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Leadership

Teams run on trust — someone has to build it.

From managing a chapter budget to co-founding a robotics organization that doubled participation — leading, mentoring, and community-building alongside the engineering.

Treasurer

Mar 2026 — Present

Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), Penn State

Financial steward of Penn State's 100-member ACM chapter.

  • Own the full $5,000 annual budget cycle — allocation across technical events, operations, and conference travel

Committee Member

Apr 2026 — Present

Engineering Undergraduate Council, Penn State

Student governance for Penn State's College of Engineering.

Founder — Idea TestLab & MVP DevLab

Nov 2024 — Present

Happy Valley LaunchBox

Took Chronos through Penn State's startup accelerator programs, securing $2,000 in competitive funding through customer discovery, beta testing, and accelerator pitches.

Peer Mentor

Aug 2024 — Present

Kazakh Student Association, Penn State

Mentor for first-year international students arriving at Penn State.

  • Mentored a cohort of 10 first-year Kazakhstani students on academic planning, campus resources, and cultural adjustment

Team Lead (Tier 2)

Jun 2025 — Present

Pattee & Paterno Libraries, Penn State

Lead an 8-person service team per shift at a facility serving 500+ patrons daily — promoted to the highest student-employee tier.

Member

Sep 2024 — Present

IEEE, Penn State Student Chapter

General body member of the student chapter.

Co-Founder

2023 — 2024

RoboFusion

Co-founded a student organization promoting FIRST robotics and STEM education across Kazakhstan.

  • Doubled FLL + FTC team participation at our school year-over-year
  • Partnered with TechnoGirls to promote STEM for girls — achieved gender parity on robotics teams
  • Expanded the robotics community to 4+ schools across Astana and built an internal mentorship pipeline

Speaker & Instructor

2023 — 2024

STEM Outreach — Kazakhstan

Public speaking and hands-on instruction promoting the FIRST robotics movement.

  • Spoke to 434 students about robotics at the International Educational Conference (AGS)
  • Led hands-on robotics master classes at Nazarbayev University for rural-school students
  • Team outreach campaigns reached 8.6M+ Instagram accounts

Python Instructor

2024 — 2025

Independent

Designed and taught Python lectures — data structures and problem solving — for high school students ages 13–17.

Awards & recognition

2023

Top 3 Nationally — Senior Challenge

World Robot Olympiad, KazakhstanAmong 80+ competing teams

2025

$2,000 Competitive Funding

Happy Valley LaunchBox, Penn StateFor Chronos, after Idea TestLab & MVP DevLab

2024

1st Place — Regional Network Competition

FTC Kazakhstan

2024

Innovation in Engineering Award

First Global Challenge

2024

Samsung Solve for Tomorrow Award

Samsung

2024

People's Choice Award

Astana Hub Battle

2024

AI BATTLE Award

ISSAI / Nazarbayev University