Projects
6-Axis Robotic Arm
November 2024 - April 2025
Led a 5-member team building control systems for a 6-DOF robotic arm inspired by the Modern Robotics UR3 for presentation at UIUC's Engineering Open House event.
- Developed Arduino Mega control framework for stepper/encoder integration and closed-loop actuation
- Implemented serial streaming between Python motion planning and Arduino firmware
- Coordinated with mechanical and electrical engineering teams to integrate hardware and software
Django Email Client
April 2023
Built a full-featured single-page email client using Django backend and vanilla JavaScript frontend with dynamic inbox management and email composition.
- Implemented RESTful API with Django for sending, receiving, and organizing emails with inbox/sent/archive views
- Designed responsive single-page application using JavaScript fetch API for asynchronous email operations
- Built real-time UI updates with read/unread status tracking and reply functionality without page refreshes
Stock Trading Web Application
May 2023
Developed a full-stack stock portfolio management application using Flask and SQL with real-time stock data integration and comprehensive transaction tracking.
- Built Flask-based web application with user authentication, password hashing, and session management
- Implemented live stock trading features including buy/sell transactions, portfolio tracking, and real-time quote lookup via external API
- Designed SQLite database schema for user accounts, transaction history, and cash balance management with comprehensive validation
Amazon Web Scraper
June 2023
Built a high-throughput Amazon scraper to extract product and price data via concurrent requests with intelligent caching and session management.
- Leveraged asyncio and aiohttp for concurrent web requests with BeautifulSoup parsing
- Implemented caching/session management and CSV export functionality
- Modular design supports background or cron execution for automated price monitoring
Currency Converter Desktop App
August 2023
Developed a Windows desktop currency conversion application using C# and WPF framework with real-time exchange rate calculations and modern UI design.
- Built native Windows application using WPF with XAML-based responsive UI and data binding
- Implemented currency conversion logic with manual exchange rate input and validation
- Designed intuitive interface with dropdown currency selection and instant conversion results
Google PageRank Implementation
March 2023
Implemented Google's PageRank algorithm using both sampling and power-iteration convergence methods on crawled web graphs.
- Built HTML crawler and random-surfer transition model with damping factor
- Implemented both iterative and sampling-based PageRank computation approaches
- Simulated realistic web navigation patterns to rank page importance
Social Media Site
December 2022
Designed a full-stack social media web application using Django framework with Bootstrap frontend and SQLite database.
- Integrated account/security management, posting, liking, commenting, and interactive features
- Applied Model-View-Controller architecture for maintainability and scalability
- Implemented user authentication and authorization with secure password handling