Technical Projects

Engineering Projects

Hardware builds, power systems, embedded firmware, infrastructure modeling, and lab investigations · all documented with measurable outcomes and engineering rationale.

Lab simulations are conducted in controlled environments for academic and professional development. No real systems were targeted.

POWER SYSTEMS  ·  EMBEDDED
Completed

Secure IIoT Smart Grid Edge Monitor

ESP32 firmware with FFT-based THD detection in sub-100ms intervals, <3% RMS error margin. AES-128 + MQTT TLS 1.2 over a NERC CIP-compliant telemetry pipeline validated end-to-end.

Technologies & Methods:

ESP32 Firmware FFT / THD Analysis AES-128 · MQTT TLS 1.2 NERC CIP Compliance
Aug 2025 – Mar 2026
POWER DISTRIBUTION  ·  HARDWARE DESIGN
Completed

Smart Load-Shedding & Power Distribution Controller

PWM trip-logic holding system stability within 10% of peak capacity. Active RC filtering cut noise (Vpp) by 35%, bench-validated with digital oscilloscopes.

Technologies & Methods:

ESP32 · PWM Control Digital Oscilloscope RC Signal Conditioning Current Sensing
Dec 2025 – Jan 2026
INFRASTRUCTURE  ·  MODELING  ·  LAB
Active

Enterprise Infrastructure Home Lab

Proxmox + pfSense multi-tier lab. MATLAB load-flow simulations cut grid restoration time 22%. PulseGrid AI models cascading failure across 7 infrastructure layers across 500+ outage scenarios.

Technologies & Methods:

MATLAB Load-Flow Proxmox VE PulseGrid AI pfSense · VLAN Bash Automation
Feb 2026 – Present
HOMELAB · SECURITY VALIDATION

Lab Investigations

Security validation exercises conducted on isolated homelab infrastructure. Methodological documentation of network forensics and incident response workflows.

CASE-001  ·  NETWORK SECURITY ANALYSIS
Completed

After-Hours Network Activity Investigation

7,000+ frames and 86 TCP conversations analyzed under NIST SP 800-61. Baseline deviation, persistence artifacts, and full timeline reconstruction documented.

PCAP / Wireshark TCP Conversation Analysis NIST SP 800-61
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CASE-002 · LINUX SECURITY ANALYSIS
Planned

Linux Web Server Compromise Investigation

DVWA exploit chain: foothold, root via misconfiguration, SSH/systemd persistence, staged exfiltration. Full evidence-backed timeline reconstruction in progress.

Apache / Auth Logs SSH + systemd Artifacts Linux Security
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Project Summary

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Engineering Projects
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Completed
2
Active
2
Lab Investigations