• Paired with other Recursers on open-source projects

• Implemented efficient trie-search algorithm in Python to find highest scoring plays in Scrabble and Words with Friends. Launched wordswithfiends.com to provide word-finding service.

• Co-wrote SwoleBot, a Zulip chatbot to deliver automated reminders for hourly exercise sessions and provide links to motivational and instructional exercise videos.

• Attended lecture series from Duke physics faculty on nuclear physics and engineering.

• Assisted in assembly of photon detection array (APEX) and studied relevant hardware.

• Wrote software in ROOT (C++-based scientific software framework) to record the time and location of gamma ray detections in the APEX array, achieved greater accuracy than possible with electronic hardware alone.

• Presented work to faculty from NC State, Duke, and UNC, and students at Duke and CERN.

Wrote short paper summarizing work for the TUNL Annual Progress Report.

• Created sports drills and fitness programs for elementary to high-school-aged athletes.

• Tutored athlete in mathematics throughout summer.

• Led daily skill and conditioning sessions.

• Created achievement certificates in for campers in Adobe Photoshop.