Endeavors Past and Present

Information and research works of import

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Kubernetes Administration

Managing compute clusters for GLOS Seagull platform. Worked with GitHub CI/CD pipelines, AWS CodeBuild, and Terraform infrastructure-as-code.

K8s Terraform AWS
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WordPress Migration

Migrated Coordinating Committee on Great Lakes Basic Hydraulic and Hydrologic Data site to WPEngine, empowering committee members.

WordPress WPEngine
Great Lakes Dashboard interface

Great Lakes Dashboard

Interactive data exploration for Great Lakes hydrology. At its peak, thousands of monthly users analyzed water levels, forecasts, and historical data.

JavaScript Python Flash
L2SWBM water balance model

L2SWBM

Bayesian statistical model generating historical water balance records for the Great Lakes (1950-2015).

R Statistics
HABs and Hypoxia monitoring portal

HABs & Hypoxia Portal

Near-real-time harmful algal bloom monitoring for western Lake Erie. Data and information guiding public health decisions.

PHP PostgreSQL
GLANSIS Map Explorer

GLANSIS

Great Lakes Aquatic Nonindigenous Species Information System. Modernized interface with interactive Map Explorer for invasive species tracking.

JavaScript Leaflet
Larval fish dispersion simulation

Larval Fish Simulator

Nowcast/forecast of larval fish dispersion in Lake Michigan. Ran particle trajectory simulations on 56-core HPC.

R FORTRAN HPC
AIM4000 autosampler

Autosampler Control

Python scripts with unit testing to command AIM4000 robotic autosampler. Delivered operation instructions to research scientists.

Python

Publications

Peer-reviewed papers and presentations on Great Lakes research, data visualization, and statistical modeling.

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Community Leadership

Keeping tabs, making decisions about what's happening

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Parks Commissioner

Chair of City of Saline Parks Commission since 2025. Planning park projects and participating in community cleanup days.

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Condo Board President

President since 2021. Led association through legal challenges and management changes. Completed road repaving via 3-year special assessment.

LLM Coding Sandbox

Seeing what Anthropic Claude can do

A couple of takes on the LLM Coding developments, here and here