Systems security / Firmware / OS research
My strongest work combines low-level systems understanding with security analysis: operating system internals, firmware assessment, embedded targets, and repeatable tooling.
Implemented Sv39 virtual memory, isolated address spaces, safe user data transfer, protected child processes, interrupt handling, UART/TTY drivers, and device-tree-driven abstractions for a 64-bit RISC-V teaching OS.
Read case studyAssessed router, IP camera, and bare-metal firmware for hard-coded credentials, private keys, service tokens, vulnerable BusyBox, and insecure U-Boot behavior. Built Bash scanner modules to reproduce findings.
Read case studyUsed serial access, John the Ripper, flash dumping, undocumented data stream analysis, and Ghidra reverse engineering to recover embedded secrets from a purpose-built SoC security-training board.
Read case studyBuilding a React/Python knowledge graph platform with NLP extraction, Supabase-backed data models, and Leaflet/OpenStreetMap visualizations for historical relationship analysis.
NSF REU at Marquette's Embedded Xinu Lab, focused on core subsystems for the 64-bit RISC-V port of Embedded Xinu.
Support Hardware Systems, Operating Systems, and System Administration through labs, assignments, Linux troubleshooting, C programming, networking, and cybersecurity concepts.
The project terminal keeps the original exploratory feel for anyone who wants the interactive version.