About Me
Hi,
I'm Pranav, a Software Engineer with a background in Aerospace and Economics building large scale software services and algorithms. I have worked in the industry with many agencies and organizations including The U.S. House of Representatives, NASA, and financial institutions building proprietery full stack services. My background is primarily in C++ and python development. I enjoy leveraging the hardware limitations I have to my disposal and finding out ways I can architect, explore abstract pattern designs and develop algorithms to refine and improve the speed, performance and reliability of my toolchain flow. Contact if interested in working together.
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Mission
This project was inspired by a Hackathon competition when my team and I traveleled to Maine and spoke to local farmers where they brought up some of the agricultural issues they have as we shift towards the the informational age.
Our goal is to facilitate and create a platform to connect local farmers and businesses so that it is easier for them to receive access to better quality and inexpensive products no matter where they are located, all while supporting and fostering relationships between smaller vendors.
From 2011 to 2016 the practice of organic farming has risen by 56% ($7.6 billion) , yet still making up only a small share of U.S. farmland, a total of 1%. Despite this, domestic supply in organic agriculture has been increasing rapidly and demand for other agricultural products is increasing even quicker (20% annually). Currently, one can only find limited types of seeds within their geographic zones when purchasing vegetable/fruit seeds, hindering for a cheaper alternative to organic or non-GMO cultivation. Even If one can find local distributors for these products, they are not always held in a quantity that meets one's demands, especially for farmers. Similarly, they face the lack off accessibility in acquiring seeds from different zones. Many stores only provide seeds that are optimal for their specific zone or region, but with the increase of greenhouse farming, many can plant and sustain vegitation from different geographic zones. Even though one may find many of these seeds online, most sites do not have a well maintained and categorized inventory to filter based on personalized specifications. This forces many to resort to other larger more expensive corporate and distributor vendors.
Solution
Seedbase. Our search engine and tool based service providing local farmers, businesses, and garden enthusiasts an efficient solution to finding, comparing, and filtering criteria through personalized specifications for seeds, such as price, perennial/hybrid status, and much more - offering a wide variety of products of vegetation and flowers. Using an organized compilation of passionate local businesses and farms offering more accessibility to fresher and cheaper products. Our backend utilizes Elasticsearch in order to enhance and provide a sophisticated search engine for products while using Kibana to recieve realtime data updates and analytics on what customers are most interested in to helping us gather information regarding agricultural demands to cater to individuals needs.
Awards and Recognitions
- Won "Best Data at the Source" Project at HackAE (America East Hackathon)
- Accepted and recognized as top 10 idea at UMBC Idea Competition
React
Node
MongoDB
Elasticsearch
Docker
JavaScript
Python
More Info
- v 0.0.1 Demo (optimized for desktop) from Hackathon
- full project on Github
Mission
The Unified Ceilometer Network (UCN) is a collaboration between the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC), the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and National Atmospheric and Oceanic Administration (NOAA) on a ground-based ceilometer network to support activities that will provide a comprehensive multi-dimensional assessment of the chemical and dynamical processes in the lower atmosphere by coupling surface measurements, ceilometer and satellite observations that can aid future policy decisions and strategies to key questions on the influence of gases and aerosols in air quality, atmospheric composition and climate.
Solution
As a technical co-lead, my role was to devise a format to standardize cloud data coming from sites around the North America region to a NetCDF based format to represent multi-dimensional data and recieve a better understanding of the atmosphere. I archecturally designed and implemented applications and backend systems to recieve and process data from 30+ sites in real time through defining compression algorithms and formats. Apart from that, I oversaw the process and developed the application to dynamically generate realtime LiDAR visualizations with other developers and communicated with Agencies and researchers to understand and devise solutions to build the application around their technical needs.
Publications & Other
- Aerosol Profiling for Air Quality and Meteorological Applications
- MARAMA Air Monitoring Training Committee Workshop
- Multiagency Ceilometer Network for Air Quality and Meteorological Applications
AI medical scribe platform to transcribe and generate SOAP/custom reports to automate physician workflows
Lead of Website Development, helped organize and set up Hackathons at UMBC developing website, login registration systems, and managed thousands of event attendees
More Projects on Github