Research

Computer Science:

• Summer Intern, MIT Lincoln Laboratory (June 9, 2015 to July 31, 2015, June 9, 2016 to July 29, 2016)
  • Researched various data integrity-related solutions that support data trust for a big data platform.
  • Assessed these technologies per various metrics: threats addressed, needs met, performance impact, development and integration challenges.
• Research Assistant, SERESL, Computer Science Department, YSU (August 21, 2014 to Present)
  • Contribute to the Software Engineering Research and Empirical Studies Lab project on iTrace, an Eclipse plugin that incorporates implicit eye tracking.
  • Conduct studies to gather eye tracking data for various types of software tasks, such as code reading, code writing, debugging, requirements analysis, and diagram reading.
  • Develop prediction models based on machine learning algorithms.
  • Funded by CRA-W CREU and NSF
• REU Participant, School of Computing, Clemson University (June 1, 2014 to July 26, 2014)
  • Performed research in Graph Theory and on self-stabilizing algorithms, and developed and implemented software to run self-stabilizing algorithms on generated undirected graphs.

Mathematics:

• Choose Ohio First Scholarship Research Participant, YSU (December 13, 2015 to April 1, 2016)
  • Explored the mathematical details of Euler’s summation formulas, Euler’s constant, and Cantor’s Disappearing Table.
  • Received an “Excellence in Presenting” award at the Northeast Regional Choose Ohio First Scholarship Conference 2016.
• (December 13, 2013 to April 1, 2014)
  • Determined the economic feasibility of implementing regenerative braking in freight trains.
  • Developed a break even analysis that resulted in a three-year return on investment.
•  PIC Math Research Participant, Mathematics and Statistics Department, YSU (January 13, 2015 to June 8, 2015)
  • Redesigned police beats for the Youngstown Police Department.
  • Wrote a program to generate new beats using cellular automaton in Matlab.

Chemistry:

• Intern, Chemistry Department, YSU (June 18, 2013 to December 21, 2013)
  • Performed research on nanoparticles as catalysts.
  • Experimented using the Temperature Programmed Reduction machine, the X-ray Diffraction machine, and the Thermogravimetric machine.