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Physical prototypes, digital hardware, and engineering software. Open a project to see how it works and where I contributed.

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12 projects and experience stories

01 / Sensing & Control

Drosophila automation

Computer vision and assay software for a team-built fruit-fly research automation platform, recognized with a People's Choice Award.

Python · Computer vision · Classification · Raspberry Pi

Physical team prototypeJanuary–May 2026
02 / Silicon & Compute

Digital implementation

Synthesis, physical design, timing analysis, and flow automation across two digital designs during my Cadence internship.

Genus · Innovus · Tempus · Static timing analysis

Professional experienceMay–August 2025
03 / Systems & Workflows

AeroLab

A six-degree-of-freedom simulation workspace for vehicle motion, sensor faults, estimator experiments, and telemetry review.

Python · NumPy · 6DOF dynamics · Sensor models

Simulation2026
04 / Systems & Workflows

Industrial decision workflows

A Power Platform workflow connecting structured information, validation, review, and technical decision support at Siemens.

Power Apps · SharePoint · Power Automate · Power Query

Professional experienceMay–August 2026
05 / Silicon & Compute

FPGA timing controller

A synthesizable Verilog controller coordinating a clock, alarms, stopwatch, countdown, snooze, and user inputs.

Verilog · FPGA · ModelSim · State machines

Hardware-validated team projectAcademic project
06 / Silicon & Compute

PYNQ-Z2 Acceleration Suite

Two acceleration paths—a radix-4 Booth multiplier and a streaming 3×3 image kernel—with host interfaces and repeatable mock tests.

HLS · AXI4-Lite · AXI4-Stream · PYNQ

Partial FPGA prototype2026
07 / Silicon & Compute

PVT Validation Framework

A Python workflow for modeled device sweeps, instrument abstractions, pass/fail checks, and generated reports.

Python · Process / voltage / temperature · Mock instruments · Limit checks

Simulated validation2026
08 / Sensing & Control

Autonomous bowling robot

A camera-guided tabletop robot connecting target selection, carriage motion, and a coordinated ball release.

MATLAB · Simulink · Arduino · HSV vision

Physical team prototype2025
09 / Sensing & Control

Vital Trace

An educational biosignal studio for filtering, time/frequency inspection, annotations, comparison, and report exports.

TypeScript · Signal filtering · FFT · Spectrograms

Educational prototype2026
10 / Sensing & Control

Porchlight

An edge-runtime prototype for event aggregation, duplicate suppression, offline queuing, and operator visibility.

C++17 · Linux · SQLite · FastAPI

Replay prototype2026
11 / Systems & Workflows

Smart Factory Digital Twin

A deterministic factory-cell simulator connecting control state, alarms, downtime, historian data, and OEE reporting.

PLC-style logic · HMI · Python · SQLite

Browser simulation2026
12 / Systems & Workflows

SignalLaunch

A document-workflow prototype for extracting evidence, exposing gaps, and drafting structured engineering handoffs.

FastAPI · Next.js · Document extraction · Evidence maps

Document-workflow prototype2026

A note on the work

Team projects identify my contribution. Software simulations, partial prototypes, and professional experience are labeled so you can understand exactly what each case demonstrates.