Hey there! I'm Bora — a student & (aspiring) engineer. Check out below what I've been up to recently!
Following a successful hackathon at the School of Mines, I was invited to intern at their Autonomy, Robotics, and Intelligent Algorithms (ARIA) Lab, under PI Prof. Kaveh Fathian, where I had the pleasure of spending the summer working alongside some of the most brilliant software students in high school and college alike. Special thanks to Adriana Tan of Vanderbilt for photo credit.
- Implemented vision algorithms and SLAM systems using the Robot Operating System (ROS2) hosted on Docker.
- Published open-source drivers and packages, alongside internal documentation for the Clearpath Robotics Husky®.
After self-studying John D. Anderson’s Introduction to Flight and taking the course Introduction to Aerospace Engineering (AE1110x) at TU Delft through EdX in 2024, I was inspired to practice applying the concepts covered.
- Created a custom open-source, low-budget flight computer, joystick input interface, and radio communication protocol.
- Designed and fabricated a model unmanned aerial vehicle with a tuned airfoil, using a variety of materials and tools.
Description in the works.
- About 500 downloads monthly
- Originated as a component of a personal (non school-related) project with a friend; expanded to become a standalone project
Following on my FIRST Lego League experience, I decided to join a FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC) team — Team 4293 Komodo. Working on Jacques and Nautilus (a previous year's robot, repurposed as a testbench)
An LLM-powered smart assistant running locally on an old laptop. It can do anything from reading emails to creating to-do list items based on . The photo above shows one of the funny conversations I've had. Just like any story, however, there's a context. I was testing its adherence to structured outputs, with an answer of strictly 'yes' or 'no'.
- Each input/output handler (LLM, TTS, STT, etc) is offline and secure, since they are locally hosted and open-source.
- Integration with task management software Trello and its API. (Originally designed for purely this, since it is annoying to manually create tasks in Trello)
- Task assignment model with structured output format to call on other capable-LLMs.
- The project is in the works, and I intend to keep developing it throughout college as both I and AI agents get smarter.
Waterpolo is a sport that is only meaningfully playable and practice-able if you have both A) a pool, and B) at least 5 other people. Both of these are difficult to obtain at a moment's notice, so I decided to simulate them instead, in order to practice aiming and strategy alike. The most fascinating thing about software, for me, is the ability to turn a bunch of 1's and 0's into real, measurable impact, and virtual reality is a pristine example of this. It was awesome using my game development skills for something other than pure entertainment.
- Features realistic physics and adjustable props (waterpolo ball, cages, etc)
- Intuitive controls that accurately simulate the tactile aspects of real waterpolo
- Simple to adust scenery
Following some experimentation with integrating sensors to model rockets, I officially designed my first Arduino-based rocket after 2 years of flying model rockets. “If it’s your first, why is it called Mk2, Bora?” Great question, the Mk1 iteration was designed by hand, using nothing but a ruler, protractor, and pencil. Mk2 was designed in CAD, and 3D printed.
- Designed and built a rocket sensor computer, which stores more than 10 flight parameters onto an onboard SD card.