Don D. Le

Education

University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)

2025 - 2027

B.S., Computer Science and Engineering

GPA: N/A

Coursework

Campus Activities

Mt. San Antonio College

2023 - 2025

Mathematics

GPA: 3.96

Coursework

Campus Activities

Summary

Platform

I work primarily on Linux (Debian and Ubuntu Desktop/Server), but I can also work reasonably well with Windows via WSL2, MSVC, and Vcpkg, albeit reluctantly

MCU / GPU / FPGA

STM32 · NVIDIA Jetson Nano · NVIDIA RTX 4070 · NVIDIA GTX 1070 · Arduino Mini · AMD Spartan 7

Languages

C++ · C · Python · CUDA · Assembly (x86 and RISC-V) · LaTeX · TypeScripts

Boost · Eigen · OpenMPI · PyTorch · CUDA Toolkit · NumPy · SciPy · Medusa · OpenGL · Vulkan · SFML · OpenCV · ORB SLAM

GCC · Clang · NVCC · CMake · GNU Make · Vcpkg · Anaconda · Node.js · Git · Docker · NVIDIA Nsight · IDA · ROS 2 · Gazebo · Roboflow · LTspice · KiCAD · Perf · Valgrind · GTest · Qt

Technical Interests

HPC · Computer Vision · Visual SLAM · Photogrammetry · GPUs · Autonomous systems · Embedded systems · Mathematical modeling · Reverse engineering

Hobbies

Drinking water · Trail hiking · Blogging · Technical writing · Photography · Counter-Strike · Poker

Experience

Jun. 2026 - Sep. 2026

General Atomics & Affiliates

Software Engineer Intern (Incoming)

San Diego, CA, USA

I'll be working at the Electromagnetic Systems subdivision of General Atomics this summer (2026), near the sunny beaches of La Jolla

C++

Jan. 2025 - Present

BruinSpace at UCLA

Flight Software Engineer

Los Angeles, CA, USA

Building, write unit tests, and refining CircuitPython-based flight software and sensor driver interfaces for the RAPID-0 spacecraft.

CPythonMATLAB

Sep. 2024 - Aug. 2025

California Polytechnic State University

Research Assistant, UAV Lab

Pomona, CA, USA

Developed UAV stereo camera trajectory estimation and 3D reconstruction system using ORB-SLAM3 and RTAB-Map. Integrated visual SLAM concurrently with YOLO for real-time UAV navigation.

C++PythonORB-SLAM3YOLOv11

Jun. 2024 - Sep. 2024

California Polytechnic State University

Research Intern, Computer Vision

Pomona, CA, USA

High-performance UAV image processing using MPI (multi-core processing), OpenMP (multi-threading), and CUDA ORB/SURF with OpenCV in raw C++.

*Paper published at AIAA Scitech Forum 2025 (see paper below).

C++PythonOpenCVMPIOpenMPCUDA

Feb. 2024 - Jul. 2025

Mt. San Antonio College

Tutor & Teaching Assistant

Walnut, CA, USA

Tutored CS, engineering physics, and all levels of lower-division math. Also TA for Math 290 - Differential Equations.

ODEsLinear AlgebraCalculus

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Selected Projects

Frequency-Domain

Oct. 2025 - Present

Topics: Image Restoration, Edge-enhancement

High-performance digital image processing library featuring CUDA's Fast Fourier Transform and frequency-domain filtering for noise reduction, edge enhancement, and frequency-selective processing.

C++

CUDA

Signal Processing

Parallel SIMD Path Tracer

Aug. 2025 - Present

Topics: Optimization, Rendering, Ray Tracing

An optimized path tracer with 3D model importing, implemented from Peter Shirley’s classic ray tracing (actually path tracing) series: Ray Tracing in One Weekend. Written in modern C++, enhanced with SIMD intrinsics and OpenMP multithreading for better performance.

C++

SIMD

OpenMP

SLAM Point Cloud Generation and YOLO Command Line Wrapper

Feb. 2025 - Present

Topics: Object Detection, Visual SLAM

Point cloud generation and plotting for ORB-SLAM3, a collection of two repositories, including a command-line wrapper and a point cloud generator. Utilized two versions of YOLO: v4 for C++ and v11 for Python.

3D Render Engine

Feb. 2025 - Present

Topics: Low-level Graphics Programming

3D Object Renderer for common geometric shapes—including triangle, cube, sphere, and torus (donut) using OpenGL, a cross-platform, low-level API for rendering 2D and 3D vector graphics. Built with CMake, GLFW, GLAD, and glm.

2D Physics Engine

Jan. 2025 - Present

Topics: Physics Simulation, Numerical Methods

An attempt to implement physics from scratch in C++, utilizing SFML for real‑time rendering and visualization. Implemented multiple numerical integration methods: Euler (explicit/implicit), Verlet, and RK4 to accurately simulate motion; integrated rigid‑body collision detection for realistic interactions. Added a spatial grid for better optimization.

Chladni Patterns Generator

Feb. 2024 - May. 2024

Topics: Scientific Programming, Partial Differential Equations

A Python scientific computing project to search and generate an unlimited number of Chladni patterns by solving eigenvalue problems derived from the 2D wave equation on both Cartesian and Polar coordinates.

Publication

[1]R. Ramirez, J. Korah, S. Bhandari, D. D. Le, Y. Chen, and T. Nguyen. “Accelerated Image Stitching Via Parallel Computing for UAV Applications”. in Proc. AIAA Conference 2025, AIAA SCITECH 2025 Forum*, 2025, Orlando, Florida, USA, Jan. 2025.
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Hackathons

Deepgram Mock Interviewer

UCSB Hackathon

24 hours, Jan. 2026

Topics: Live Transcription, Speech to Text, Text to Speech

Contributors: Don Le, Gaurav Kumar, Ye Chan Lin

AI-powered interview platform that streamlines technical interviews by combining real-time voice transcription (speech to text and text to speech) using Deepgram, code editing, and after-interview interactive feedback with OpenAI's API

Resume Management System

USC AI Hackathon

24 hours, Oct. 2025

Topics: Resume Automation, PDF-parsing, Graph-Based UI

Contributors: Don Le, Gaurav Kumar, Ye Chan Lin

A resume management system that uses a graph-based interface and the OpenAI API to tailor a base CV for any role at any company. Built at the 2025 USC AI Hackathon, powered by React, Django, and SQLite.