Engine Miles
iPhone · On the App Store
An iPhone app that estimates the split between electric miles versus gas-engine miles for your plug-in hybrid
AI-assistedView project
Software Engineering at RIT
Hi, I'm Michael.
I build things people use.
It started with a Raspberry Pi I got for Christmas in 2018. Since then I've built a robot foosball goalie, AI tools at my internships, and now my own apps. Two are on the App Store and the third is in public beta.
Engine Miles
On the App StoreMy apps
Three products I designed, built and shipped myself.
Projects
My favorites first. The smaller ones are one click away.
CalCardo
An AI calendar assistant that turns chats, syllabi and emails into events you approve
AI-assisted
AI Database Filter
A local AI assistant that turns plain English into database filters you can check
AI-assisted
GameFace
An AWS face-matching app that finds the professional athlete you resemble
AI-Aboard
An Azure-backed onboarding workspace that turns code repositories into living documentation
AI-assisted
Automated Foosball Goalie
Finally, I was able to combine the ball tracking software with the motor controller to create a functional foosball goalie.
Cryptogram Solver
My program uses what some would call a brute force approach and consists of a few main parts.
Document Management System
A tool that reads old scanned records and suggests how to file them, with a person approving each one
AI-assisted
Automated Alarm System
A home alarm my dad and I hacked together in 2020, and I've rebuilt twice since
AI-assisted
Parcel Web Analyzer
A map tool for comparing Seattle homes by what matters nearby
RMF Checklist Automation
Python tools that made a defense contractor's quarterly security reports faster and safer
Blackjack
The 3,372-line Pygame casino game that got me hooked on building big projects
Human-led
Symposium Notes
I always struggled with juggling note-taking and actively listening, often missing key points because I was too busy writing.
Wordle Solver
A Wordle solver that ranks guesses, narrows the answers, and can play automatically
Human-led
Web Browser MCP
A tool that lets AI agents like Claude use a real Chrome browser
WastedAsphalt
Scores how empty every parking lot in a county is, using satellite images
U-Fund: A New Page
A team project for requesting, approving and funding books for people in prison
Human-led
Sudoku Creator and Solver
A Pygame Sudoku app that generates, plays, checks, and solves puzzles
Warm Cold Square
A two-day Pygame game: find the hidden square without hitting a bomb
- Agentic Report Generator
Agentic Report Generator
An experiment in letting a local AI research a database and write its own reports
- Legacy Data Cleanup
Legacy Data Cleanup
Tools for finding and fixing decades of messy records, with a person approving the fixes
AI-generated - Duolingo Hack
Duolingo Hack
A Duolingo bot that turned speaking practice into an XP machine
Trip Planner
A shared trip plan where friends add ideas, vote on conflicts and pack together
RIT Dining Notifications
A Telegram bot that told me how much I could spend on food each day at RIT
RIT Dorm Laundry Tracker
My first team prototype for checking dorm washers and dryers before walking downstairs
Roman Numeral Converter
An early two-way Roman numeral converter with its own validity check
One-Line Rock Paper Scissors
A tiny Python game squeezed into two deliberately ridiculous lines
Tic-Tac-Toe
My first Pygame project, with three levels of computer opponent
the small stuff lives here
Work
Three summers of internships.
- Summer 2026Application Development Intern, AI & AutomationGreenman Pedersen, Inc. · Babylon, NYMy second summer at GPI, this time on the AI side. Most of what I built helps people use a small local AI on traffic signal data without having to trust it blindly.
- Summer 2025Application Development Intern, GIS & Computer VisionGreenman Pedersen, Inc. · Babylon, NYMy first summer at GPI. Most of it went into a road sign survey: finding signs in video and working out exactly where each one is on a map.
- Summer 2024Cyber Data Management ConsultantTTM Technologies · Farmingdale, NYMy first real software job, at a defense contractor. I learned how cybersecurity compliance reporting works and then automated the slowest part of it.
Education
- 2024 to 2029
Rochester Institute of Technology
B.S. in Software Engineering
- Immersion in Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
- GPA 3.8
- Coursework: Software Development and Problem Solving I and II, Personal Software Engineering, Engineering Software Systems, Engineering Web-based Software Systems, Discrete Math, Calculus I and II, Statistics