Hey there! 👋

Hi, I'm Jacob. I'm a creative technologist and full-time student passionate about building great things with computers. I specialize in languages like Swift, Python, C#, and more. In my free time, I love building projects, playing bass, baking, and learning new things!

😎 Skills

Main Skills:

Swift

Python

Web Dev - Vanilla, React, Express

Adobe Creative Cloud

Other Experience:

Machine Learning + TensorFlow

Unity + C#

Mongo + SQL

💼 Experience

University of Missouri-Columbia - Peer Learning Assistant

August 2022 - Present (1 year 4 months)

Collaborated with professors to aid students in understanding key concepts in multiple classes. Held scheduled office hours to assist students with assignments. Discussed student feedback weekly with professors to ensure student content mastery. Helped students gain an understanding of Python, Swift, C#, and fundamental computer science topics.

Panera Bread - Research Development Software Engineer (Intern)

May 2023 - August 2023 (4 months)

Used machine learning, web development, python, open-cv, and cross-department relationships to prototype a new way to improve order accuracy.

QuarkWorks, Inc. - Mobile Software Developer Intern

January 2022 - June 2022 (6 months)

Worked in Native iOS and Android development at QuarkWorks, Inc. Met with clients to discuss needs and timeline. Attended weekly meetings. Produced video/graphic content in Figma/Premier.

University of Missouri-Columbia - Spot Research Assistant

August 2021 - February 2022 (7 months)

Worked to forward the area of Search and Rescue through the SPOT platform. Familiarized with the SPOT SDK. Used YOLOv3 and ImageAI to look for missing persons in the frame. Participated in outreach in the community using SPOT.

Slate Robotics - Intern

March 2019 - August 2019 (6 months)

Developed solutions for large-scale 3D printing and manufacturing, worked to optimize PLA filament manufacturing, developed solutions for pre-production human-scale robots. The goal was to make robotics commonplace in every household.

👨‍💻 Hackathons

✨Planning Committee Chairman✨ - Tigerhacks 2023

Jan 2023

Tigerhacks returned for it's 🎉10th birthday🎉 and I served as a chair member!

Responsibility:

Picking and planning prizes and raffle items

Helping design and plan free swag

Organizing judging, categories, and rubrics

Brought back ✨Hardware Hack✨

Guitar Hero In VR - MIT Reaility Hack

Nov 2023

Amadeus is an interactive application that teaches you about waveforms via a repurposed Guitar Hero controller and an ESP32 connected to Unity via Bluetooth. Looking into the VR glasses, the Quest 2, you are immersed in a sea of particles visualizing the transformations of modulated waveforms.

Responsibility:

Writing C code to get ESP-32 board in Guitar Hero guitar to talk to Unity game.

3D Modeling

Dev Post Blog Post Written By Team Member

RoadHawk - Tigerhacks 2022

Nov 2022

A fast, safe, and simple way for users and government entities to communicate hazardous road conditions and view data pertaining to the history of those events.

Responsibility:

Created frontend and dashboard using Express and React JS

Dev Post