I'm a software engineer and journalist presently based in Kansas. You can find my resume here.
I started programming with a Raspberry Pi at the age of 10. After that, I was off to the races. I didn't discover journalism until high school, where I fell in love with writing.
I'm presently a computer science and journalism student at the University of Kansas. I recently completely a one-year term as the editor-in-chief of the University Daily Kansan, while balancing research at KU. A project that I was part of was accepted into ACSAC 2024, and will be published sometime in December.
My past experiences include time at the California Institute of Technology and a Dow Jones News Fund internship at Kansas City PBS.
I've done quite a few projects, including...
Well, it's more like "FightBoat" for legal reasons. The project was built with a team for a class and utilized a Electron client with a server running node.js. It's your classic battleship game, just insanely overengineered. You can find the GitHub repository here - a port to the web browser is coming soon.
I spent two years at Caltech, where I worked on a machine-learning project developing a propietary natural gas leak detection system using PyTorch. I also worked on real-time control of a microfluidics system. I can't discuss other technical details of the projects due to active NDAs.
I worked at the University of Kansas as a research assistant until 2024, under the watch of Professor Alex Bardas. I helped with microservice network building and analysis, as well as static analysis of code. A paper with my work included has been accepted into ACSAC 2024.
This website was built using vanilla Javascript and Bootstrap. It is hosted on Github Pages.
You should also read some of my pieces...
Kansas Brain Drain
This piece was written for Kansas City PBS on the lack of college educated workers in the state of Kansas and how the state could possibly resolve the problem. A follow-up piece was written on a campaign the Kansas government is undertaking to fix the problem.
CC Enrollment Drop
This piece was written for Kansas City PBS on the drop in enrollment at community colleges across Kansas and Missouri. Community College enrollment is counter-cyclical, and increases as the economy gets worse. This story also highlighted technical college programs.
Campus Reporting
I won two Society for Professional Journalists awards for my reporting at the University Daily Kansan. My stories included inaction on promised buildings, concerns about AAU membership, and students being kicked out of Allen Fieldhouse due to overselling.