Awards and Competitions. Top Trending C++ Developer on GitHub - November 2022 2022 Outstanding Recent Alumnus Award University of Illinois Aerospace Engineering ROS Community Voted Nav2 the Best Software of the Year 2021 ROS Community Voted Me the Best Developer of the Year 2021 2022 Top 20 Individual Leaders in Intelligent and Connected Devices ROS Community Voted Me the Best Developer of the Year 2020 Finalist for the RoboCup Best Paper Award at IROS 2020 AIAA Region III Conference, Best Team Paper Award, “In-Situ Sample Collection Tool Design and Analysis”, 2016 Given 2021 Spot Award in Recognition of Exceptional Contribution and Support for Robotics 3rd Place, NASA Robotic Mining Competition, Systems Engineering Paper, 2014 High School 1st Place State (Illinois) Robot Arm - Science Olympiad, 2013 1st Place State (Illinois) Helicopter, 2012. 2nd Place 2011. - Science Olympiad 2nd Place National Battlebots Tournament, 2013 Eagle Scout Award