• paint.c ↗

  Reverse-engineered closed-source software Paint.NET in C. It can read/write .pdn files & supports 10 popular plugins for the Paint.NET platform. Native on Linux, Windows & macOS.

• Humanoid: Proto (1)

  0.75 m, 3.3 kg walking biped. 15 servo motors, dual-rail LiPo power, Jetson Orin, RL-assisted gait for movement. Basic functionality for version 1 of Proto.

• space.vance.contact ↗

  interactive 3D map of the solar system & every star within 10 light-years.

• RC Plane

  RC plane flown from a laptop over LoRa w/ 2x ESP32 & a custom CRC-protected packet protocol, written in C.

• Micro Desktop-Computer

  3.99L compact x86 desktop that fits in a backpack; remarkably performant.

• DC Power Supply

  custom-built bench supply w/ laser-engraved panels & 30VDC output.

• Server Hosting

  self-hosted reverse-proxied nodes w/ monitoring & low-latency.

• Handheld Multimeter

  custom multimeter rated for 750VAC, 1000VDC, & 20A.

Competitions / Teams

• Starkhacks (Hardware Hackathon)

  36-hr hardware hackathon; built BioSync, a bio-signal HCI w/ 5-DOF arm control & pulse-driven smart light.

• NASA Lunabotics 2026

  electrical design lead; wired the full 24V/12V power system, motor drivers, & e-stop.

• Sharma Lab

  managed server cluster; ran molecular simulations using slurm & kubernetes.