Anna Conroy
Graduate Research Assistant
Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolAnna Conroy is a research-driven engineer blending eight years of hands-on experience across aerospace, astrophysics, and data science. Currently a Graduate Research Assistant at Georgia Tech and a data scientist at SAS, she applies analytics to life sciences while pursuing MS-level aerospace research in propulsion and mission design. Her background spans laboratory astrochemistry and quantum computing simulations to practical spacecraft propulsion internships and NASA mission concept work, reflecting rare breadth from bench to systems engineering. An active open-source contributor, she improved accessibility in the widely used OptiKey eye-control project by enhancing keyboard layouts and UI for multilingual and assistive-use cases. She’s skilled in Python scientific stacks and combustion modeling with ChemKin, and won competitive undergraduate research funding for her biofuel aerosol work. Based in Atlanta, she combines rigorous experiment skills with user-focused software development and a persistent interest in assistive technology.
7 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - BS, Bachelor of Science - BS at Kennesaw State University - College of Science and MathematicsBachelor of Science - BS Astrophysics, Bachelor of Science - BS Astrophysics at University of Georgia - Franklin College of Arts and SciencesAstrophysics, Astrophysics at University of OxfordMaster of Science - MS Aerospace Engineering, Master of Science - MS Aerospace Engineering at Georgia Institute of TechnologyHigh School Diploma, High School Diploma at Johns Creek High School
Github Skills (7)
accessibility10
csharp10
xaml10
eye-tracking9
user-interface9
keyboard-layout9
wpf7
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
OptiKey/OptiKey
Jul 2018 - Jul 2018
OptiKey - Full computer control and speech with your eyes
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:26 commits, 5 PRs, 84 comments in 21 days
Contributions summary:Anna primarily focused on enhancing the user interface and functionality of the OptiKey application. They added support for distinct labels on shift keys in the dynamic keyboard, improving user customization options. Further contributions included implementing and refining keyboard layouts for German language users, including an alphabetical layout, a simplified layout with umlaut support, and conversation-focused layouts. The user also made general improvements to the project, such as modifying the confirmation message for the EyeX calibration.
speech-recognitiondisabilitiesc-sharpeye-trackingassistive-technology
annakirkpatrick/mathfly
Apr 2019 - Jan 2021
A complete system for dictating mathematics and LaTeX using Dragon
Contributions:33 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 9 months
mathequationdragonmathematicslatex
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