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Engineer. Maker. 🤓
I build playful tech — AR experiments, games,
and robots with a bit of personality. Currently in
Shanghai, tinkering with things and learning Chinese.
3× first placeHackathons & design
IEEE publicationsBrains, data & discoveries
Code with purposeHealth, science & education
An engineer, researcher, and educator with a soft spot for playful builds and pop-culture mashups.
With an MS in Computer Science (Georgia State) and a BS in Biomedical Engineering (Georgia Tech), I love using software to solve real-world problems—whether that’s analyzing health data or building clean, user-focused web apps.
My research focuses on neuroimaging at the TReNDS Center (published in IEEE EMBC) and genomics quality control tools for Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. I enjoy translating complex medical datasets into actionable insights and tools.
Lately, I’ve been making AR web-shooters, a robot with a beating heart, and a cat-versus-mouse fighting game. I like mixing real engineering with a little pop-culture chaos, not just the finished thing.
After teaching mathematics in Guangzhou, I’m now studying Chinese at East China Normal University in Shanghai. My side quests include poetry, filmmaking, and reading.
Fresh from the workbench: playful experiments first, followed by my research, education, and award-winning builds.
13 projects in the quest log
Camera-controlled cat game · Personal maker project
Become a gigantic cat. Ginny Kong uses computer vision to let your hands control its paws and your mouth control its mouth as you speak. A browser game where you bring the cat to life through your own movements.
Gesture-controlled weightlifting robot · Personal maker project
A little robot with a workout routine and a lot of personality. As you count from 1 to 8 using Chinese number hand gestures, BottyBuilder lifts weights and changes the emoji on its micro:bit LED screen. Make a heart with both hands, and it shows a heart right back.
Gameplay revealed · September 2026
A cat in a dino onesie takes on a mouse. A 2D fighting game with kawaii doodle art, flying fish, perfectly timed deflects, and a tail-whip special. A chaotic cat fight in a cute world.
AR Snake · Taken for a spin at the Shanghai Bund
Snake, with a change of scenery. I built an AR Snake game and brought it to the Bund, turning a Shanghai sunset into the backdrop for a playful coding experiment.
AR web-shooter · Personal maker project
A Spider-Man-inspired AR web-shooter app. I made it, then tested it on Spider-Man, Mario, and Minecraft.
micro:bit · Personal maker project
I gave my dancing robot a beating heart.
Issued by Render 2024 InnovateATL Hackathon Powered by New Relic • Jun 2024
Enhances road safety and urban mobility through intelligent monitoring and data analytics utilizing computer vision to monitor traffic flow, pedestrians, and detect vehicle collisions in real time.
Issued by Major League Hacking (Local Hack Day Build) • Jan 2022
Ranked 1st place in the Kaggle competition hosted by Major League Hacking. Built an interactive machine learning web application to predict housing prices based on multi-variate features and real estate trends.
Open Source Educational Projects • github.com/bfarahdel/math-materials
Designed and developed interactive web-based e-learning materials covering Algebra and Geometry to make secondary mathematics visual, intuitive, and engaging.
Issued by Engineering World Health • Aug 2020
Developed a 3D model prototype of a specialized biomedical device providing respiratory and physical support for COVID-19 associated Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) patients placed in a prone position.
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center • 2022–2023
Developed the first pipeline-agnostic software tool to process quality control metrics from multiple bioinformatics pipelines. Built a full-stack data analytics application from scratch to accelerate cancer genomics research.
Advancing Technologies & Georgia Tech • Aug – Dec 2017
Designed and engineered a specialized wearable biomedical hardware and software system to record, acquire, and analyze biometric physical data for combat sports athletes.
Emory University Research Lab • Aug – Dec 2017
Engineered a customized data acquisition system using LabVIEW to capture and process high-precision neurological data for medical research experiments.
Patented wearable technology and academic research in neuroimaging, machine learning, and health data analytics.
A flexible wearable that combines biometric and motion sensors with wireless data transmission to help analyze athletic performance, fatigue, and injury risk.
US 11,832,971 B2 · Granted December 5, 2023
Investigated functional brain organization and community detection patterns across the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD) study dataset using community detection and data mining techniques.
Authored empirical confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) examining psychological metrics and behavioral assessments to model adolescent mental health statuses.
Implemented machine learning and data mining algorithms on large-scale neuroimaging datasets.
My professional journey across education, software development, research, and community building.
Succeed in Education (SIE) & Guangzhou Weiming School • Guangzhou, China
Beyond AI Games • Brussels, EU
Major League Hacking & Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC) • New York, USA
Center for Translational Research in Neuroimaging and Data Science (TReNDS) • Atlanta, USA
Pandemic Professors • Berkeley, USA
Emory University School of Medicine • Atlanta, USA
Academic foundations in Computer Science and Biomedical Engineering.
East China Normal University · Shanghai, China
Learning Chinese while making things.
Georgia State University • Atlanta, USA
Focus on Machine Learning, Neuroimaging Data Mining, and Deep Learning applications.
Georgia Institute of Technology • Atlanta, USA
Focus on Biometrics, Medical Device Prototyping, and Computational Physiology.
Teaching English as a Foreign Language
International pedagogical training for multi-lingual STEM instruction.
Technical proficiencies, tools, and creative pursuits.
Explore my builds on GitHub, or start a conversation about creative tech, software, and STEM education.
