Avery Mclean
Research Assistant at American Institutes for Research
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
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Top SchoolAvery Mclean is a research-oriented professional with nine years of experience bridging developmental psychopathology interests and hands-on research practice. A Smith College graduate in Psychology and Arabic, Avery has worked on clinical and social-emotional mentoring programs, nonprofit partnership development, and qualitative coding at NYU’s Cognitive Development Lab. Currently a Research Assistant at American Institutes for Research, they focus on PTSD presentations among historically marginalized groups and are pursuing graduate study in the same area. Avery also brings technical curiosity to embedded systems, contributing UI and functionality improvements to the open-source InfiniTime smartwatch firmware. Comfortable moving between community-facing roles and technical research, they combine language skills, leadership, and cross-sector collaboration to tackle complex questions about youth mental health. Notably, their profile reflects both fieldwork with young people and concrete engineering contributions to an active IoT open-source project.
9 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Arts - BA, Psychology, Arabic, Bachelor of Arts - BA, Psychology, Arabic at Smith CollegeHigh School Diploma, High School Diploma at Lake Champlain Waldorf School
Arabic
Github Skills (11)
embedded10
c-language10
cpp10
cprogramming-language10
bluetooth-low-energy10
lvgl9
human-interface9
smartwatch9
graphical-user-interface9
user-interface9
firmware8
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
InfiniTimeOrg/InfiniTime
Feb 2022 - Mar 2022
Firmware for Pinetime smartwatch written in C++ and based on FreeRTOS
Role in this project:
Embedded Systems Engineer / IoT Developer
Embedded Systems Engineer / IoT DeveloperContributions:6 commits, 2 PRs, 3 comments in 12 days
Contributions summary:Avery's contributions focused on modifying the user interface and functionality of the Pinetime smartwatch firmware. They made several changes to the WatchFaceTerminal, replacing icons with text entries and adjusting layout elements. Additionally, the user updated settings-related screens, replaced an airplane mode icon, and merged a branch into the main development branch. These changes demonstrate an active role in refining the smartwatch's display and user experience.
nrf52cppfirmwarebazelpinetime-smartwatch
aveeryy/polar_legacy
Feb 2021 - Dec 2022
Contributions:1 release, 70 pushes, 3 branches in 1 year 9 months
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