PROJECTS.
things i've built || web apps & competition work. some finished, some ongoing.
Medusa
App that detects nonconsensually distributed images online and automates takedown requests. Won first place ($3,000) at the 2026 Bardusch Family IdeaMakers Challenge.
read more →CTF Challenges for CCSO
Custom Capture The Flag challenges written for Penn State's CCSO introduction meeting — cryptography, web, binary, and network categories.
read more →Portfolio Website
This site!
read more →Dish Decoder
Strips recipe pages down to ingredients and instructions. No backstory & no ads. Just the glorious food.
read more →SDR GBM — LimeSDR & GNURadio CTF
Led a CCSO general body meeting on Software Defined Radio using the LimeSDR and GNURadio, capped with a Caesar cipher + NATO phonetic alphabet CTF I wrote from scratch.
read more →Internal Red vs. Blue Competition
Helped design and run CCSO's Internal Red vs. Blue — 3 teams, 30+ blue teamers, with C-Suite briefings, incident response reports, and timed injects.
read more →Reverse Engineering GBM — Binary Ninja
Co-led a CCSO GBM on reverse engineering using Binary Ninja as a decompiler, disassembler, debugger, and binary analysis platform, followed by internal CTF challenges.
read more →SDR Meeting — RTL-SDR & SDR++
Co-led a CCSO SDR meeting before spring break: RTL-SDR hardware, SDR++ software, FM radio theory, and an audio-based CTF.
read more →Blue Team Workshop — Email Server Setup
Led a CCSO Blue Team workshop on building an internal email server with Postfix and Dovecot, then testing it by sending simulated phishing emails inside the lab.
read more →Rotational GBM — Linux Station
Led the Linux station at a four-rotation CCSO GBM, covering file permissions, special bits, and ACLs.
read more →Reverse Engineering GBM — DLLs & Unity
Co-led a CCSO GBM on reverse engineering — assembly language, DLLs, and live demos modifying game behavior by patching binaries.
read more →Cyber Mixer
Helped run CCSO's Cyber Mixer — 150+ students and industry reps from Deloitte, CrowdStrike, BD, Vanguard, Lockheed Martin, AWS, and more.
read more →CYBER 100 Classroom Presentation
Brought CCSO into two CYBER 100 classes for a club intro and hands-on PicoCTF activity spanning crypto, forensics, web exploitation, and reverse engineering.
read more →Grace Hopper Conference
Attended the Grace Hopper Conference in Philadelphia — networking with industry leaders and connecting with women in cybersecurity, sponsored by Penn State IST.
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