Education

B.S. Computer Science and Mathematics

The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL

Expected December 2027  |  GPA: 3.77

Dean's List and President's List recipient..

International Baccalaureate Diploma

Franklin High School, Franklin, TN

August 2019 – May 2023  |  GPA: 4.60

Work Experience

Software Engineering Intern

Wabtec Corporation — Pittsburgh, PA

May 2026 – Present

Software engineering internship focused on building tools and systems for the rail industry.

Research Mentor

Google Summer of Code — ML4SCI / University of Alabama — Tuscaloosa, AL

September 2025 – Present

  • Investigated coronary artery calcium (CAC) segmentation and radiomics feature extraction approaches to help scope and shape research directions for the PrediCT project, an ML-driven cardiac CT analysis initiative at the University of Alabama.
  • Mentoring a GSoC contributor on Radiomics Feature Extraction and Calcium Phenotype Discovery, guiding development of a feature extraction and unsupervised clustering pipeline to identify CAC morphology phenotypes from cardiac CT scans.

AI & Automation Consulting Fellow

Innovate Alabama — University of Alabama — Tuscaloosa, AL

January 2026 – April 2026

  • Selected as one of 12 students across undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral levels for a state grant-funded technology consulting initiative serving four local companies.
  • Conducted site visits and operational assessments for Visit Tuscaloosa and Parker Towing Company, developing targeted AI and automation solutions and presenting recommendations directly to company stakeholders.

Software Engineering Co-Op

Mercedes-Benz U.S. International, Inc. — Vance, AL

August 2024 – August 2025

  • Developed NLP solutions to process and categorize large-scale customer and sensor datasets.
  • Automated ETL pipelines consolidating multi-source data into PostgreSQL, reducing manual data preparation for reporting.
  • Created interactive Power BI dashboards integrating suspect supplier material data, providing management with daily operational insights.

Projects

Personal Portfolio Website

annalove.net

2026 – Present  |  Python Flask PostgreSQL HTML CSS JavaScript Docker

  • Designed and built a full-stack personal portfolio site served by a Flask backend with a PostgreSQL database for dynamic content management.
  • Implemented a custom theme toggle system supporting an original professional dark theme and a Stardew Valley pixel-art theme, with localStorage persistence and zero flash on load.
  • Built a password-protected admin panel for managing projects, work experience, and coursework entries without redeploying.
  • Containerized with Docker for consistent deployment.

ChocAn — Library Management System

Software Design and Engineering, University of Alabama

January 2026 – May 2026  |  Java Apache Ant

  • Developed a full-featured Library Management System in Java as a team capstone project, implementing OOP design principles and a GUI for intuitive user interaction.
  • Managed the complete build pipeline using Apache Ant for automated compilation, JAR packaging, and project structure; generated comprehensive Javadoc documentation.
  • Presented to the class and earned a perfect score.

EcoCAR EV Challenge — DriveAbility

Mobility Challenge Team, University of Alabama

October 2025 – April 2026  |  Git Docker Mongo Atlas REST APIs Python

  • Established team development infrastructure and led a student team building DriveAbility.org — a publicly accessible, accessibility-focused product review platform for drivers with lower-limb mobility disabilities to explore adaptive hand control systems.

Manufacturing Parts Issue Tracking Dashboard

Mercedes-Benz

May 2025 – August 2025  |  Power BI PostgreSQL Python Selenium SQLAlchemy Databricks

  • Built interactive dashboards tracking suspect supplier material status, reducing reporting latency from 24 hours to under 30 minutes with automated daily data refresh.

Customer Feedback NLP Application

Mercedes-Benz

August 2024 – May 2025  |  Python GPT-4 API NLP scikit-learn pandas numpy aiohttp plotly customtkinter python-dotenv tenacity

  • Designed and deployed a custom NLP application to analyze and categorize over 500,000 customer feedback records and sensor logs with configurable clustering workflows and role-based access.

Competitive Analysis and Insights Reporting

Mercedes-Benz

January 2025 – May 2025  |  Python pandas numpy scipy HTML

  • Combined JD Power and Strategic Vision survey data with a custom NLP application to assess vehicle performance relative to competitors, generating executive-level reports and presentations.

Technical Skills

Languages

Python C/C++ Java SQL HTML CSS

Frameworks & Libraries

pandas NumPy scikit-learn PyTorch SQLAlchemy Selenium Flask

Tools & Platforms

Git / GitHub Docker Linux (Ubuntu) MongoDB PostgreSQL Microsoft SQL Server Databricks Power BI

Practices

Agile Methodology REST APIs UML JSON

Honors & Activities

Academic Honors

  • President's List — University of Alabama (December 2025, May 2026): 4.0 GPA, minimum 12 credit hours
  • Dean's List — University of Alabama (December 2023, May 2024): 3.5+ GPA, minimum 12 credit hours
  • Blount Scholars Program — Selective four-year living and learning community at UA with interdisciplinary humanities-focused curriculum

Arts & Music

  • National Piano Guild — American College of Musicians (Spring 2022, Spring 2023): Evaluated technical and interpretive capability against a standardized classical curriculum; performed multi-piece program entirely from memory.
  • Tennessee All State for Trumpet — Tennessee Music Education Association (Fall 2021): Secured chair in the state's most elite high school ensemble through competitive regional screenings and blind audition.
  • Tennessee Governor's School for the Arts — MTSU (Summer 2021): Highly selective residency program for the state's most gifted high school artists; admitted through competitive video pre-screening and live audition.
  • Tennessee Seal of Biliteracy with Honors — Tennessee Department of Education (May 2023): Advanced biliteracy in English and Spanish; qualified through AAPPL assessment and ACT score.