Projects
A showcase for things I've done that are cool, but that I don't have reports on!
The technical contribution of my capstone research project, BetterSankey is a python utility that extends the functionality of the Plot.ly implementation of Sankey diagrams to be more data-driven and integrate common data science methods (statistical significance testing, feature selection, and model-building). It was developed for the use case of rectal cancer treatment modeling in close collaboration with the Chief of Colorectal Surgery at Emory Cancer Center. Click the link for more details!
This project was demo’d at MobiCom 2024, and we have a full paper currently under review at PerCom!
As part of my research project at the UVA HAI Lab exploring accessible, noninvasive methods of micronutrient status assessment, I looked to smartphone-based spectrophotometry as a potential new sensing avenue. I presented this poster on the topic at the UVA Engineering Research Expo and at the 2024 Commonwealth Cyber Initiative Symposium. Click the link for more details!
In 2023, I had the opportunity to work with PhD student Matt Landers at the HAI Lab on his project developing novel approaches to constrained reinforcement learning. Specifically, we aimed to find better ways of achieving knowledge transfer when the parameters of an environment may change. I helped implement several state of the art models, including policy distillation. The source code is available here.
For my junior research project at the Governor’s School, I designed and built a platform for warehouse robotics (like those used by Amazon) that were powered through wireless induction. Everything I did in this project, from programming and cloud infrastructure to computer-aided design and manufacture, was entirely self-taught. It placed first at the Tidewater Science and Engineering Fair and was accepted to the International Science Fair, but this was canceled due to COVID. Click the link for more details, or check out my writeup!
I led a team of 4 on a semester-long project building PeerCycle: a platform for UVA students to list belongings that would normally be thrown away or left on the side of the road during move-out.
This last summer I took the time to perform the Gaggiuino mod on my espresso machine! Basically, this mod allows the machine to be controlled by a microcontroller and do some fancy stuff called ‘pressure profiling’ where it uses pressure, temperature, and weight sensors to pull the perfect shot. It was a lot of fun, but also a lot harder than I thought it would be (mostly because I thought I could swap out some recommended parts).
I recently made a website for my lab group! You can check it out here to learn more about our work.
