Tom Bursch
Research Fellow at Software Engineering - RWTH Aachen University
Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
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Top SchoolTom Bursch is a research-focused software engineer with seven years of experience bridging academia and industry, currently a Research Fellow in RWTH Aachen’s Software Engineering group. He holds BS and MS degrees in Computer Science from RWTH Aachen and spent time studying in San José, blending rigorous model-based systems engineering interests with hands-on cross-platform development. His work ranges from embedded and industrial software at Petasense to full-stack application development—evidenced by his KitchenOwl project where he implemented shopping-list and recipe features with a Flask backend and Flutter frontend. Comfortable teaching languages from Java to Haskell and Prolog, he combines strong pedagogical experience with practical engineering and a knack for improving UX through iterative bug fixes and UI enhancements. Colleagues describe him as methodical and curious, often uniting formal modelling perspectives with pragmatic, user-facing solutions.
7 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Computer Science, Computer Science at San José State UniversityMaster of Science - MS Computer Science, Master of Science - MS Computer Science at RWTH Aachen University
English, German
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Github Skills (19)
ios10
flutter-apps10
manager10
recipe10
ui-design10
android-developer10
uid10
manage10
front-end-development10
android10
android-developers10
mobile10
flutter-game10
flutter10
cross-platform9
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
TomBursch/kitchenowl
Feb 2021 - Jan 2023
KitchenOwl is a self-hosted grocery list and recipe manager. The backend is made with Flask and the frontend with Flutter. Easily add items to your shopping list before you go shopping. You can also create recipes and add items based on what you want to cook.
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:1 release, 72 reviews, 376 commits in 2 years
Contributions summary:Tom's primary contributions focused on implementing core features for the KitchenOwl application. They added the shopping list functionality, including item addition, search, and removal, and also worked on adding and managing recipes. Additionally, the user was involved in building the UI for the app using Flutter, and the commits reveal work on integrating various components and features, like the ability to set source and time. The user addressed multiple bug fixes and user interface improvements for a more user-friendly experience.
groceryflaskgrocery-listmobile-appshopping-list
TomBursch/kitchenowl-backend
Feb 2021 - Jan 2023
Backend for the KitchenOwl app.
Contributions:8 reviews, 232 commits, 72 PRs in 1 year 11 months
recipe-managerbackendgrocery-list
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