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• Worked in a team to develop a simulator for laser ablation of debris in space using agile methodologies (Jira/Git)• Gathered requirements and specifications from a client and wrote an in-depth technical document to document risk assessment, test coverage, system architecture, task sizing, user interface, and use cases• Utilized the Python Orekit wrapper to assist complex orbital mechanics calculations. • Developed key quality-of-life features to save and load simulations from files, view output data in configurable graphs, and view summaries of important physics metrics in the simulation• Wrote unit and integration test cases using mocks to test many features, including saving, loading, output logs, output graphics, and calculated statistics

• Used Python to work with a dataset containing 11 million rows of text sent over Discord• Wrote and optimized a program in Java to scrape, clean, and format data from Discord• Utilized a bag of words approach to match users together, visualize data, and report statistics about our findings

• Used the Eclipse IDE to create a linter in Java that can lint any input Java classes• Wrote code to detect bad object-oriented design practices in the input classes, including tight coupling, inversion of control, low cohesion, and dependency inversion• Wrote code to detect the use of specific design patterns, such as the strategy pattern, the observer pattern, and the singleton pattern• Utilized MVC architecture to structure the program• Implemented object-oriented design methods for maintainability and reusability• Utilized mutation testing to ensure test case coverage of the program

• Created a real-time multiplayer game in Java using UDP connections between client and server• Allowed for up to 10 players to play in a game simultaneously• Implemented features to minimize the effects of packet loss and lag

• Led a team to create a website for sharing recipes with a Microsoft SQL backend database• Used web scraping to automatically collect and import data from an existing website of recipes• Used Node.js to connect the website to our backend• Sanitized inputs and utilized password hashing and salting for security

• Created a website to recommend movies to users using Visual Studio Code• Used an API to allow users to view and search for movies• Stored information about users to create smart recommendations for movies• Used Firebase to deploy the website