ISHAN.DEV

The Webline

Tracking the trajectory from early foundations to enterprise backend and computational machine learning.

Collegiate Experience

Auto-Owners Insurance

Software Development Intern May 2026 – Aug 2026
  • Architecting and deploying configuration updates within the enterprise Guidewire Claim Center ecosystem using a proprietary object-oriented tech stack.
  • Troubleshooting and optimizing backend software configurations for live production environments.
  • Ensuring high reliability and low latency for large-scale insurance claims processing.

Facility for Rare Isotope Beams (FRIB)

Undergraduate Researcher Jan 2026 – Present
  • Developing a 3D sparse neural network framework to significantly reduce the compute cost of analyzing high-dimensional structures.
  • Architecting the model to process only relevant data points for rare event detection using unsupervised learning.
  • Collaborating with lab researchers to apply computational machine learning techniques to complex physical datasets.

MSU Drone Team

Software Team Lead Nov 2025 – Present
Software Team Member Aug 2024 – Nov 2025
  • Directed the software execution for a resilient autonomous flight architecture deployed on an NVIDIA Jetson Orin Nano, actuating multi-payload servos via MAVLink telemetry to secure a 4.75 average categorical finish at the Mojave C-UASC competition.
  • Engineered a reactive Post-Flight Forensics Suite designed to autonomously ingest binary DataFlash (.bin) logs and physical drop data, generating official judge-facing CSV scoring matrices under severe flight line constraints.
  • Developed a custom spherical math algorithm to process geospatial data, calculating 3D spatial deviations, dynamically scales longitude deviations using a cos(lat) transformation, accurately resolving waypoint navigation errors down to 0.55 meters.

MSU Engineering Student Council

ECAC Representative Apr 2026 – Present
  • Serving as the primary undergraduate liaison to the Dean of Engineering, actively voting on collegiate policies and advocating for the academic interests of the student body.
  • Providing strategic insight on curriculum and college-wide initiatives during executive committee meetings to improve the program's function and image.

Spartan Cybersecurity Club

Secretary & Director of Outreach and Social Media Mar 2025 – Present
  • Coordinating outreach for capstone and recruitment events, driving a 200% increase in member turnout.
  • Researching and presenting workshops on advanced security topics to members, including satellite hacking and CVE analysis.
  • Participating in network defense simulations and evaluating system vulnerabilities.
Pre-Collegiate Experience

Code Ninjas

Lead Code Sensei Jan 2023 – Jul 2024
Code Sensei Jul 2021 – Dec 2022
  • Led a team of instructors to deliver personalized coaching in Scratch, JavaScript, Lua, and C#, contributing to over 50 new enrollments through community outreach.
  • Spearheaded the rollout of the IMPACT learning platform, modernizing the curriculum for sessions of 20+ students.
  • Translated complex object-oriented programming concepts into digestible logic for younger students.

Encora

Software Development Intern Jul 2023 – Aug 2023
  • Created a polling web application utilizing full-stack approaches through the Django Python framework.
  • Built a data processing module to rank and filter user-generated poll data in real time based on user inputs.
  • Collaborated in a remote environment to deliver clean, documented code on a strict deadline.