Tristan Gardner's Portfolio

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About Me
Bio

I am a traveler, an avid climber, an improving snowboarder, an on-and-off reader, a bingewatcher, a huge Niners fan, and a competent cook. I like to build, tinker with, break, and fix things, though not always in that order.

I was raised in Oakland, California, and got a Bachelors in Computer Science from Colgate University. After graduation, I began my career in the tech industry. I worked as a software engineer at Bird, Flowcode, and Academia.edu, with a stint as an engineering manager at Roots automation in the middle. Now I am working my way through Masters in Mechanical Engineering from UC Berkeley, with an expected graduation date of May 2025.

Skills
Python Expert
React Advanced
Typescript Advanced
Ruby on Rails Advanced
Kotlin Competent
ROS Beginner

Portfolio

Goal-E

Goal-E

Nothing gets by him. NOTHING.

Designing an RTG for an Underwater Vehicle

Designing an RTG for an Underwater Vehicle

Adapting RTG technology for unmanned underwater vehicles.

Oil on Water Detector

Oil on Water Detector

Prototype for detecting oil on water using machine learning.

Automatic Plant Waterer

Automatic Plant Waterer

Arduino-based system for watering plants automatically.

Nobot AI Detection

Nobot AI Detection

Service for detecting AI-generated content in student submissions.

The Santa Cruz Speaker

The Santa Cruz Speaker

Turning a snowboard into a speaker using Dayton audio exciter.

Slackronym

Slackronym

Custom Slack bot for defining and looking up company-specific lingo.