Yannis Lam - Projects

Restful Work

"Why do you waste your free time?"

People often ask me why I work on my off days and why I put so much effort in my work. The simple answer is that I strive to learn and make the most out of it. Everyday we have the opportunity to learn. Why waste it? Here are the fruits of my labor:

Arduino Smart Window (w/ J. Carr)

During the Fall 2018 semester, I took CICS 290M: MAKE: A HANDS-ON INTRODUCTION TO PHYSICAL COMPUTING. In this class, I partnered with Jeffrey Carr and we built an arduino powered smart window for our final project. The arduino had a photoresistor that would raise and lower a servo powered shade depending on the amount of light detected.

ZebRed PC Build

ZebRed 2018 Update II! Over the course of the past few years I have been perfecting my own desktop setup. Tired of using slugish prebuilt computers, I built my own!

Arduino Security System [HackUMass 00110]

During the HackUMass VI competition, my team (Jeffrey Carr, Henry Cheung, & Steven Yen) built an arduino powered alarm system. The alarm system had a distance proximity sensor that calculated based off of echo location. Based off of the distance readings, a neopixel ring would light up more pixels the closer an object was to the sensor. There was three levels of colors and if an object got too close, the neopixel ring would turn red.

Pickup Line App [HackUMass 00101]

For HackUMass VI, my team (Henry Cheung, Steven Yen, Brendan Troung, and myself) built a simple Android app that scrapped pickup lines from a website and placed it into an app. Clicking a button would generate a new pick up line.

Queen of the Desert: Mother of Kings [NHD 2017]

During senior year of high school, my team (Matthew Pugsley, Katie O'Neil, Laura Wang, and myself) competed in our final National History Day comptetition. We researched Gertrude Bell and her legacy to current Middle Eastern affairs.

Decrypting SHA-256 Encryption Using Collision Attacks [Science Fair 2016]

Junior year of high school, I researched the time that it would take to decrypt SHA-256 Encryption. The project won an honorable mention at the Massachusetts State Science & Engineering Fair Region V.

Scientology: An Exploration into the Unknown [NHD 2016]

In 2016, my team (Matthew Pugsley, Katie O'Neil, Laura Wang, and myself) researched the life of L. Ron Hubbard and the rise of Scientology. Our exhbit won 3^rd place at the Massachusetts South Shore regional History Day competition.

Finding MH370: How Satellite Data Was Used to Locate the Missing Malaysian Airliner [Science Fair 2015]

Sophomore year of high school, I researched the disappearance of Malaysian Airlines fligt MH370. Using satelite data that was released to the public, I calculated a possible final path and coordinates of a proposed crash site in the Indian Ocean. My project won 1^st place at my high school science fair before I moved on to regional and state science fairs.

Clouded by Delusion: The Flawed Leadership & Legacy of the Salem Court System [NHD 2015]

For the National History Day contest of 2015, my team (Lily Tang, Matthew Pugsley, Amanda Ramos, and Caitlin Leach) researched and created an exhibit around the flawed court system that resulted in the Salem Witch Trials. Our exhibit won 1^st place at the the South Shore Regional competition and won an Honorable Mention at the Massachusetts History Day contest.