Category: Coursework

QuikCal: Construction Site Scheduling Application

QuikCal is a scheduling application that uses image recognition and AI to convert construction site job whiteboards to a google calendar. Many construction companies use whiteboards to organize deliveries of building materials to jobsites. However, these whiteboards are messy, are not remotely accessible, and don’t support a log of deliveries to a jobsite. Moreover, existing enterprise grade project management...

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Advanced Software Design and Implementation (CS 308)

Advanced Software Design and Implementation Advanced Software Design and Implementation focused on teaching students about good design techniques and programing practices to prepare them for software engineering roles. The class was structured around three major group projects. In addition to programming, the class was heavily focused on the importance of documenting your code and writing clear design documents (in Markdown)...

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Practical Financial Markets: ECON 256

Practical Financial Markets Duke’s Practical Financial Markets class (ECON 256) taught by Emma Rasiel and John Caccavale covered an overview of the financial sector. This class was a great introduction to finance as a career. The class introduced the Bond and Stock markets, talked about current macro-economic trends such as rising interest rates, and featured guest speakers to give students a...

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ECE 250: Computer Architecture

This class introduces the basic parts of a computer, including computer structure, assembly language, instruction execution, addressing techniques, and digital representation of data. As well as computer system organization, logic design, microprogramming, cache and memory systems, and input/output interfaces. Projects in this class include writing assignments in C to explore bit manipulation, writing in MIPS assembly, and designing logic components...

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Hi, my name is Ken Kalin. I'm a junior at Duke University. I am double majoring in Electrical and Computer Engineering and Computer Science at the Pratt School of Engineering. This summer I worked as an Electrical Engineering Intern at Acoustic Wells, Inc. (now Amplified Industries), an IOT startup based in Boston, MA.

Computer programming has been one of my passions for a number of years. I have conducted research into deep learning and convolutional neural networks as part of the Young Scholar's Program at Northeastern University. I've developed several websites and mobile applications, including an arcade-style iPhone game called “Bubble Basher” and a cross platform messaging application called “The Messageboard.”

In my free time, I am a licensed Ham Radio operator and have contacted people in many countries around the world with my shortwave radio. I also play guitar in a “rock band” with some of my friends.