Projects

Safety Finetuning for Vision Language Models

Finetuned vision-language models on a custom dataset to reason about unsafe image content and resist jailbreaking attempts. Applied knowledge distillation from DINO into Llama 3.2 VLM for object identification with coordinates and bounding boxes, and used direct preference optimization with dynamic training sample weighting to improve localization quality.

PhysioFix - GenAI Physiotherapy Trainer

Developed a GenAI physiotherapy trainer as a Swift app, automating personalized treatment planning using a LangChain RAG pipeline with GPT-4o and a clinical Chroma vector database. Deployed a text-to-motion model on a Flask REST API that converts exercise plans into animated GIFs, offering accessible visual guidance for at-home rehabilitation.

Agricultural Productivity Forecasting - Project Lead @ Big Data Big Impact

Directed a team in building a service to support data-driven agricultural policy by forecasting crop type and yield from satellite data. Led development and optimization of LSTM and UNet models for large-scale geospatial prediction workflows.

Full-Stack Management System - North Alabama Foster Closet

Developed a supply distribution system for a non-profit, enabling efficient fulfillment of foster family supply requests. Refined the Python backend, Django REST APIs, and PostgreSQL database to improve system responsiveness and simplify day-to-day operations for staff.

American Sign Language (ASL) Education Tool

Engineered deep learning algorithms for accessible ASL education through a real-time ASL-to-English translation system. Built an SSD ResNet50 hand sign classifier and transformer-based recognition pipeline for live fingerspelling interpretation.

DishFish - NLP Restaurant Search

Developed an intelligent restaurant search and recommender engine with filtering and demand analytics for businesses. Fine-tuned a BERT model to infer attributes such as cuisine from natural-language queries, improving intent understanding for end users.