Brett M. Hixon

Senior Computer Science student at Rose-Hulman with specializations in AI and Cybersecurity, and Co-Founder & Lead AI Developer of Fafnir Aerospace

Brett M. Hixon

Driven by an innovative and proactive nature; eager to apply my rigorous academic and industrial understanding in full-stack and systems development

Featured Projects

Recognizing Human Activity From Radar
July 2026 - August 2026
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Recognizing Human Activity From Radar

A deep learning pipeline classifying human activities from FMCW radar data.

PythonPyTorchscikit-learnCNNDeep Learning
RAFT Consensus over Drone Mesh Network
May 2026
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RAFT Consensus over Drone Mesh Network

A distributed consensus system implemented using RAFT protocol over a mobile drone network.

DockerPythonShell Scriptingthreading
CS2 Match Outcome Prediction
April 2026 - May 2026
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CS2 Match Outcome Prediction

A machine learning match outcome prediction project.

PythonJupyter Notebookscikit-learnNumPypandas
Java Linter
February 2026
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Java Linter

A static analysis tool for Java code and bytecode.

JavaASMJavaParserJackson
Scheme Interpreter
September 2025 - November 2025
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Scheme Interpreter

An intepreter for a subset of scheme.

Racket Scheme
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Experience

Software Development Intern
Steel Dynamics, Inc. - Fort Wayne, IN

June 2026 - August 2026

Worked as part of an internal web and backend development team in the IT department at Steel Dynamics, Inc.

Co-Founder & Lead AI Developer
Fafnir Aerospace - Terre Haute, IN

April 2026 - Present

Co-Founder & Lead AI Developer of a senior capstone LLC developing a proof-of-concept autonomous drone system powered by a proprietary UV light communication module.

Software Engineer Intern
Rose-Hulman Ventures - Terre Haute, IN

January 2025 - May 2025

Developed and maintained web applications using React and Node.js. Created internal documentation and participated in code reviews.

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