I'm Salma, a senior at Boston Collegiate Charter School who's been programming inconsistently for ~5+ years now. I'm interested in optical space instrumentation which combines my interests in engineering and astronomy. In my free time I enjoy reading manhwa and playing tetris. :)
Experience
Research
Astrophysics Research Internship
Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
Spring 2025
Research
SSP Astrophysics @ Colby College
The Summer Science Program
Summer 2025
Policy
Youth Councilor
Mayor's Youth Council Boston
September 2024 - June 2025
Math
Menezes Challenge PRIMES Circle
MIT
December 2024 - May 2025
Projects
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A Web3 GameFi betting platform powered by blockchain technology and smart contracts, allowing users to bet cryptocurrency in games. Won the finalist position at the EasyA x Polkadot Harvard Hackathon.
Blockchain • Polkadot.js • Smart Contracts ↗
3D Galaxy Mapper
Built a 3D interactive galaxy mapping web app using Flask, visualizing astronomical data from galaxies' redshift and coordinates. Integrated Hubble’s Law to calculate galaxy distances and used Plotly for interactive data visualization.
Python • Flask • Plotly • Astrophysics
Self-Parking Robot Algorithm
Developed an algorithm to process LiDAR data for autonomous parking functionality, using proportional and proportional-derivative control methods for optimal performance.
Python • Algorithms • LiDAR