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Connor Passe

Resume

Connor Passe

Experience

  1. Aug 2023 – Present

    Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory

    Machine Learning Researcher · Laurel, MD

  2. Sept 2021 – Aug 2023

    AML Group

    Co-Founder, Software Engineer · Durham, NC

    • Won a $500,000 Department of Defense subcontract for R&D for US Army Special Operations Command.
    • Led six engineers building on-device machine learning models of wireless signal propagation, to help Android devices evade radio jamming.

  3. Jan – Sept 2021

    Apollo Endeavors / Duke Applied Machine Learning

    Co-Founder · Durham, NC

    • Led the team that built an internship-matching platform for computer science students and North Carolina companies; its summer cohort brought in over $150,000.

Education

  1. May 2021

    Duke University

    B.S. in Mechanical Engineering · Durham, NC

    • GPA 3.6/4.0

Projects

  1. 2022

    On-Device Signal Propagation Modeling ›

    iOS app · SwiftUI, TensorFlow, Core ML

    • Built alone: a custom-trained neural network runs on the phone and maps predicted signal loss as a heatmap, over 200 square kilometers in under a minute in real-world tests.

  2. 2021

    Vitreoretinal Surgical Medical Device ›

    Team lead · Duke University

    • Led nine retinal surgeons and engineers through more than ten prototypes, each tested in the Duke Eye Center’s wet lab, and filed a provisional patent with Duke.

Skills

Languages
Python, Java, C#, Swift, JavaScript, HTML and CSS, MATLAB
Tools
TensorFlow, Keras, CUDA, Docker, AWS, Git, Linux, SwiftUI, Fusion 360, SolidWorks
Interests
Duke basketball, scuba, volleyball, surfing, cartography, oatmeal, travel