My Experience
- Qualcomm
Modem Software Engineer - Virginia Polytechnic Institute
Computer Engineering Major, Mathematics Minor - Undergraduate Research with Dr. C. Jules White
Algorithm Developer - Independent Study with Dr. Tom Martin
Product Developer - Fashion Show
Hardware/Software Engineer - Undergraduate Honor System
Associate Justice, Web Application Developer
- Embedded System Design
Hardware/Software Engineer - Koofers.com
Software Developer Intern - Blacksburg Electronic Village
Web Developer - concrete5 Content Management System
Freelance Web Developer
Qualcomm
The Spotlight
rroll: A Physical Rickroll Device
rroll is an open source (GNU GPL v3) Arduino project that uses an ultrasonic sensor to unleash cheesy music on unsuspecting passersby. Whenever someone enters within 6 feet of the sensor, the device is activated and starts playing Rick Astley's Never Gonna Give You Up. When the person leaves the area, the music pauses, only to resume where it left off when the person re-enters the area. Plus, someone at The Next Web thought the device was front page material, which leaves me feeling more confused than deserving. Learn More >>
Notable Projects
24, an automatic solver to a popular math puzzle
Audiovisual Display, A circuit designed for an HKN competition. The entry placed third and was presented to the department head.
Cannon, an Android-controlled pneumatic cannon powered By Arduino
Ecémon, a Pokémon-inspired Verilog project featuring ECE faculty at Virginia Tech
Graph Theory, a demonstration of Dijkstra's breadth-first search algorithm
Grid, a simplified drawing program
Interview Questions, a collection of my favorite interview questions I've encountered since 2007
Location, an example of geolocation in Javascript
Maintenance, a placeholder page made for Koofers.com
Math, a collection of scripts related to discrete math
Password Generator, a secure password generator written in Javascript
Pocket Talk, an open source (GNU GPL v3) Android application that reads text messages aloud and vibrates them in Morse Code
POV, a message generator for the MiniPOV3 kit
Quarternote, a video describing Quarternote, an Android music player designed to work in a car
rroll, a physical Rickroll device (contrast with a software implementation)
Slide to Unlock, a vector Photoshop file of the iconic slide to unlock
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Speed Test, a typing speed test
Statistics, a demonstration of hypothesis testing set to the tune of Pyotr Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture
Syncrod, a paper about an energy-minimization method for distributed file synchronization algorithms. The paper debuted at PECCS 2012.
WebBlaze, a web interface to program a Xilinx S3E board [offline]
XStitch, a program that converts any image into cross-stitch patterns
Zip Code, a RESTful interface to JSON zip code data given latitude and longitude. Database adapted from Boutell.
Real Life
Zach is one of the most talented and intelligent colleagues I have ever met.
- Matthew Hughes, Associate Chief Justice at the Virginia Tech Undergraduate Honor System
