Eric Grun
Software Engineering Intern
Rice University
About Me
Me
New York, NY
I'm a passionate software engineer and Computer Science student at Rice University with a 4.0 GPA, pursuing dual BS degrees in Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence with a minor in Entrepreneurship. I'm driven by the intersection of technology, AI, and innovation.
Currently, I'm gaining hands-on experience as a Software Engineering Intern at Art of Problem Solving and an Intern at Persona AI, where I work on cutting-edge robotics and AI applications. I also lead the Rover ML Subteam for the Machine Learning Club x Rice Robotics Club, developing autonomous lunar rover navigation systems.
My journey spans from competitive robotics (leading FRC Team 3647 to World Championships) to medical AI research (achieving 91% accuracy in melanoma classification), demonstrating my passion for applying technology to solve real-world problems. When I'm not coding, you can find me mountain biking, surfing, or playing soccer and volleyball.
Me
New York, NY
I'm a passionate software engineer and Computer Science student at Rice University with a 4.0 GPA, pursuing dual BS degrees in Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence with a minor in Entrepreneurship. I'm driven by the intersection of technology, AI, and innovation.
Currently, I'm gaining hands-on experience as a Software Engineering Intern at Art of Problem Solving and a Machine Learning Intern at Persona AI, where I work on cutting-edge robotics and AI applications. I also lead the Rover ML Subteam for the Machine Learning Club x Rice Robotics Club, developing autonomous lunar rover navigation systems.
My journey spans from competitive robotics (leading FRC Team 3647 to World Championships) to medical AI research (achieving 91% accuracy in melanoma classification), demonstrating my passion for applying technology to solve real-world problems. When I'm not coding, you can find me mountain biking, surfing, or playing soccer and volleyball.
Skills & Technologies
Work Experience
Software Engineering Intern
Art of Problem Solving (AoPS)
Proposed and led creation of an internal MCP Server with tools to automate lesson insertion into the AoPS platform. Developed MCP server on custom Node.js backend with JWT authentication for secure use within Claude Desktop on whitelisted IPs and with OpenAI API on external IPs using Next.js frontend. Deployed with Docker on Kubernetes to reduce lesson input time from tedious manual work to automated input and manual verification.
Software Engineering Intern
Persona AI
Training manipulation policies focusing on dexterous gripper usage for the ALOHA robot. Created longform data collection script for the ALOHA robot to increase efficiency in data collection. Streamlined filtering process for remotely stored behavior cloning data using a Streamlit webapp with AWS S3 storage.
Lead Machine Learning Research Intern
Compass Dermatopathology
Created CNN in Python identifying 9 skin cancer lesions using TensorFlow, resulted in 79% accuracy from scratch. Pivoted to lead ML research on distinguishing high/low risk melanomas. Adapted Harvard CLAM repo for WSI patching, segmentation, and feature extraction achieving 91% accuracy / 97% AUC. Managing digital and physical dataset of 12 years of melanoma cases - 1000+ individual cases.
Leadership & Club Experience
Rover ML Subteam Lead
Machine Learning Club x Rice Robotics Club
Leading 10+ member team on autonomous lunar rover navigation and arm manipulation. Utilizing Llama 3.2 and LLaVA LLMs for generative navigation using camera/lidar. Integrating with ROS2, Gazebo, and Nav2 for vSLAM across rough terrain. Using Moveit2 for arm motion planning.
Developer | Tech Lead (2025–2026)
Rice Apps
bunkmate.riceapps.orgBuilt fullstack Bunkmate app with Next.js, Supabase, React, TypeScript, TailwindCSS. Implemented search, navigation, listing editing, map integration. Launched with 500+ active users in 2 weeks; planning cross-campus expansion.
President
TPHS Millennium Falcons Robotics Club – FRC Team 3647
Led 55+ member team to FRC World Championships (top 1% globally). Programmed robot in Java. Won Autonomous Programming Award (2023 & 2024). Managed $100,000 budget, planned events + travel, wrote grants, maintained sponsor relations.
Projects
Robostats MCP
Built MCP server to stream real-time FRC (FIRST Robotics Competition) data into LLMs. Enabled natural language queries for 23 years of team/match/event data, making robotics statistics accessible through conversational AI.
Millennium Market
FeaturedBuilt full-stack marketplace app with Django backend and Vite/React frontend. Implemented Django auth, secure messaging via websockets, Google Maps API integration, and Celery/Redis for automation. Deployed via AWS EC2 and improved SEO and traffic by 300%+.
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A glimpse into my life
NYC Brooklyn Bridge
Exploring new places
Mini kangaroo
Petting zoo event at Rice
Surfing
Snapped my board in 7 foot waves
Custom Nutella Sign
mmmm nutella 🤤
Snow Day
I didn't think it snowed in Houston
Robot Manufacturing
These parts took 8 hours straight of CNC machining