Joseph Laity
Major: Computer Science
email: jbl265@nau.edu
Joseph Laity is studying at Northern Arizona University, where he has completed upper-division coursework in software engineering, database systems, and computing tools. His work experience includes providing customer service at Papa Murphy’s Pizza and contributing to software projects such as an automatic schedule generator and a Discord study bot that matched compatible students. He is proficient in C, particularly with data structures and recursion, and has experience in Python, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Linux, GitHub, SQL, and object-oriented programming. His technical foundation is supported by Agile methodology exposure and strong problem-solving, teamwork, and leadership skills gained through the Eagle Scout program. In his free time, he enjoys going to the gym, socializing with friends, and playing video games.
Jeffrey Hoelzel Jr
Major: Software Engineering
email: jmh2338@nau.edu
Jeffrey Hoelzel Jr. is currently studying at Northern Arizona University, where he has taken advanced courses in database systems, computer networks, and software architecture. He has gained practical experience through roles such as an IT intern at Cavco Industries, where he built a Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) pipeline that improved help-desk chatbot efficiency, and as a data mining researcher optimizing concurrent web scraping. He also contributed to developing a health chatbot UI using React.js. Jeffrey's technical skills include full-stack web development (React.js, Python, Docker), data ingestion (Selenium, BeautifulSoup, Pandas), and search pipeline implementation with RAG and AWS EC2. Outside of academics, he enjoys reading, snowboarding, fitness, outdoor activities, and working on personal projects like a portfolio website and an algorithmic trading platform.
Samuel Bodenhemier
Major: Computer Science
email: swb79@nau.edu
Samuel Bodenhemier is currently attending Northern Arizona University where he has completed upper-division coursework in web programming, database systems, and software engineering. As a research assistant at NAU's School of Informatics, Computing, and Cyber Systems (SICCS), he is developing a web application for the Epimorph project, aimed at modeling and forecasting disease spread. Samuel has hands-on experience with full-stack development using ReactJS and Node, as well as extensive use of AWS tools including Amplify, EC2, S3, and Lambda. He is also proficient in C and data structures, having applied them in projects like an operating system simulator. In his free time, he enjoys exploring computing topics, reading science fiction, and playing puzzle games.
Travian Lenox
Major: Computer Science
email: tjl379@nau.edu
Travian Lenox is a student at Northern Arizona University where he has completed upper-division coursework in database systems and software engineering. His professional experience includes working as an Inventory Specialist at Microcenter and contributing to the Ironman Planner project, where he helped design and develop a full-stack web application for fitness tracking and planning. Travian brings strong communication skills, honed through competitive gaming, and remains calm under pressure, a trait developed while managing demanding warehouse shifts alone. Outside of academics, he enjoys video games, anime, photography, and going to the gym.