Rutgers · Computer Engineering
Hi, I'm Aaron
(初荣恩).
I build things — some of them run on a server, some of them run on a basketball court, one of them runs on a pair of clippers. Based between the Bay Area and New Brunswick, NJ.
Bay Area → Rutgers
About
I'm from the Bay Area, studying Computer Engineering with a minor in Computer Science at Rutgers. I like building projects that help others out, not just ones that run on my machine. Outside of school I love to play basketball — I've played all my life on high school teams, intramural teams, and the Rutgers club team for a year — and picked up barbering as a self-taught skill in 2023, building a steady client base ever since.
Experience
- Software Engineer Intern @ Magnefy June 2026 – Aug. 2026
- Intern @ Trainify Labs Inc Apr 2026 – Jun 2026
- Undergraduate Research Assistant @ Rutgers Electrical and Computer Engineering Dec 2025 – Present
- Deputy Lead Systems Integration Engineer @ University Nanosatellite Program Sept. 2025 – Present
- Drone Support Intern @ Integem June 2025 – Aug. 2025
Projects
VeriStudent
Marketplace for college students to safely buy and sell textbooks and find sublets, with .edu-locked sign-in. React/Expo frontend, Supabase Postgres backend with real-time chat.
DeskPartner
An overhead camera and VLM planner drive a reBot B601-DM arm to autonomously sort a desk zone into trash, pen cup, and tray, running closed-loop until the desk is clean. Won Honorable Mention at the Embodied Metal Hackathon, hosted by Mission Robotics, New Theory, Savant, and North Star.
PocketLab
Built with a team of 4, PocketLab turns a $10 ESP32 into a real-time IoT science lab: a React/TypeScript web app streams live sensor data over WebSockets into Recharts and Three.js visualizations. Includes guided, step-by-step experiment templates with noise filtering, offline fallback, and data export.
Run Club Website
Responsive club site with Supabase auth and real-time data, Resend for automated email notifications, Tailwind for styling.
Zipply
Real-time chat app built on React and Firebase — auth, instant messaging, responsive across devices.
SuperHearo
Team of 4, Android app pairing voice control and speech recognition to help elderly and blind users with daily tasks.
Basketball
A few highlights from the court.