Someplace Else

Oct. 2024 - Present

Skills used: JavaScript, AWS Lambda, API Gateway, DynamoDB, AWS S3, React.js

• Developed a full-stack serverless web app using AWS Lambda and API Gateway for backend and DynamoDB for data storage, enabling users to share and explore geotagged locations.
• Created an interactive map frontend with Leaflet.js by creating custom React components for map rendering and user interactions.
• Accomplished geospatial data storage using DynamoDB, indexing with Leaflet.js, and AWS S3 for image storage.

Amazon Echo Canvas Assistant

Jun. 2024 - Present

Skills used: Python, AWS Lambda, AWS API Gateway, Canvas REST API

• Designed a voice-enabled Echo skill for accessing student Canvas schedules using Python and AWS Lambda.
• Utilized Canvas’ LMS REST API for immediate schedule information retrieval.
• Enabled serverless processing using AWS Lambda and handled Canvas API requests with API Gateway.
• Implemented secure login to manage user permissions and protect sensitive academic data.

Recipe Finder

Apr. 2024

Skills used: Python, Git, Tkinter, Pandas

• Built a Python application with a Tkinter GUI allowing users to input ingredients and search a dataset of 100k+ recipes, discovering recipes with the highest number of matching ingredients.
• Used graphs, maps, and priority queues to optimize the search algorithm and improve performance.
• Utilized Pandas for efficient data manipulation and processing of large datasets, enabling rapid search responses.
• Achieved 3rd place overall in a competition out of 200+ students in a Data Structures & Algorithms class.