01/PROFILE
ID_PHOTO
- ID
- EL-2027
- STATUS
- ● ACTIVE
- FOCUS
- SEC·AI·RF
ETHAN LAWSON_
CYBERSECURITY ANALYST · COMPUTER SCIENCE MAJOR + PSYCHOLOGY MINOR · PBAU '27
Building at the intersection of security, AI, and hardware: from a secure segmented network to FPV drones, a high-power rocket, and an EEG headset, built end to end.
02/SELECTED_WORK
PHASE
ESP32 nodes read WiFi channel state information and live audio, scored in real time by an ML pipeline to flag when someone is inside a zone. Built in 36 hours at ShellHacks 2026.
ESP32Heltec LoRa 32 V3WiFi CSILoRaCC++PythonJavaScriptHTML3D Printing
RF SENSING · HARDWARE // SHELLHACKS 2026
PEPPER
WINNER: HACKABULL VIIA wearable EEG headset paired with a six-agent AI pipeline that reads your cognitive state in real time and adapts your digital environment. HackaBull VII Hardware Track winner.
ESP32Google ADKGeminiFastAPINext.js
HARDWARE · AI // HACKABULL VII
Homelab
A segmented home network with VLAN isolation, a SIEM, and a full security monitoring stack, all self-hosted in a 3D-printed server rack.
SuricataSplunkMikroTikVLANsPi-hole
NETWORK · SECURITY // SELF-HOSTED
Pico Talon Fixed-Wing Drone
A 3D-printed fixed-wing UAV built as a platform for onboard AI, with long-range ELRS control and INAV flight, printed from the Flightory Pico Talon airframe. Currently in configuration before maiden flight.
Matek F405 WingINAVELRS3D PrintedPETG
UAV · RF // SCRATCH BUILD
250mm FPV Quadcopter
A 250mm freestyle FPV quadcopter built from the frame up: motors, flight stack, FPV system, and radio link assembled and tuned by hand. Built, flying, and dialed in.
F405 StackRS2205 MotorsCaddx Ratel 2ELRSBetaflight
FPV · RF // CUSTOM BUILD
L1 Certification Rocket
A high-power rocket built for NAR Level 1 certification, carrying a custom-built avionics bay for onboard flight telemetry. Avionics in progress.
ESP32BMP390LoRaOpenRocketHigh-Power Rocketry
AEROSPACE · ROCKETRY // NAR L1
DEF CON 33
Competed in the Lockheed Martin CTF. Met John Hammond and NetworkChuck in person.
CTFConference
CTF // LAS VEGAS · 2025
03/CREDENTIALS
CERT_LOGACTIVE → 04 // PENDING → 02
- CompTIA Security+ACTIVE
- CompTIA Network+ACTIVE
- CompTIA ITF+ACTIVE
- HarvardX TinyML: Fundamentals of TinyMLACTIVE
- CCNAIN PROGRESS
- GIAC GCIHPLANNED
04/CAPABILITIES
LANGUAGES
C++PythonSQLJavaScriptHTMLCSS
SECURITY
SuricataSplunkWiresharkArctic Wolf MDRMicrosoft Entra ID
HARDWARE
Matek F405 WingSoloGood F405INAVExpressLRSLoRaMeshtasticESP32BMP390AD6203D PrintingSoldering
05/CONTACT