Hello!! I'm John :)
This website hosts a very small profile for myself and functions as a domain for some other personal networking projects.
Currently, I write, test, and analyze space system software with a strong emphasis on guidance, navigation, and control (GN&C). I graduated from MIT AeroAstro, and had experience with Mars ISRU, satellite engineering, liquid rocket engines, and robotics. Mostly, I'm interested in software designed for space systems and verification analysis, but I'm also curious about overall space system design (especially planetary surface technologies) and engineering project management.
Aside from that, I have pretty good experience doing networking and other kinds of software. This website is hosted on a laptop running debian at home. I use this to route a personal VPN, host game servers for my friends (I run 24/7 servers for Minecraft, SCP:SL, Terraria, L4D2, and whatever else devs have dedicated server software for), and tools for my family (like homebridge and plex).
Some of the things I run (or have run) on this server:
- This website :0
- 24/7 game servers (Minecraft, SCP:SL, Terraria, L4D2, etc.)
- OpenVPN server for legal reasons
- Plex with legally acquired media
- Other tools, like Homebridge
Other nerd shit I do includes 3D art and language. 3D modeling is on-and-off for me but I'm trying to get more into character modeling and rigging so I can start doing VTuber models. I'm also interested in the 3D modeling -> 3D printing pipeline, so I can print some cute models, but I don't care for painting them. Re: language, I studied Russian for 3 years in college and now speak it at a conversational level :]
In my free time, I watch vtubers, play games, go out with my friends, and the occasional nerd thing. My favorite vtubers are mint fantôme and pomu rainpuff :) I'm a pretty avid collector of acrylics (used to be mostly pomu/nijiEN, but not since the incident...). I also pick up other stands, figures, nendos, plushies, and merch from time to time. I also really love discussing lore!!!
Here's a short list of some of the cool things I've done:
- I used to lead this team to build and (try to) fire liquid bi-propellant rocket engines
- I did some research & design for Mars in-situ resource utilization (ISRU) systems
- We won first place at the NASA RASC-AL competition!
- I did the Undergraduate Advanced Research program at my school for research in low-power robotics
- I 100%'d Montaro and Montaro:RE. Who else do it like me?
- Count your days montaro 2.....
Some upcoming things I might want to do:
- Expand this website with new pages for different things I do
- Print and paint a character I 3D modeled
- Figure out how to display my 3D models on this website (and rotate a cow)
- Get back into 3D animation and use this server with a Blender client to offload rendering jobs?
- Design an iOS alarm clock app
- Design a desktop (Windows) applet in C++ to demonstrate control systems and example applications
- Learn reverse engineering and do a few crackmes
profile pic by @yamucooo
This site layout is pretty much just Charlotte's. Thanks Charlotte <3