Projects

I love tinkering with new ideas and technologies. Listed below are some projects that I have developed or contributed to. Source code for personal and/or open source software projects are available on GitHub.

 

AI / Robotics

MathWorks Mission on Mars Robot Challenge

Robot pathfinding algorithm developed with 2 teammates for international competition, using MATLAB and Simulink. Allows Mars rover to autonomously navigate terrain by processing camera and wheel sensor data. Placed 2nd in United States and 35th of 550 teams globally (top 6%).

 

Data Dashboard

Taiwan Industry Cluster Explorer - (GitHub repo)

Data dashboard developed for research project at National Chengchi University in Taipei. Allows policymakers to surface insights relating to regional economic productivity. Built using R and Shiny web framework.

Tropical Ecology Assessment and Monitoring (TEAM) Analytics - (GitHub repo)

Dashboard developed by volunteer data scientists at DataKind event, as part of collaboration with Conservation International. Allows land managers to monitor wildlife species diversity using camera trap data. Built with R, Shiny, and Leaflet.

 

Data Management

finreportr - (GitHub repo)

R package that returns financial data from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission in tidy data frames. Hosted on CRAN and listed under Empirical Finance Task View. Published in The Journal of Open Source Software.

 

Other

sewardlee.com - (GitHub repo)

Personal website. Built using Jekyll and hosted on GitHub Pages.