Hey there! I'm a computer engineer at NASA working on the OSAM-1 mission.
My previous experience includes working on the ATLAS experiment of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN, on the BETTII high altitude balloon mission at NASA, and volunteering for RFCx, a non-profit that protects rainforests with real-time data on illegal deforestation.
I'm originally from the beautiful state of Michigan, and like any Michigander I enjoy playing euchre and brewing (and drinking) beer. I am currently a member of the NASA Zymernauts Brewing Club, and a founder of the Brewing Science and Technology Club at my alma mater.
I love culture, travel, and learning new languages; I'm fluent in my native English and Spanish, intermediate in French, and a beginner in Russian. I also love camping, backpacking, hiking, roadtrips, ice hockey and basically any outdoor activity. I am very passionate about the environment and conservation.
My technical interests include computer vision, cryptography, algorithm optimization, physics, and pretty much anything related to computer engineering.
RFCx is combatting illegal deforestation by using repurposed Android phones to listen for the sounds of chainsaws, engines, and other sounds in the rainforest. Data is collected and transmitted in real time to a server which performs analysis of the audio using DSP algorithms to determine the presence of loggers
git
Version Control
make
, gdb
, ssh
, etc.)
English
nativeSpanish
fluentFrench
intermediateRussian
basic
1BC4 00F8 F7A9 04DF
-----BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----
Version: GnuPG v2.0
mQINBFb/XvgBEACYgCb4MbXGOjxYS2TGGKjy3ArhaSgnmWPVBcfbMJHZhvxFUJMt
xjg5U0Av6VCrg713/pFU0J0JAp7nd8d/OqD1SQmzUasLWuN2gHWGYzU05u/tFWYI
DBIwti0E+ZmrAgDFDPsO0Pup4o8Esq7oZZkCGOfZsN2NeWBlMKJYjt5DNXH2e2FW
gtVrHDBkQMwvAcIcgJTYAACjd8prdXlDOkBOkB2mhKuW4buDNbirkI3M9INZiucM
l+9pTfCmQXOL+kFjFPKGpmXOLHXGPZHPt4mvSAQ0BzAOTBj2n9wwtBGEuwiJO+IS
aFpGW0hFFuPK98/bqym0pxCsQATQYyM9pp5d5r/U5jOPf5nGceKlEOIDUT2mOvzY
O/be7j88fjMpn9JtgW4A644wwdeBNnLfjYoXqIUcnTZuKlrU+xNATS1P9xQ3RuLb
NVIq2k/QyoFQ+CmS2q0ckRs73KBxMNEggESx7Nyht1HwGUPn1YrE7xwAOihpmd9G
0arbNS96NF9xVB1d8SNroz/hQy1wlcTB27A/wpX/HFaEE4NkUBynWkiGXM7eP8FG
25MV6dhVQa2qHVmpRL5ubdeqSobv04VRQp44B8bCsHCdI5mD0uXLW9gqzjIAGbwn
6zlPhWCFnZmEjiNTtDyZ5iQcCX532i7iO/zums2CTxebwY0ct/NCxGc3CwARAQAB
