Hayden.
I turn curiosity into code.
Passion for solving problems with creative solutions, leading others, and writing code. Interested in finding computer science opportunities embedded software and cyber security.
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Experience
- As team lead, establish a project plan, including creating season timeline and milestones, delegating projects to members, and project documentation. Ended the 2023 season at 11th/120 at the Michigan FSAE competition
- Facilitate design and implementation of all electronics and software on the season’s race car
- Design and manufacture multiple wire harnesses each year for ECU, data, and power
- Wrote C code for custom sensor boards, which packages sensor data into CAN frames and sends them to a central data acquisition board for processing and storage. Results in data capture from over 50 sensors on the car
- Wrote C code for custom control board, allowing precise driver control of DRS, e-clutch, and paddle shifting
- Built a Python script for cleaning and visualizing resulting CSV data enabling other team members to easily analyze car data and validate their designs
- Self-host an Xwiki server. Enables over 40 members to collaborate on a centralized documentation server
- Developed custom interfaces and backend solutions to modernize company processes in SQL Server and Next.js
- Research and report vulnerabilities in the network such as misconfigured file uploads and DNS zone transfer
- Incident hunting and response using Corelight (Zeek) and Splunk. Discovered multiple malicious actors such as server backdoors and browser hijackers
- Pioneered implementation of Suricata IDS into WashU security infrastructure. Tested and tuned IDS for use at WashU. Documented results and presented to CISO for approval
- Enhanced and refactored python project that automates the manual task of viewing Tenable reports and sending them to the appropriate administrator
- Configured and tested honeypots used to catch bad actors and automatic scanners on more than a dozen services
- Entry level developer working on the TeamBot website backend (Java Spring Boot)
- Led project management and trained new software and control systems team members
- Integrated new technologies including low-light IR computer vision and PID control to the team
- Created first team ‘coding etiquette’, GitHub flow control, and Java curriculum
Education
Aug 2021 - Dec 2024
Bachelor of Science in Computer Science
Washington University in St Louis
GPA:
3.85
Notable Courses
High School
Lutheran High School of St. Charles County
GPA:
4.07
Summa Cum Laude Graduate
- SAT: 1520
- ACT: 33
Highlights
Missouri Boys State - Changing Lives One Student at a Time
XWiki Server - Executing During Crunch Time
Dash/DAQ Final Design Report
The dash/DAQ will be responsible for collecting data from the ECU and other sensors around the car, logging that data, and displaying real-time information to the driver.
We have chosen to buy an off-the-shelf dash/DAQ this year. (Custom dash/DAQ will be pursued in the future.) The dash/DAQ we chose is the AiM MXS 1.3. This make and model was chosen for its dual CAN buses, large amount of memory, and extensive documentation.
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