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Joel McCandless

EDUCATION

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Class of 2027 RPI Men’s Tennis Team

Dual Major:

Computer Science & Computer Engineering

Relevant Coursework:

Data Structures, Foundations of CS, Computer

Components and Operations, Multivariable

Calculus and Matrix Algebra, Mechatronics

Standardized Testing:

National Merit Scholar 2023. SAT 1560. AP 5s:

Computer Science A, BC Calculus, Statistics,

Biology, Chemistry, Macroecon., Microeconomics

AWARDS

Rensselaer Leadership Award

“[A]n outstanding record of academic and

personal achievements, a strong commitment to

excellence, and illustration of intellectual

curiosity”

Laura Lasa Servant Leadership Award

Awarded to one graduating student athlete from Lexington High

“[B]eing the first to volunteer to help, never

too proud to do the work even the difficult or

unpopular jobs”

SKILLS

Computer Science

Python, C/C++, Java, HTML/CSS/JavaScript, Rust

Design & Manufacturing

Fusion360, 3D Printing, Laser Cutting, CNCing

Robotics

Soldering, Arduino, Actuators, Camera, Sensors

PROJECTS

UpDownLHS: E-Voting for School Change

2021-2023 Developer Designer Marketer GitHub Repository

● Progressive Web App for high schoolers,

designed to digitize the Student Senate

● Multi-threaded server for high concurrency,

uses shelve databases and thread locking to

reliably and securely store user data

● Asynchronous event-driven AJAX handlers

fetch data and update page elements live

● Instagram, live exhibits, and posted fliers

boost publicity and attract new users

9x9 Tic Tac Toe AI Player

2022-2023 GitHub Repository

● Uses a threaded minimax algorithm to examine

future outcomes and evaluate favorability

recursively based on placement of Xs and Os

● Implements a breadth-first approach by

tracking upcoming calculations in work queue

● Memoizes calculations in a decision tree for

easy access and minimal computation times

RPI Prerequisites Graph

2023 GitHub Repository

● Web scrapes the RPI catalog using Python’s

requests and beautifulsoup4 libraries

● Writes a DOT Language file for display using

Graphviz’s twopi layout engine

● Displays prerequisites on a radial web graph

for students to visualize course progression

LEADERSHIP

Captain & Hardware Lead: 2 Bits and A

Byte FIRST Robotics Team

● 2023 2nd Place Inspire Award

● 2022 MA Semifinalists (robot reveal)

Director & Manufacturer: Lexington

Student-Makers for COVID-19

● Led a group of 8 Lexington High students

● Manufactured 2500+ NIH-approved face shields

for hospitals and schools

● Consulted frontline workers through Mass.

Gen. Brigham’s Center for COVID Innovation

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