Technology professional passionate in designing and developing efficient and usable software and researching user experiences in technology. I am passionate about software and companies that focus on their social and world impacts --doing good.
Education, Professional, Research, and Service
Aug 2018 - Dec 2020
Aug 2014 - May 2018
August 2020 - ongoing
August 2018 - August 2020
May 2016 - May 2018
May 2021 - Aug 2021
May 2020 - Aug 2020
Summer 2020
August 2018 - Summer 2020
August 2017 - May 2018
August 2016 - May 2017
In press
Guo Freeman & Dane Acena
May 2021
May 2020
Jenay M. Beer, Kasey N. Smith, Taylor Kennedy, George Mois, Dane Acena, David G. Gallerani, Karen Kane McDonnell, Otis L. Owens
May 2019
Karen Kane McDonnell, Otis L Owens, Jenay M Beer, Kasey Smith, Taylor Kennedy, Dane Acena, David Gallerani
November 2018
Oct 2018 - Athens,GA
Oct 2017 - Lisbon, Portugal
Jul 2017 - Columbia, SC
October 2017
Worked with 4 other participants to create an AI-powered healthcare-focused conversational chatbot, using IBM Watson that wasavailable to slack users encouraging them to stay healthy and active
May 2017
Hackathon hosted by Thurgood Marshall College Fund with Apple and John Deere. Created an iOS application that enhances the communication between public transportation operators and commuters and won 2nd place.
August 2020 - present
Coordinated socially and culturally relevant events for the graduate student body while managing over $15k in funding.
August 2018 - May 2019
Assisted professors with classroom instructions, exams, record keeping, project evaluations and assisting about 100 undergraduate students individually or in small groups
2020
2016-2018
Facilitated and led 1-hour weekly sessions with 15 school-aged students that focused on STEM through robotics and modular electronics
2015
Taught weekly basic game development to 5 middle school-aged students through a block-based visual programming language
August 2017
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I have done projects in several aspects such as programming, Machine Learning, Android App Development, iOS App Development, prototyping, Virtual Reality, 3D Modeling and Simulation and more!