Serena Lynas

I am Serena Lynas, a student at Case Western Reserve University, and I am hoping to start a career in software engineering after graduation in May of 2026. I have a broad educational background in computer science and physics and applied experience in hardware and software for embedded systems — see some of my work below!

As the avionics lead of Case Rocket Team, I designed, routed, and programmed a flight computer named Sirin and I had it produced through JLCPCB. The board features an STM32H7 processor and various instruments, including a LoRa radio, GPS, and barometer. The rest of the avionics subteam and I wrote the code in both Rust and C (using FFI).

• Languages & Libraries: Rust, C, Embassy-rs, CMSIS-DSP
• Hardware & Protocols: STM32H7, LoRa, USB, SPI
• My role: software (both robot control and React frontend)

After flying the computer on our rocket at the International Rocket Engineering Competition last summer, we are currently working on a revised version for next year's competition, with new features, including sensor fusion through a Kalman filter.

In a 10-week internship at Los Alamos National Laboratory, I worked in a small team with a mechanical engineering student and a controls student to build a robot to mix polymer-bound high explosives.

• Languages & Libraries: Rust, TypeScript/JavaScript, React, Linux
• Hardware: UR16e Collaborative Robot, Raspberry Pi
• My role: software (both robot control and React frontend)

I developed the robot control logic in Rust and built a React web interface for control and monitoring, and then interfaced the two using WebSockets and a REST API. The final prototype supported custom, user-defined mixing recipes via the frontend. The clients were highly impressed with the functionality and polish of the system, and expressed interest in further development with the Department of Energy.

Here's what I like to use:

• OS: Linux Mint and Ubuntu
• Languages: Rust, C/C++, JavaScript/TypeScript, Python, Java, LaTeX
• Libraries: React, SolidJS, Embassy-rs
• Tools: Git, KiCad, VSCode

I'm a double major, expecting to finish both in May 2026:

• Computer Science, BS
• Mathematics and Physics, BS