Max Lawton

Experience

Company

Draper Laboratory

Systems Engineering Intern

Supported a cutting edge Guidance, Navigation, and Control (GNC) system for future strategic programs.

Jun 2026 → Aug 2026
Company

Archer Aviation

Deployment Engineer

Managed nationwide deployment and installation of aviation receiver systems, including site planning, hardware integration, system setup, and onsite commissioning.

Future
Company

CWRU Motorsports

Embedded Systems Engineer

Designed and implemented embedded systems for Baja SEA vehicles, focusing on control algorithms and semi-autonomous operation.

Sep 2025 → Present

Projects

Street Panoramic De-Flock Mesh

Developed a system to detect and map public security cameras using publicly available street data, submitting findings to local de-flock groups to track and combat mass surveillance. Custom YOLO models for detection and estimation. Overlapping depth estimated panoramic images to improve accuracy of camera detection in complex urban environments.

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TriumphBot

Real time OCR recognition and algorithic word solving to efficiently detect and solve word puzzles within strict time constraints. Can handily beat the best of human players, often by 2-3x. Fully automated pipeline for puzzle solving, including scraping screen data and simulating finger movements on the phone screen.

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Google Maps Depth Perception

Uses monocular depth estimation models to estimate depth from panoramic Google Maps imagery, enabling accurate 3D scene reconstruction of real environments. Uses context awareness to accurately perceive depth within a given scene.

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PlantBot - Live Soil Moisture and Temperature Sensing

Developed a web dashboard to monitor soil moisture and temperature for a desk bonsai tree. Soil moisture is measured by detecting changes in soil resistance using a purpose-built voltage divider. Built a custom circuit interfaced with a Raspberry Pi for data processing and web hosting.

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Custom Trained GGUF LLM Models with Python

Trained custom uncensored GGUF LLM models for general use. Models were based on various verisons of Llama3.1-8B. Trained them on information specific to me and my writing style. Ran using a Python wrapper for the common llama.cpp LLM inference.

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Slowroads.io AutoPilot

TensorFlow CNN to autonomously steer a vehicle in SlowRoads.io by converting real-time road imagery into navigation commands. Generalizes driving across procedurally generated landscapes using visual detection. Simulated steering with keyboard input.

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Farnsworth-Hirsch (Inertial Electrostatic) Nuclear Fusor

Built an Inertial Electrostatic Confinement (IEC) fusor for a high school capstone project, using high-voltage acceleration of hydrogen isotopes with industry-standard vacuum and power systems.

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Average Hedge Fund Portfolio

Average holdings and positions from over 400 different hedge funds.

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Decaying Spiral Torus

3D parametric equations for a decaying spiral torus (PDF).

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Winthrop Police Blotter

Developed a generalized web scraper to extract and normalize inconsistent police blotter data (2009-present), computing event-to-length ratios by street.

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Max Lawton

Electrical engineering student at Case Western Reserve University

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