Max Lawton

Projects

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