Q:  Where did you grow up? What was your path to Cal?
A:  I grew up in Escondido (just north of San Diego). In High School, I
    started a FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC) Team. Half of the
    universities I applied to as a Physics major, and the other half
    as EE/EECS. Of course, I'm now an EECS major, but I still plan
    on minoring in Physics.
    
Q:  How much programming have you done (and what languages)?
A:  I first began programming with Visual Basic in 7th or 8th grade.
    Later I learned C++, and also made a few Java applets. I've also
    done some embedded development with microcontrollers. In high
    school, I set up a web server and learned PHP to create a statistics
    website for my robotics team. Everything I learned in high school
    was self-taught as my school didn't have any real CS classes, which
    is a shame. Since coming to Cal, I've also learned Objective-C,
    and of course, Python. 
    
Q:  What are your hobbies? What are some of your talents and skills?
A:  In additions to playing around with electronics, and computers,
    which has always been fun, I've always enjoyed backpacking and camping.
    I also love playing piano and hanging out with friends.
    
Q:  Have you done anything remarkable? Has anything memorable happened to you?
A:  That's a hard question to answer. I once saw a bear in the wild while
    climbing Mt. San Gorgonio. In high school, I got to go to the
    international science fair at which I got lots of scholarships which
    are helping me pay for college. A motor controller board I built this
    ear was featured on Hack a Day (http://goo.gl/7TGkR), and the video of
    it playing NyanCat (by varying PWM frequency) got over 27,000 views.

Q:  What commitments will be consuming your cycles this summer?
A:  I'll be working on research with Professor Maharbiz for which I'll be
    building an apparatus to visually stimulate dragonfly ocelli with the
    eventual goal of controlling their flight. I'm also building a circuit
    to extract energy from a small glucose-powered fuel cell.
    
    I also have a few side projects including building a couple web sites,
    an iOS App, and helping out on an educational robot for Pioneers in
    Engineering.