// 01 — Identity

ALEX NGUYEN

Robotics Researcher

terminal // bio.read()

alexwnn@github:~$cat ./bio.txt

  • B.S. COMPUTER SCIENCE @ PLU
  • MINOR: Data Science

CURRENTLY RESEARCHING

  • Domain:Autonomous Human-Robot Interaction (HRI)
  • Focus:Engineering Multi-Modal HRI Protocols (ROS2 / TurtleBot 4)

SKILLS

  • Languages:Java, Python, TypeScript, SQL, JavaScript
  • Frameworks:React, React Native, Next.js, Express.js, Node.js, ROS2, Gradle, Tailwind CSS, Expo, AWS
  • Tools:Claude Code, Cursor, Docker, VS Code, Git, GitHub, JUnit

WHEN I'M NOT LOCKED IN

  • Movies, Video Games, Pickleball, Gym

alexwnn@github:~$

DEGREE
B.S. CS
MINOR
DATA SCI
GPA
3.90
GRAD
MAY '27

// 02 — Built

PROJECTS

INDEX [ 02 / 02 ]

  • PROJ // 01150+USERS

    GEAR FITNESS

    Full-Stack Software Engineer

    Full-Stack Social Fitness Platform

    A production fitness app live on the App Store with a 150+ user community, built around social workout tracking.

    • Shipped REST API feature sets across a Spring Boot backend — account privacy controls, user blocking, and a calorie tracker seeded from USDA FoodData Central nutrition data.
    • Traced and fixed critical React Navigation v8 state bugs to keep scroll position stable across deeply nested native stacks.
    • Contributed end to end — from the PostgreSQL data model to the React Native (Expo) client backed by AWS S3 and Elastic Beanstalk.
    • React Native
    • Expo
    • TypeScript
    • Spring Boot
    • PostgreSQL
    • AWS
    [ APP STORE ][ LIVE ][ CODE ]
  • PROJ // 0231K+IMPRESSIONS

    NUZL

    Lead Developer

    Real-Time Collaborative Tracker

    A zero-auth, multiplayer dashboard for co-op Pokemon Nuzlocke runs — a single shared source of truth that several players read and edit at once.

    • Engineered a live synchronization engine on Supabase Realtime holding sub-100ms latency across concurrent editors.
    • Scaled WebSocket fan-out for high-volume concurrent sessions; the launch drove 31,000+ organic impressions.
    • Built drag-and-drop rosters with @dnd-kit and a dual-type defensive weakness matrix for instant matchup reads.
    • Next.js 15
    • TypeScript
    • Supabase
    • Tailwind CSS
    • @dnd-kit
    [ LIVE ][ CODE ]

// 03 — Work

EXPERIENCE

ENTRIES [ 02 ]

  1. 01

    Lead Robotics Researcher — Human-Robot Interaction

    Pacific Lutheran University

    Tacoma, WA · Jun 2026 — Present

    • Investigating human-centered autonomous navigation for tight campus corridors on a TurtleBot 4 Pro (LiDAR, OAK-D depth camera, Raspberry Pi 4B) running ROS2.
    • Wrote Python/C++ control logic that fires multi-modal social cues — auditory sweeps and addressable LED arrays — from live pedestrian-proximity thresholds.
    • Designed a within-subjects user study measuring how velocity-braking and spatial yielding shape human comfort and path legibility in narrow hallways.
    • ROS2
    • Python
    • C++
    • Robotics
  2. 02

    Teaching Assistant — Robotics, Discrete Structures & Math

    Pacific Lutheran University

    Tacoma, WA · Jul 2024 — May 2026

    • Mentored students through CS logic, graph theory, and algebra; 1:1 tutoring lifted measured student performance by ~15%.
    • Applied code-review habits to student proofs, tracing logic errors line by line during office hours.
    • Supported an intensive summer bridge program for underserved students that reached a 100% course-completion rate.
    • Teaching
    • Discrete Math
    • Robotics
    • Trigonometry

// 04 — Technologies

STACK

GROUPS [ 04 ]

//LANGUAGES
  • TypeScript
  • Java
  • Python
  • JavaScript
  • SQL
  • R
  • C / C++ / C#
  • HTML / CSS
//FRAMEWORKS
  • React
  • React Native
  • Next.js
  • Express.js
  • Node.js
  • Spring Boot
  • ROS2
  • Tailwind CSS
  • Expo
//PLATFORMS
  • AWS (S3 / EB)
  • Supabase
  • PostgreSQL
  • Docker
  • Gradle
//TOOLS
  • Git
  • GitHub
  • Claude Code
  • Cursor
  • VS Code
  • JUnit

// 05 — Distinctions

CONTESTS & EDUCATION

AWARDS [ 04 ]

  • ICPC Regionals

    University of Washington

    Pacific Northwest contestant — 2024 & 2025

  • PLU Alumni Programming Competition

    Pacific Lutheran University

    1st Place

  • Puget Sound Programming Competition

    Regional Collegiate

    Top 10 finish

  • DataFest

    Pacific Lutheran University

    Judges' Pick

//Education

B.S. Computer Science

Pacific Lutheran University · Minor in Data Science

Sep 2023 — May 2027 · GPA 3.9

Coursework

  • Data Structures
  • Algorithms
  • Databases & Web Programming
  • Robotics
  • Computer Organization
  • Networks

// 06 — Contact

GET IN TOUCH

CHANNELS [ 04 ]