Computer Science: Data Analytics and Machine Learning at Ball State University
Muncie, Indiana | Standing: Junior
Bachelor of Science in Computer Science, Data Analytics & Machine Learning
Dean’s Lists: 2023 - 2025
March 2025 | Destin, FL
Contributed to environmental conservation by building fences, clearing wildlife paths, removing trash, and creating habitats for endangered species. Demonstrated teamwork, reliability, and commitment to ecosystem preservation.
March 2024 | Johns Island, SC
Supported construction of homes for underserved communities, collaborating with mentors to gain insights on construction and project management. Helped advance access to safe, affordable housing.
Mar 2025 • Destin, Florida
Mar 2024 • Johns Island, South Carolina
Digital Corps — Muncie, IN
Design, develop, and deploy full-stack web applications and tools for 19,000+ students, staff, and faculty, turning designs into reliable, user-friendly digital solutions. Collaborate with university partners, applying logical thinking, problem-solving, and detail-oriented development to deliver creative solutions on fast-paced, evolving project timelines.
The Data Mine — Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN
Partnered with BASF to design data-driven solutions for customer segmentation and regional grower personas, aligning business problems with technical insights. Applied Python, SQL, and Spark on large demographic and geospatial datasets to uncover adoption patterns in agricultural technology. Leveraged Databricks notebooks for scalable analysis and Tableau/Power BI for interactive visualizations supporting strategic decisions.
Outamation
Built modular AI pipelines with OCR (Tesseract, PaddleOCR) and PDF parsing (PyMuPDF), improving document classification accuracy by 30%. Developed a LlamaIndex-powered RAG system and benchmarked OCR/LLM retrieval performance using Mistral and Phi-2.
University-Industry Partnership
Built a cross-platform mobile MVP using React Native, TypeScript, Firebase, and Expo. Developed 10+ reusable UI components and improved cross-platform accessibility by 40%. Contributed to 5 Agile sprints and collaborated in a 4-person team.
Unified Technology Support
Improved digital accessibility for 10+ campus platforms using JAWS, NVDA, and WAVE, achieving 95% WCAG 2.1 AA compliance. Documented 20+ critical accessibility issues and guided 5+ teams through remediation, reducing issue resolution time by 40%.
Headstarter
Developed and deployed 5+ AI-driven web apps using Next.js, OpenAI, Pinecone, and StripeAPI. Mentored 4 engineering fellows and introduced CI/CD pipelines and Git workflows, enhancing code quality and engineering throughput.
Developed a web app aggregating real-time air quality, humidity, and wind data from multiple APIs (WAQI, Meteomatics, NASA Earth Data, NewsAPI) with interactive visualizations using Leaflet.js, Recharts, and Material-UI. Built backend services with Spring Boot, Java, and Node.js and deployed on Google Cloud with Docker, ensuring timely, accurate environmental data delivery. Implemented an opt-in text alert system notifying users of hazardous air quality, promoting community awareness and engagement.
Developed pipelines to parse and process unstructured PDFs into structured datasets for downstream analytics. Implemented hybrid retrieval (vector + BM25) with reranking, improving query accuracy on large enterprise document sets. Connected pipeline to LLMs for business intelligence applications, demonstrating modern data architecture practices.
Built a machine learning model using Random Forest Classifier to detect credit card fraud, improving detection accuracy on transactional data.
Developed a Java-based desktop app allowing users to create profiles, join groups, and connect with others based on shared interests.
Built a full-stack intelligent customer support chatbot using Next.js, React, Node.js, and Gemini AI to enhance user interaction and automate support.
Created a dynamic social networking web app using HTML, CSS, JavaScript, jQuery, PHP, and MySQL from scratch.