Michael Darfler
Associate
Village of Trumansburg, New York, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolMichael Darfler is an Associate at Buro Happold with nine years of experience designing resilient, research-driven learning environments and institutional strategies that improve student success and operational efficiency. He blends cognitive-science-informed research from a Cornell master’s with hands-on makerspace leadership and program development to translate user research into measurable improvements in spaces, services, and curricula. Michael has led multidisciplinary collaborations—from NSF-funded machine learning projects to school-wide STEAM integrations—demonstrating a rare mix of technical curiosity and educational design practice. Known for establishing data-driven continuous improvement processes and securing funding to build active-learning facilities, he excels at turning qualitative insight into practical, scalable solutions for communities and institutions.
10 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree, Human Environment Relations | Cognitive Sceince, 4.08, Master's degree, Human Environment Relations | Cognitive Sceince, 4.08 at Cornell UniversityLansing High SchoolBachelor of Science (BS), Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering, Bachelor of Science (BS), Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering at State University of New York at Binghamton
English
Github Skills (9)
google-docs6
p5js6
markdown3
html3
google-workspace2
codesandbox1
typescript1
javascript1
react1
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
mdarfler/helloworld
Jun 2016 - Apr 2026
Contributions:2 PRs, 10 pushes, 3 branches in 9 years 11 months
testingtesting-tools
fcs-cs/cs2-student-files
Feb 2019 - Apr 2019
Files for student use
Contributions:62 commits in 2 months
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