tCNKb2UgR2lic29uIDxnaWJzam9zZUBtYWlsLmd2c3UuZWR1PokCPwQTAQgAKQUC
Vv9e+AIbAwUJBw4nAAcLCQgHAwIBBhUIAgkKCwQWAgMBAh4BAheAAAoJEBvEAPj3
qQTfOhUP/j3L1CMewqItaeTsWI96CE5/3QAhAsXGLLBMu6lTgeF3V2WFZYRv2gu4
qFDav+Uh5W/TQkfBff5mUroBnbABX/m7A5dsnsGk4KmfcycJg/4V66RSmWbvwgCH
TFAaurpSKih7+bNwS5PBCLUY3VEvCWs85phtrRKVTawZJupkKu/m4DcveFgiqwVT
pnN+a6L3Co5ewV53SqZIOm1Frqx19Sv21e3YzX6Zube3fgdMr7DxHVM8zo5aitAT
mm6QLj7NgHtIIfV2Z8uu8HrAy3wLAxg7ifYjCyADAJbJl52uKuIXdIFjUcgo5RU7
qeO2gmskxMILk4ep2mT1erritf0hn4JnQoFQyxe0EyHLfTU8Pourxig6JhxVjfE9
1IMVmFvhlFeCNs2nAnXeGxPWPeJ3Vwxgi2gD9L1JvXrwEa/z4EIfRtKbLc+BnyLe
rU8t0rsykw1DNc6cxbwODxQG4D4A5jlb9r89HAbxBIysxaYQJ4vaa/TAVJHGU5zr
qwmrwlQS+wHAI3Zxt2ZsL6/iqaLwRw882g6DLANGw3+z10WVtf5lGLz5uDR33dUJ
EzTodJAUrgaRGsa+7YxDefdXNwokIjeihODoLmO8itY4QszZOvgx1dls1cZwAdLi
2C4H5tnUiRPaOQ4Oc7+mcJXZryIJlgB1znoubF64iPJgcTdEVbrWuQINBFb/XvgB
EADVM5vvspUvA7jtzWLEmDmt8q+/bknLg4aHxbs3CijNrxuc/4SeUPDJoyt7CDPx
THbnDyECa6sN0cv1rEBrTDMZsZgrg1mpj7Hb2LZFFCvmGYIa5cJO1nLYFGqQmTfy
/79/lmYPNTtVnZw+VERlESAlK1tH8sgYA8pbNtUfDIRr6vdcRyekrWfvcAolAG46
0eeFXAsFuRKpzq36ejLySMRA/Z4QMP+2tk6vNej4HPOmVCSl/Tjus2sltZ8mVXkJ
4hKWHU9W/39SwZB3/3ZQVH1nHLvDE0NHkgOvUCWnl7tI+x/CXBENcDxl3ZiaTg9k
JUqmA7adCQt4ZzjcqaP5eAza4KlYkB4N2kX8ksBHNB6wwL4cedRnQF8WoRMAWTG+
zTA7c7DgjmdvUg1qoqd+2jheOospa8iiTscHDTefusqkz5dG08/bYADrXPZBsAXq
MnEAkQVcv65yeBjBSMMZNvrDkqqS0LcqOfa/axwz/GVZkljVcjqVys8DNOujxsJ/
qemtN3mU7rkvtlPMeTRvh04SOKkYJAUlASLN9ZZK5UCo8Lg7hGPLdBCanFmJ54OH
2y/b34/pfzxQOMlhDwIeu8b+FBcfQexrcHILdur5lv3pRqm5nFvl8P4LcPVTut+C
+GfwvDCzdI2IOpg0wm0EzXztSAt9t4W7l92AyC4NXwyWQwARAQABiQIkBBgBCAAP
BQJW/174AhsMBQkHDicAAAoJEBvEAPj3qQTfSzsP+OBbYD7AdFDqq2aLrZVGDktz
20cnpo4hlNoWzI/Gp7DytlJrWHEfrKMDJDpC358RdGkcSbQfeOhc+Tu9H/yi98pF
GMF/qg8kQAjH87Cpp5/qIssTC15iqxN7tXl0bph2+DOITd25WUbM4pVGpEjooQji
Pl2zeIim/Z5GjYTzCmYsJ1SU5go0A4LryqkP5Obna4Z91rZpW8TACKlxje3NAwlj
AIdSF+yML38VtsU5G7MllPU7tjMNs/8q1S79IeG81YQrN1N66u2rEEOtLVyTvjbI
mdaAwoCcobjfixhe8gKKXocNexe3E2P7jaaHi+y5mDVhC6pKchBzaIsAjh+IKjCz
cStRKQbwbCm6n7IPSHnaTorHUxyk3x3l30YdPSgar8vUT/fCVu1/ofCc76kYuN6H
/MYkDqna1qVxskV06eGUt+IPXsm2VyvRsmpPiMpBS+BwtxK5ejm/vwWSJz11hzV+
ITG/UeMKGM3aI1PmiOtwt2RjhTxYJIE5lUGr0mPDI5HfqWs34EMMLJ6RnHVQGGde
WKXoy4t98oTyGNK2ikkoWbb6v7MTvCGgD4eAA3bguqDNYh3xIGtN0mnAyP2g3ZXE
P+VXI/ZyjfbTwFSye89RWSNi97atkBoIYNvgkC+3x0zFnzk4/DB5bGsLHVfR6nYr
7mc3M/jy6rAIp2ptK94=
=sPWP
-----END PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----