Projects

Keep Me Initiative

Co-Founder of a material circularity project on Duke University's campus, focused on the collection and processing of waste 3D print material. Independent Study.

OmniBin

Self-sorting trash bin using computer vision, ML, and Data Collection. DTI 531 course project: AI in the Physical World.

Design Climate I & II

Duke University Design Climate course I & II; incubator for climate ventures.

Climacrete Systems - Duke AI Hackathon 2025

Duke AI Hackathon 2025; placed 1st in Social Impact & Climate category, won 3rd place overall. Climacrete predicts compressive strength, durability, and CO₂ impact — instantly showing the trade-offs between sustainability and structural performance.

GHOST - Digitally Reconfigurable Mold

GHOST is a proof of concept, aiming to digitally control “smart fluidˮ to create instant reconfigurable molds from 3D mesh files for hobbyist manufacturing, capable of evolving into an industrial manufacturing process.

DUO - Modular Stationery Device

DUO is a modular stationery system for makers & creatives. The structure is inspired by Japanese wood joinery which enables the connection of different tools depending on a users needs. It is an adaptable, versatile and evolving system.

TRAIL - Modular Garden

TRAIL is a modular system –– inspired by the Aztec Chinampas –– for growing plants indoors, based on one simple shape that can be combined, scaled and is designed for ease of watering. The continuous nature of the structure can act as a space separator –– a living sculpture that moderates and dictates room flow, similar to the dry zen gardens of Japan.

🚇 dc metro satire 🚇

Funny project that gathers actual DC Metro delay data and if there is no delay on the line it provides a random YouTube video of DC Metro ... inconvenience.

allergen.ai

allergen.ai aims to simplify allergen identification, using AI image recognition to identify food, ingredients, and cross reference them with an allergen database from a single photo upload. Designed with user convenience in mind, this experimental tool minimizes the reliance on possibly uninformed food providers.

UD Crime AI - HenHacks 2024

48 hour project. Generative Machine Learning model trained on UD Police Daily Statistics from 2017-2021. When provided a LOCATION, DATE, & TIME it generates a prediction of what crime description may be committed.

PHH's Letter Boxed Solver

Letter Boxed Solver by Pink-Hat-Hacker (aka Zoë Y. Valladares) is inspired by The NYT Letter Boxed Game. Using Typescript (Front-End and Algorithm), Vercel (deploying serverless function), and NYT's own CSS.

microbots

UDEL CS Capstone. Efficiently track microbots in 2 dimensions & implement z-axis tracking.

Theory of Green

UDEL CISC374. Imagine popular games like Minecraft, Fortnite and Stardew Valley –– except tasks like getting materials, and surviving is just as important as being environmentally conscious and sustainable. Theory of Green (ToG), an educational video game, teaches children about being eco-friendly while having fun competing.