Hi, I'm Jadden! I like making software and editing videos. I'll use this as an opportunity to tell you more about what I'm up to:

During Summer 2025, I worked as a software programmer on a Purdue-affiliated research grant (SBIR Phase I), helping prototype a platform for improving Air Force operations and decision workflows. It involved full-stack development, frontend UX design, and backend tooling focused on performance and usability, basically taking messy real-world data and making it actually useful for people who need to make important decisions. Read the article about it here!

I'm also a student software developer at the Envision Center, where I work on scientific visualization projects, virtual reality applications, and multimedia production. I help researchers communicate complex concepts through interactive visualizations

At C3 (Computing for Community Collaboratory), I work as a Student Lab Manager supporting projects that leverage computing for social good. That means organizing student research and fostering inclusive collaboration. We held a 48 hour research-oriented game jam!

As the Communications Division Lead at Purdue Hackers, I help run events and celebrate scrappy experimentation. Whether it's a game jam, art show, or hardware hack, I believe in making room for beginner joy and low-stakes failure

I care deeply about accessibility in design and public media, whether that's making sure a data visualization is readable by everyone or ensuring a game is playable regardless of ability. Good software should work for everyone, not just the people who built it

Outside of all of that, you'll find me watching deep dive analyses of Reddit threads and horror games, developing games with friends, editing a video that strains my own eyes, or logging my thoughts on movies

Currently, I'm playing Minds Beneath Us and maintaining a silly dating game about fruit jams