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Luke Pitstick

2× Hackathon Winner BlasterHacks 1st Place · HackCU Winner

AI/ML research and software development for deep technical problems.

Seeking Summer 2027 AI/ML, Software Engineering, Data Science & Technical Product internships

About Me

Luke Pitstick

Hey I'm Luke! I'm a student at CU Boulder studying Computer Science and Political Science, with a focus on building useful AI/ML tools that solve deep technical problems, simulate complex systems, and improve the world through science. I'm currently working at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration as a Junior Data Manager and previously at WattByte Nexus as an AI/ML Engineer Intern. Outside of work, I am usually outdoors, cooking, exploring restaurants, or trying new coffee places.

Feel free to reach out! I'm always looking for new opportunities.

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Projects

A couple of projects I'm proud of. Mostly AI/ML applications for unique problems.

Road Crack Detection Engine previewRead write-up →

Road Crack Detection Engine

Computer Vision · Crack & pothole detection

Road-damage analysis engine that uses YOLO segmentation to detect cracks and potholes in survey video and measure crack geometry. SuperPoint and LightGlue match road features to align observations and track the same defects across frames and surveys.

Python · YOLO · PyTorch · OpenCV · LightGlue

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Renewably Wind previewOpen live demo →

Renewably Wind

Machine Learning · 96% model accuracy

1st place BlasterHacks winner. Full-stack wind farm siting platform that ranks candidate locations using an XGBoost model trained on wind, terrain, and grid data.

Python · XGBoost · Polars · React · FastAPI

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NYC Rent Price Forecaster previewOpen live demo →

NYC Rent Price Forecaster

Forecasting · Rent forecasting

End-to-end rent forecasting app for NYC with hierarchical time series at the borough and neighborhood level in an interactive dashboard.

Python · React · Forecasting · Vercel

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Taco previewView on GitHub →

Taco

Developer Tools · Jupyter kernel management

Python CLI that connects project environments to Jupyter by resolving the selected interpreter, registering durable kernels, and verifying they run correctly.

Python · Jupyter · uv · Poetry · Conda

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BrickMe previewView on Devpost →

BrickMe

HackCU Winner · 3D model generation

Browser app that turns photos into LEGO-style 3D models you can inspect and share.

Python · FastAPI · Next.js

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Atlas Projection Explorer previewOpen live demo →

Atlas Projection Explorer

Geospatial Visualization · 40 map projections

Interactive world map for exploring 40 map projections, comparing geographic boundaries, and visualizing how projections distort size and shape.

Cartography · Map Projections · Geospatial

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Experience

AI/ML, data engineering, and freelance web design across startups, government, and civic organizations.

  1. Oct 2025 — Present

    Junior Data Manager

    National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration · Boulder, CO

    • Managing and cleaning oceanographic datasets for research teams.
    • Building Python pipelines to automate data validation and reporting.
    • Currently processing over 10 TB a week of oceanographic data.
  2. June 2026 - August 2026

    AI/ML Engineer Intern

    WattByte Nexus · Golden, CO

    • Designing digital and simulation systems for modeling power line dynamics to help prevent wildfires.
    • Using AI/ML to model complex physical dynamics, speed up simulations, and reduce costs.
    • Building with AWS and Redis for continuous-loop simulations.
  3. Aug 2025 — Dec 2025

    Data Science Intern

    Ranked Choice Voting for Longmont · Boulder, CO

    • Made charts and visualizations to support targeted campaign efforts.
    • Modeled voting patterns and preferences to inform campaign strategy using fixed-effect linear regression.
  4. Freelance

    Freelance Web Designer

    Independent · Remote

    • Designing and building websites for civic organizations, including Just Vote Colorado and Ranked Choice Voting for Longmont.
    • Rebuilt Just Vote Colorado's voting-location map and completely redesigned the Ranked Choice Voting for Longmont website.
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  5. Aug 2024 — Jun 2025

    Student Software Developer

    University of Colorado Boulder · Boulder, CO

    • Made tools to support the automatic handling of student data.
    • Used Selenium and C# to automate website operations.
  6. Jul 2024 — Aug 2024

    Software Developer Intern

    B-Secur · Remote

    • First software development internship.
    • Used Spring Boot to build internal tools that support CI/CD operations.

Let's Connect

Open for opportunities and collaborations.

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