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Austin, Tx, Us

Swarthmore, Pa

Writing software, maintaining enterprise-grade server hardware, and managing ~60 people at the Swarthmore College Computer Society (SCCS), a school-funded club providing services for the Swarthmore campus community.- Oversaw and assisted in the completion and rollout of The Cygnet v2, a student directory service now featuring self-serve profile customization- Oversaw and assisted in the completion and rollout of Course Planner v2, a student directory service now featuring self-serve profile customization- Lead developer of Reserved Student Digest v2, a hub for the important information around campus, including a classifieds section housing a lost-and-found service and ads for local sales and offers, using Next.js, MUI, and Tailwind CSS- Developed the "Tickflow" email ticketing system using a custom system mail watcher daemon and a Next.js-based web app using MUI and Tailwind- Dockerized services to containerize dependencies, reduce development environment issues, and protect from OS upgrade package breakage- Updated Course Planner to allow iCalendar file exporting, match style guide, and support modern PWA configuration- Designed UI/UX of and configured new SSO/SAML system based on Keycloak- Interviewed and onboarded ~30 students across three cycles- Supervised the deployment of a new enterprise-grade production server, acting as a Proxmox-based VM host and ZFS-based storage server- Developed Figma style guide to unify design language- (Active) Managing and mentoring ~40 club members to build skills and develop products- (Active) Overseeing the development of ~5 new and existing web services

Working in the campus MakerSpace, a creative hub with digital fabrication equipment (3D printers, a laser cutter, etc.), a wood shop, and other tools.- Helping students with the design and fabrication of projects for school or personal use- Practicing and applying engineering principles in creative ways- Received formal training in various professional fabrication equipment, including a laser cutter, a water jet cutter, band saws, and more

Swathmore, Pa

Writing web scrapers for political science research projects. Not all companies have their full datasets easily accessible, so I have been working to create Python-based Web scrapers for these sites using BeautifulSoup and other tools.- Two scrapers written so far- One scraper was written to parse patterns in a Vue.JS-based site with very few obvious tags- Scrapers output cleanly-formatted Excel sheets for easy analysis

Austin, Texas, United States

Rearchitected presilicon simulation tooling for NVIDIA Tegra series SoCs, supporting multiple operating systems and system configurations across current and future chips.- Developed robust knowledge of ARMv8/v9 boot flow for various platforms- Worked with SystemC-based simulation platforms using in-house and third-party IPs- Refactored scripts for loading various images to the simulator based on chip, simulator platform, and operating system- Rewrote simulator logging system for simultaneous stdout and file output- Engaged in bug triage and code review for simulator tooling and Linux kernel changes

Switchroot is a group for open-source development on the Nintendo Switch, a Tegra X1-based game console with a FOSS bootstrap exploiting a low-level recovery bootloader. I actively contribute to various Switchroot projects, especially Switchroot Android, a port of the custom LineageOS Android ROM to the Switch.- Leader of project with >10,000 community members and ~50 contributors- Released Switchroot Android R, a port of LineageOS 18.1 to the Switch, now with over 13,000 installs- Reorganized codebase from forks of older versions of common repositories to proper AOSP-style tree- Ported Linux 4 Tegra kernel patches and drivers across baseline release branches- Ported U-Boot patches across baseline release branches and added features- Worked on device-specific but platform-themed Settings pages for setting various device preferences (panel mode, controller layouts, etc.)- Reworked docking handler to work around broken NVIDIA hwcomposer HAL rotation code, using surfaceflinger props to set 270° panel orientation (instead of the hwcomposer itself) and custom Java code to replace NVIDIA's stb_mode built-in docking functionality- Upstreamed cleaned version of nx tree to LineageOS upstream organization- Brought device up from LineageOS 17.1 (Android 10) to LineageOS 18.1 (Android 11) through LineageOS 21.0 (Android 14)- Oversaw the full, upstream, public release of LineageOS 21 for all Nintendo Switch models

Loose contract-based freelance work in basic information technology, Web design, site maintenance, and marketing management, using tools like Google Ads and Analytics to help businesses build their online images.- Created and maintained private community Web site for a client to manage operations, files, and people- Created and maintained Google Ads campaign for a client to enhance business performance

Middletown, New Jersey, United States

Summer job working with the Park System in their Summer Park Naturalist program (area 302N).- Facilitating programs for children and families with other staff- Assisting park patrons with questions and issues- Helping other park staff with logistical work and manual labor- Acting as a camp counselor for children grades 2-5

West Lafayette, Indiana, United States

Worked with Professor Maria Dadarlat and Kathleen Kisker to experimentally test mice's responses to neural microstimulation by designing, building, and testing equipment and software to train and measure implanted mouse behavior.- Designed and fabricated a training environment using Autodesk Inventor + Fusion 360 and a waterjet cutter- Wrote a Python script to automate the neural microstimulation of the mice, collection of data, and training process- Handled, habituated, and trained mice in specific experimental protocol

Long Branch, New Jersey, United States

Summer job selling beach tickets at Seven Presidents Oceanfront Park- Operated point-of-sale stations, making change for customers- Worked 8-hour shifts in summer weather- Assisted park patrons with questions and issues

Gained valuable experience in the trial consulting field, including work in jury research, graphics consulting and design, and evidence presentation in a one-semester high school internship.- Received formal PowerPoint and SPSS training- Created demonstratives based on real case files- Worked on presentation skills and presented work at the end of the program

Conducted experimental research and engineering design projects for entrance in various research symposia and science fairs. Obtained several awards, including 3rd place overall at the Jersey Shore Junior Science Symposium, leading to competition in the national Junior Science and Humanities Symposium.- Conducted a formal experimental research investigation- Conducted a formal engineering design study- Developed an IP geolocation algorithm and associated software- Developed an automatic emergency braking (AEB) system for bicycles- Wrote formal papers about both projects- Submitted projects to and competed at research competitions

Bachelor'S, Engineering + Computer Science

Activities and Societies: Swarthmore College Computer Society, The Phoenix, Flight Club, Google Developer Student ClubSwarthmore is.

High School Diploma

Activities and Societies: National Honor Society, Robotics and Coding Club, Technology-Student Association, Experimental Research.