About
My experiences, from data analysis to hands-on research, have strengthened my adaptability and eagerness to learn. While my background is rooted in math and physics, I am passionate about mechanical engineering and am actively expanding my technical skills to bridge the gap!
Driven by curiosity and collaboration, I enjoy combining analytical research with practical engineering and community engagement to tackle real-world challenges and support others’ growth.
Here, Roselyn is presenting at the Center for Engineering and Science Partnerships Research Showcase (2025). Showing off her Soft Robotics Research!
Relevant Experience
Professional Journey
Mechanical Lead
UCSB Robotics Club
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Lead mechanical design, fabrication, and system integration of autonomous and driver-controlled VEX-U robots, applying CAD modeling, sensor feedback, and control algorithms to enhance reliability and in-game performance.
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Directed team operations and summer prototyping for the upcoming Push Back 2025 game, managing build cycles, mechanical repairs, and strategic testing.
Project Lead
Beach Bots - Farm Robotics Challenge
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Founded UCSB’s first entry in the national Farm Robotics Challenge, leading a multidisciplinary team to design an assistive robot for strawberry transport integrating mechanical design, sensor systems, and localization modules.
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Engineered autonomous crate-carrying mechanisms with row-changing and geolocation capabilities, improving field efficiency and reducing worker strain from manual lifting while enhancing adaptability across varying field layouts.
Soft Robotics Researcher
Hawkes Lab - Mechanical Engineering Department
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Fabricated soft robotic joint prototypes in UCSB’s Hawkes Lab; conducted iterative pressure testing on prototypes (5.0–9.8 cm), identifying ~28° mesh angle as optimal for stable, single-axis bending near 90°, informing actuator design for assistive robotics.
Combinatorics Researcher
Directed Reading Program - Department of Mathematics
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Collaborated on an algorithm design project optimizing search strategies; applied combinatorial and graph-based methods, presented results at UCSB’s Directed Reading Program, and received the People’s Choice Award.
Thermal Camera Footage Curator
Muncaster Consulting, LLC
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Operated in Teledyne Flir’s Conservator databases to condense 15,000+ frames of thermal camera footage to hundreds.
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Classified training footage versus test footage to optimize machine learning for autonomous vehicles and drone detection.
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Instructed iMerit, an overseas image processing company, to annotate frames with bounding boxes.
Data Science Intern
Culpass (Google Startup)
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Collaborated with Co-Founder of the ticketing company to analyze 8000+ rows of event data: identify key patterns/trends in ticket sales, optimize pricing strategies, and gather insight on ticket buyer behavior.
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Defined an ETL (extract, transform, load) process for the platform, with 2 different dashboards that generated plots and visualizations of the data over time. Presented findings and recommendations to company executives.
Leadership
External Vice Chair - Los Ingenieros
Outreach Officer - UCSB Robotics
Campus Liaison - Simon Scholars
President - United Sorority & Fraternity Council
Honors & Awards
Professional Recognitions
Edison STEM Summer Research Scholarship Recipient, 2025
People’s Choice Award, 2025;
Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship Recipient, 2024
Mathematics, Engineering, Science Achievement (MESA)
Directed Reading Program - Department of Mathematics
Department of State
The award provides funding for a student to conduct a research project in a STEM field during the summer under the guidance of a faculty mentor.
Awarded this for having a poster focused on "Permutation Wordle", which was a favorite for the popular vote!
Supports students of limited financial means to study or intern abroad, providing them with skills critical to our national security and economic prosperity. The Gilman Program is a competitive, merit-based scholarship.
Hispanic Scholarship Fund Scholar, 2022
California State Seal of Biliteracy (Spanish), 2022
Simon Scholar, 2020
Hispanic Scholarship Fund
Awarded to selected students of Hispanic heritage who demonstrate high academic achievement and need-based funding.
California Department of Education
Awarded for having a proficient level of speaking Spanish.
Simon Scholar Foundation
A comprehensive, multi-year scholarship and support system for high-achieving, first-generation, and low-income students who have overcome adversity.