Anthony Ha-Anh Pham

Anthony Ha-Anh Pham

Student, Engineer, & Teacher!

Howdy!

I am a senior Multidisciplinary Engineering (Mechatronics Track) student at Texas A&M, passionate about incorporating software and hardware in learning environments to improve the quality of education!

Technologies I Use

My Projects

Blood Glucose Monitor

GitHub repository

Lead software developer for senior year capstone design team, developing all software for a blood glucose monitor.

Features:

  • Android app with BLE communication and data visualization
  • ESP32-S3 microcontroller that extracts data using a virtual serial port from a USB-CDC connection
  • XGBoost ML model for glucose level estimation


Languages used: C, Dart, Python 3
Libraries used: ESP-IDF, XGBoost, m2cgen
Technologies used: Flutter, Android Studio
Date: August 2024 - April 2025

Gesture

GitHub repository

One of four members of a team that developed a website for learning sign language using computer vision. Primarily responsible for the development of the sign detection model.

Responsible for:

  • Computer vision model for sign detection
  • Handmade dataset for each of the alphabet letters


Languages used: Python 3
Libraries used: OpenCV, tensorflow, numpy, pandas
Tools used: Jupyter Notebook
Date: February 2025

Bacon Hunter

YouTube Demo

Lead software developer for an autonomous target-seeking SCUTTLE robot for MXET 300 class.

Responsible for:

  • Dynamic obstacle avoidance algorithm
  • Autonomous navigation
  • Target detection using HSV filter


Languages used: Python 3
Libraries used: OpenCV, numpy
Tools used: Arduino, Raspberry Pi
Date: March 2024 - April 2024

TAO Bot

GitHub repository

Creator and maintainor of a Discord bot which manages the ENGR TA Organization server, serving over 5,000 Texas A&M faculty, TAs, and students at its peak.

Features include:

  • Custom help commands
  • Automated role/channel management
  • Integrated office hours queue system


Languages used: Python 3
Libraries used: discord.py
Tools used: Discord
Date: August 2023 - Present

ASL Detection Model

GitHub repository

Lead developer for my group in AI4ALL Apply AI's Spring 2023 cohort, creating recurrent neural networks (RNNs) to detect five American Sign Language (ASL) words.

Includes six versions of a RNN, each with different hyperparameters. Data is found in Google's Kaggle ASL challenge.


Languages used: Python 3
Libraries used: Keras, TensorFlow, pandas, numpy, matplotlib
Tools used: Jupyter Notebook
Date: February 2023 - April 2023

Teaching Experience

Freshman Engineering Peer Teacher

Employer: TAMU EASA

Since Aug 2022, Peer Teacher for ENGR 102 (Intro to Computation) & ENGR/PHYS 216 (Lab I) at TAMU. Mentor newer peer teachers. Foster critical thinking, support students via office hours, Discord (4400+ members), and supplemental materials (videos/notes).

Texas A&M Peer Mentor

Programs: ESBP, VIP, FGEn

Since July 2023, mentor incoming/first-year engineering students across multiple programs (summer bridge, virtual Python intro, first-gen support). Focus on adapting to university life, core concepts, navigating resources, and promoting work-life balance.

High School Tutor (SLHS)

Clubs: UIL CS, Mu Alpha Theta

Tutored AP Computer Science A, data structures/algorithms, geometry, algebra, pre-calculus, and AP Calculus (AB/BC). Solidified passion for teaching and understanding learning as a journey.