Experiences

Quiet work becomes visible later.

School, research curiosity, sport, and building all sit in the same place for me: practice, observation, and trying to make useful things with care.

Joshua running on a blue track during a meet
track seasonpractice made visible
Joshua in a navy suit near a brick wall
formal framepresentation matters
Joshua holding a camera outdoors
camera daynoticing details
James S. Rickards High School Raiders logo
01 / school

IB Student at Rickards

James S. Rickards High School, Tallahassee. IB coursework gives the page its academic base: long assignments, hard questions, and learning to stay patient with complicated work.

Florida State University chemistry building entrance
02 / research direction

Photophysics, solar energy, chemistry.

Interested in how lab questions become materials, energy ideas, and real-world engineering decisions. This is the direction I want to keep building toward as I get more lab exposure.

Build it small. Make it useful. Make it cleaner tomorrow.

Aerial view of Rickards High School track and football field
03 / athletics

Track and cross country

800m, mile, and 5K training. Running keeps the work honest because progress has nowhere to hide, and every week leaves evidence.

04 / building practice

JOAM projects

CivilSense, CrashLab, OlympiadCoach, SmartPlace, and this site. Different forms, same instinct: make ideas easier to understand and use.