Independently built and launched a professional website for a space physics company, enabling researchers to share findings with 20+ collaborators and advertise services to industry clients (WordPress, HTML, CSS).
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Cut page load time by 40% using caching and compression, improving user experience and SEO rankings.
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Deploy regular updates to ensure site provides accurate content and robust access to 140+ journal articles.
Collaborated with an Agile team of 10 students to develop and ship an event management web app for a human services nonprofit, connecting 1000+ families to vital community programs (React, JavaScript, Next.js).
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Engineered 10+ backend components for registration, login, authentication, and filtering events (Firebase).
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Autonomously implemented 4 frontend interface elements, including a responsive event display card (CSS).
Single-handedly architected and developed 3 VR prototypes to test new techniques for high-dimensional data analysis – core deliverables for a $1M research project funded by the Department of Defense (Unity, C#).
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Iteratively refined prototype features and user experience in collaboration with a cross-functional team of 6.
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Piloted a data visualization tool to map complex trends from CSV files onto 100K+ particles in real time.
Helped drive a 20% reduction in TSA baggage search time at Logan Airport by building a bag screening simulator for usability testing, improving the travel experience for over 17M passengers each year (Unity, C#).
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Rapidly prototyped the simulator and iterated its architecture, functionality, and interface based on feedback from a multidisciplinary team of 7; project funded by a $1M grant from the Department of Homeland Security.
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Created a cross-platform input system to maintain a consistent user experience across 5 unique hardware devices, integrating telemetry features to reliably collect usability test data on 4 key metrics.
