brandon barker
staff software engineer
projects
2020
elderlyfintelligent walker. slam + haptic feedback + jetson nano + realsense. pennapps top 10.
~/hardware
2019
elderly vibrationspath guidance for elderly. android + arcore + arduino + bluetooth haptics. dragonhacks.
~/hardware
2019
entiumentwine → 3d tiles converter for cesium. octree culling, quantization, instancing. open source.
~/cesium
2019
loopboxnlp smart-form for vc investment curation. dual-lstm semantic similarity, react frontend.
~/ml
2019
poket watcheyes for the visually impaired. react native + tensorflow + azure. voice-driven scene narration.
~/mobile
2019
nuclear visualizer1,000+ nuclear-industry companies on a mapbox static site. fuzzy search.
~/maps
2017
ycds matcherformer-students search engine. selenium scraper across fb graph, whitepages, pipl. ycdshacks winner.
~/data
2016
vibezfriends through concerts. angularjs + ionic + nodejs. outsidelands hacks.
~/social
2016
mytransferchrome extension that reverse-engineers myhomework to sync from schoology / edmodo / blackboard.
~/extension
2016
stem classesschool-schedule + class-time-remaining tool. native code injection for notifications. 800+ users.
~/android
2016
stemhacks adminhackathon-team dashboard, emailer, chat, broadcast, sponsor support. gae + jquery + bootstrap.
~/web
2015
boostogychrome extension that re-skins schoology. circle icons, hidden classes, infinite scroll, theme strip.
~/extension
2015
middle meetsandroid app, meet at a center-point of a friend group. java restful + yelp + google places.
~/android
2015
conversation analysernlp on facebook conversations, subject extraction, sentiment. nltk + d3 + node + gae.
~/nlp
2015
bitbar screenshotquick screenshot tool on bitbar. applescript + shell + python + dock framework.
~/macos
2014
iOculistsnellen-formula eye exam on a phone. ios + android, voice recognition. hackbca 2nd.
~/mobile
2014
ftc scoutermatch-scoring + analytics for ftc robotics. android + json + mysql + tableau.
~/android
2014
infinity cacheannotation-driven cache lib for android. clean class structure for short-term object storage.
~/lib
2011
mind-control prosthetic armeeg-driven lego prosthetic. emotive epoc + bluetooth + c++ pattern recognition. dvsc 2nd.
~/hardware
writing
headroom cut 39% of my tokens and raised my claude billheadroom cut 39% of input tokens off an agentic coding benchmark and the bill, if anything, went up. prompt caching is why, and most savings meters cannot see it.
wcu junior produces 3d protective gear for frontline workers3d printers in brandon's basement print covid-19 face shields, 20+ hrs/day, 7 days/week.
share massive drone captures directly from webodm with cesium ionintegration: webodm-generated point clouds, 3d models, terrain → cesium ion in global geospatial context.
massive models from blender with cesium ionblender → gltf → ion add-on, using the official khronos exporter for streaming on the web.
hd maps for the massesopen-source comma maps + entium, visualizing recorded paths and lane markings beyond paywalls.
quad trees vs spatial hashescollision-detection algorithm comparison: bucket-based vs recursive subdivision. (pdf)
work
2021 →
uberstaff software engineer · marketplace data & intelligence
new york
2019
cesiumswe intern, webodm + blender + 3ds max → cesium ion 3d tiles. shipped in cesiumjs 1.61.
philadelphia
2018
comma.aiswe intern, mapping engine for 5m+ miles of self-driving data; full-stack dashboard for george hotz's kit
san francisco
2017
dokkioswe intern, cross-cloud doc search; html5 preview engine for hundreds-of-pages docs; analyzed 2tb
san francisco
2016
yurgoskyswe intern, salesforce integrations for teach for america + robinhood foundation
new york
2015
airphrameswe intern, aerial mapping + uav obstacle avoidance; live-zip micro-service for 100gb consolidations
san francisco
2014
cloudmineswe intern, hipaa android api + docker-based ci system for staging/prod testing
philadelphia
activities
2018 →
hackwcufounder & lead organizer, wcu's first hackathon. 300 reg, 150 attended, $20k raised in 3 months.
wcu
2014-17
stemhacksfounder & lead organizer, first high-school hackathon in pa. $10k sponsorship, 100+ attendees y1.
stem academy
2011-17
out of the box roboticsfounder, 501(c)(3) encouraging students to engage in robotics.
coatesville
awards
2020
1871 awardwcu, 71 of 11,000 students recognized for academics + leadership + community + career
wcu
2020
repair the world scholarship1 of 4 wcu cs majors selected for high gpa + applied-cs vision
wcu cs
2019
top 10 · best hardware · best healthpennapps, top 10 of 1,200+; engineered slam-haptic assistive device for cross-space nav
pennapps
2019
organizers' choice · best accessibilitydragonhacks, arcore path-keeping system for visually impaired seniors
dragonhacks
2017
best ycds hackycp hacks, big-data app for finding people from minimal info via fb / whitepages / pipl
ycp hacks
2015
1st placejpmorgan chase & co, gamified-scholarships app for underprivileged kids
jpmc
2014
2nd placehackbca, iOculist eye-acuity app, won within 24 hours; inspired stemhacks
hackbca
2011
2nd placedelaware valley science convention, mind-control prosthetic; navy, army, engineering excellence; broadcom masters invite
dvsc
education
2017-21
west chester universityb.s. computer science · b.s. business mgmt · minor mathematics