Henry Kanaskie
CS honors student at Oregon State · Applied ML & Systems Programming
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Experience
Software Engineering Intern
DZYNE TechnologiesPortland, OR
Mar 2025 — Sep 2025
PythonCC++SQLReactFlask
  • ▸Cut embedded development time by 23% by refactoring anti-drone C/C++ modules for modularity and cross-product reuse
  • ▸Boosted automated test coverage by 40%+ by rewriting the Python testing pipeline with structured reporting
  • ▸Reduced operator response time by building a real-time React/Flask control GUI for power, tracking, movement, and logging
Undergraduate Researcher
Plasma, Energy & Space Propulsion LabCorvallis, OR
May 2024 — Jun 2026
PythonMATLABOR-tools
  • ▸Sped up impedance-matching pipeline by 800% via a Google OR-tools capacitor-network algorithm
  • ▸Extracted high-fidelity thruster diagnostic signals from noisy plasma environments with a custom Python denoising pipeline
  • ▸Improved cancer-focused plasma model accuracy by 33% by engineering high-dimensional features from 10M+ data points
Undergraduate Researcher
Jason Clark Research GroupCorvallis, OR
Feb 2024 — Mar 2025
VHDLFPGAMoku
  • ▸Achieved high-fidelity nano-ampere acquisition for micro-sensor characterization via FPGA-based VHDL DSP modules
  • ▸Shortened hardware debug cycles by accelerating iterative prototyping with comprehensive VHDL testbenches
  • ▸Improved sensor stability via artificial damping algorithms tested with Hardware-in-the-Loop Moku instrumentation
Projects
SPARSE MATRIX · TRUNCATED SVD
Bee Habitat Recommendation System
PythonReactJavaScript
ML recommendation engine using truncated SVD to match plant species with local bee populations from Oregon Bee Atlas data. Full-stack: React frontend, Python backend.
CONFUSION MATRIX · 85% ACCURACY
Character Classification Neural Net
PythonNumPyPandas
Feed-forward neural network built from scratch — custom backpropagation and gradient descent, no ML frameworks. 85% accuracy on EMNIST handwritten characters.
$ ./smallsh
> ls -la /proc
> echo $$ → 4821
> ^C (SIGINT caught)
$ _
Small Shell
CLinux
Interactive POSIX shell with command execution, I/O redirection, background processes, and custom SIGINT/SIGTSTP signal handling. Systems programming from first principles.
Education

Oregon State University

Honors B.S. Computer Science

Sep 2022 — Jun 2026

GPA
3.95 / 4.0
Relevant Coursework
Data Structures & AlgorithmsDatabasesSoftware EngineeringArtificial IntelligenceMachine LearningDeep Learning