Andrew Borders

Education

University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI

College of Engineering, BSE of Computer Science | August 2020 - May 2024

  • GPA: 3.80 | Dean’s List
  • Relevant Courses: Operating Systems, Web Systems, Computer Security, Computer Architecture, GPU Programming, Video Game Development

College of Engineering, MSE of Computer Science | August 2024 - May 2025

  • Areas of focus: Computer Architecture and Parallel Computing

Experience

Lagena

Co-Founder and Full-Stack Developer | May 2024 - Present

  • Designed and built a dynamic frontend using Next.js, React, and SCSS
  • Collaborated on a backend API integrating stable diffusion, text-to-speech, and large language models for real-time avatar interaction.

WayWiser, Austin, TX

Backend Software Development Internship | May 2023 - May 2024

  • Created an SMS-integrated AI assistant using OpenAI’s API
  • Encoded conversations and user data in a vector database, increasing the AI assistant’s context size by allowing it to query relevant info through the database.

Projects

Verilog RISC-V Multiprocessor

Group Project | Aug 2024 - Dec 2024

  • Wrote a RV32+M multiprocessor with R10k architecture, N-way superscalar execution, GSHARE branch prediction, OoO loads, and I-cache prefetching.

WebGPU Renderer

Independent Project | Aug 2024 - Sep 2024

  • Wrote a real-time Blinn-Phong renderer in WebGPU (the successor to WebGL).
  • Set up CI/CD, generating and deploying a static site through GitHub Actions.

CUDA Fractal Zoom Renderer

Independent Project | Nov 2024 - Jan 2025

  • Built an efficient fractal zoom renderer in CUDA with dynamic parallelism and temporal caching.

Nonprofit Web Development

Freelance Work | Feb 2020 - Present

  • Designed and maintained static sites, giving local non-profits internet presence.