Hey, I'm Michael Li

I'm a student, engineer, and design enthusiast.

I appreciate good manga/anime (give me a rec!) and I love discovering new music! Some artists I currently have on repeat are: The Weeknd, d4vd, and Dominic Fike.

📍 Rockville, MD → Philadelphia, PA

📚 BSE in Computer Science (w/ math) @ UPenn

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#Experience

June 2024 -
August 2024

iLotusLand - Software Engineer Intern (Abroad)

Developed processing tools using Python and Firebase for optimizing storage workflows, which tracked air and water quality information around Vietnam.

Jan. 2024 -
Present

Penn Spark - Project Lead & Red Developer

Worked with devs and designers to develop centralized social applications for UPenn Students.

May 2024 -
Oct. 2024

WZ Biosciences - Full Stack Developer

Redesigned and rebuilt a responsive website with Next.js and Tailwind CSS as a freelance developer.

July 2022 -
Sept. 2022

Verizon - Software Engineer Intern

Developed a back-end Slack Application using Slack API and Python, speeding up the employee onboarding process.

#Community

Feb. 2024 -
Present

PennApps - Logistics Manager

Organized the logistics of UPenn's premier hackathon by coordinating venue logistics, sponsorships, accommodations, and resource allocation.

Feb. 2024 -
Oct. 2024

PClassic - Organizer

Organized Philadelphia's largest high school competitive programming competition by designing programming problems and maintaining the pclassic.org website.

Sept. 2021 -
May 2023

CodeDay DC - Regional Manager

Organized coding hackathons for 300+ students around the DC area. Obtained Sponsors from: Brave Browser, Vercel, Prefect.io, EastBanc Technologies, and more.

Aug. 2021 -
May 2023

Kids For Code - President

Taught 3000+ children around the world the fundamentals of programming in Python, Java, Web Dev, and C++. "Best Free Education Resource 2021" by Mom Blog Society

June 2022 -
May 2023

MCR-SGA - Webmaster

Maintained the mcrsga.com website and kept social media updated with events around the Montgomery County Public Schools area.

#Selected Projects

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Online Minesweeper Co-Op

A Free Online Minesweeper Game where you uncover mines and compete in real-time challenges.

Next.jsSocket.ioRedis
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Penn Pins

A social exploration app designed to help students discover campus and connect with each other in real life.

React NativeFirebase

#Archived Projects

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Restaurant Rating ML

We attempt to develop a better understanding of factors that contribute to a high/low restaurant rating score.

Artificial Intelligence
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Bentofy

This is a one-stop hub of your own life that you can share with all of those arounds you in the form of the trending Bento UI style.

In Development
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Accelerometer Controller

A Unity game developed at UMD's Bitcamp Hackathon using an Arduino, accelerometer, and the Unity game engine

ArticleHardwareHackathon
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Spotify Music Box

A Music box developed with the Spotify API

ArticleHardware
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Unbe-leaf-able AI

Evaluated the accuracy of machine learning models in identifying 185 species of leaves using Python and Pytorch

ArticleArtificial Intelligence
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PClassic.org

Maintained the UI/functionality of the Philadelphia Classic's (PClassic) website.

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