Welcome to my GitHub profile! I'm passionate about coding, problem-solving, and building impactful projects. Here's a list of my recent projects!
Evanescent wave interactions with nanoparticles on optical fiber modulate side emission of germicidal ultraviolet light
Emma Westerhoff, H. Jung, A. Burwell, S. Zhang, and P. Bermel
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Optical Materials Express, Vol. 13, Issue 7, 2023
Software Modeling of In-Sensor Reservoir Computing
Spring 2025 – Current
- Developed a software model of reservoir computing using neuromorphic principles, replicating physical properties of wearable in-sensor photo-transistors.
- Implemented real-time classification algorithms on reservoir computing architectures to enable adaptive decision-making in dynamic environments.
Resource-Constrained Recurrent Neural Networks for Human Decision Making
Fall 2024 – Current
- Designed and implemented resource-constrained RNNs to simulate human decision-making processes in uncertain, dynamic environments.
- Performed mathematical analysis on stability and learning behavior under different biologically and computationally plausible constraints, including sparsity and power.
Distributed Tomographic Reconstruction As A Service
Fall 2024
- Engineered a distributed system for tomographic reconstruction, enabling high-performance computation over cloud-based services.
- Designed parallel algorithms for efficient image reconstruction in large-scale systems, utilizing GPU acceleration to speed up processing time.
- Utilized a variety of technologies to provide a live service, including k8s, Docker, Redis, MinIO, microservices, CI/CD, and a front-end REST API.
Watts Water
Aug. 2019 – May 2020
- Designed low-power wireless sensor network for Legionella control in hospitals.
- Wrote full-stack code (embedded C++ to PowerBI dashboards) that integrates the network with cloud infrastructure and visualization tools.

