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20 <b>Hello!</b> I'm <i>Josh Stockin</i>, a student majoring in <b>Systems
21 Engineering</b> and minoring in <b>Computer Science</b> at <u>UIUC
22 Grainger</u>.  I'm a massive nerd and have spent roughly the past decade
23 engaging in software and embedded systems engineering hobby work, having begun
24 with game development and 3D animation stuffs on the Roblox platform sometime
25 around 2012.  When I'm not studying or working, I'll be reading or doing hobby
26 projects.  I try to work on hobby projects as much as I can, but I'm a
27 full-time student and struggle to find time.
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30 Through prior hobby projects, I have practical and applicable experience in
31 programming and design for robotics and embedded systems, general user
32 applications, tool/utility applications, web development, and more, with
33 programming languages including C/C++, Python, and Lua. I've taken several CTE
34 courses on woodworking, AutoCAD and Fusion 360 drafting, and 3D printing.
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38     <figcaption>Closeup shot of the removable electronics board controlling the snow plow.</figcaption>
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41 I graduated from *Reed-Custer High School* in May 2022. At RCHS, I earned the
42 **Illinois State Scholar** award and became a finalist for the **National Merit
43 Scholarship**. I volunteered for the RCHS Recycling Club and participated in the
44 Math Team. On the April 2021 SAT, I earned a 790 in math and 730 in EBRW (for a
45 composite 1520). During high school, I took several courses at *Joliet Junior
46 College* part-time and for dual credit. In fall 2022 I entered my first
47 semester at *UIUC* with 47 transferred credit hours. I recently completed a
48 firmware engineering internship at **<i>Milwaukee Electric Tool</i>** for the
49 summer of 2023 and have accepted an offer for another in 2024.
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53     <figcaption>Snow plow parked in driveway sometime around early 2021.</figcaption>
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55
56 As of 12/2023, current WIP personal projects include:
57
58 - *Embedded/Firmware*
59   - The next revision of the RC snow plow (new electrical board, new motors and
60     motor controllers, sensors and peripherals, rewritten firmware)
61   - ePaper display (EPD) driver firmware. Lightweight graphics library, drop-in
62     hardware/serial communications wrappers. Planned support for ESP-IDF
63     (ESP32), Arduino
64   - A handheld carbon dioxide (CO2) monitoring/plotting/analytics device
65     (ESP32, ePaper display, 3D printed housing)
66 - *Software*
67   - zydeco — Future idea for a procedural generation world simulator. Graphics
68     programming experiment.
69   - resty-gitweb — Git version control interface for HTTP, written for
70     OpenResty, uses libgit2 (live prototype at https://git.joshstock.in)
71   - s3-bsync — Python CLI tool for file backup and bidirectional syncing
72     between local filesystem and Amazon S3
73
74 I'll try over the next few months to populate the Blog and Projects pages with
75 information on these. Progress on each is very sporadic because I'm a full-time
76 student and worker.  If I'm not working on these I'm probably reading
77 something. I finally got a copy of K&R 😃
78
79 Oh, and I'm also a survivor of [severe scoliosis](/static/images/scoliosis.png).
80
81 Thanks for reading! You can best contact me via email at
82 [josh@joshstock.in](mailto:josh@joshstock.in). I usually reply within a day or
83 two.
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3	index: index.html
4	title: Home
5	description: Systems Engineering / Computer Science @ UIUC Grainger (2025)
6	thumbnail: /static/images/oct2022.jpg
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10	<img class="small" src="/static/images/oct2022.jpg"/>
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13	<p class="first">
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19	<img class="inline svg" src="/static/svg/wave.svg" style="height: 1.5em">
20	<b>Hello!</b> I'm <i>Josh Stockin</i>, a student majoring in <b>Systems
21	Engineering</b> and minoring in <b>Computer Science</b> at <u>UIUC
22	Grainger</u>. I'm a massive nerd and have spent roughly the past decade
23	engaging in software and embedded systems engineering hobby work, having begun
24	with game development and 3D animation stuffs on the Roblox platform sometime
25	around 2012. When I'm not studying or working, I'll be reading or doing hobby
26	projects. I try to work on hobby projects as much as I can, but I'm a
27	full-time student and struggle to find time.
28	</p>
29
30	Through prior hobby projects, I have practical and applicable experience in
31	programming and design for robotics and embedded systems, general user
32	applications, tool/utility applications, web development, and more, with
33	programming languages including C/C++, Python, and Lua. I've taken several CTE
34	courses on woodworking, AutoCAD and Fusion 360 drafting, and 3D printing.
35
36	<figure class="float-right wrap">
37	<img class="small" src="/static/images/esp32.jpg"/>
38	<figcaption>Closeup shot of the removable electronics board controlling the snow plow.</figcaption>
39	</figure>
40
41	I graduated from Reed-Custer High School in May 2022. At RCHS, I earned the
42	Illinois State Scholar award and became a finalist for the **National Merit
43	Scholarship**. I volunteered for the RCHS Recycling Club and participated in the
44	Math Team. On the April 2021 SAT, I earned a 790 in math and 730 in EBRW (for a
45	composite 1520). During high school, I took several courses at *Joliet Junior
46	College* part-time and for dual credit. In fall 2022 I entered my first
47	semester at UIUC with 47 transferred credit hours. I recently completed a
48	firmware engineering internship at <i>Milwaukee Electric Tool</i> for the
49	summer of 2023 and have accepted an offer for another in 2024.
50
51	<figure class="float-left">
52	<img class="small" src="/static/images/rc-plow.jpg"/>
53	<figcaption>Snow plow parked in driveway sometime around early 2021.</figcaption>
54	</figure>
55
56	As of 12/2023, current WIP personal projects include:
57
58	- Embedded/Firmware
59	- The next revision of the RC snow plow (new electrical board, new motors and
60	motor controllers, sensors and peripherals, rewritten firmware)
61	- ePaper display (EPD) driver firmware. Lightweight graphics library, drop-in
62	hardware/serial communications wrappers. Planned support for ESP-IDF
63	(ESP32), Arduino
64	- A handheld carbon dioxide (CO2) monitoring/plotting/analytics device
65	(ESP32, ePaper display, 3D printed housing)
66	- Software
67	- zydeco — Future idea for a procedural generation world simulator. Graphics
68	programming experiment.
69	- resty-gitweb — Git version control interface for HTTP, written for
70	OpenResty, uses libgit2 (live prototype at https://git.joshstock.in)
71	- s3-bsync — Python CLI tool for file backup and bidirectional syncing
72	between local filesystem and Amazon S3
73
74	I'll try over the next few months to populate the Blog and Projects pages with
75	information on these. Progress on each is very sporadic because I'm a full-time
76	student and worker. If I'm not working on these I'm probably reading
77	something. I finally got a copy of K&R 😃
78
79	Oh, and I'm also a survivor of [severe scoliosis](/static/images/scoliosis.png).
80
81	Thanks for reading! You can best contact me via email at
82	[josh@joshstock.in](mailto:josh@joshstock.in). I usually reply within a day or
83	two.
84
85