Evan Lewis - Personal Website

Research Experience

Climate Computing Research

During the fall 2024 semester, I worked with a group of three other researchers to determine what impacts extreme Arctic Oscillation would have on the northern Atlantic Ocean. Over the course of the semester, we developed our research question, tested numerous climate models, and presented our findings at the annual FIRE Summit at the University of Maryland. Our research was conducted as a part of the First-Year Innovation and Research Experience at the University of Maryland, specifically within the Climate Computing stream of the program fascilitated by Dr. Sara Strey.

Research Mentoring

I am currently a Peer Research Mentor with the Climate Computing Stream of FIRE. I serve as a mentor to freshmen Climate Computing Researchers who are beginning their own research projects and need help with the fundamentals of research and intricacies of running climate models.

Professional Experience

Programming Counselor

This past summer I worked as a programming counselor at TIC camp, where I taught campers ages 7 to 15 how to program video games in Scratch, Processing (Java), and Lua in a fun and engaging manner. My main task was guiding campers in their programming of various 2D games, including multiple types of platformers, dungeon crawlers, and fighting games, as well as 3D games including first-person shooters and top-down player versus environment games with custom art. At the end of each two week session, I assisted the campers in presenting their video games to their parents and uploaded them to a website

Software Intern

While working as a software intern at Perlman Camp, my primary task was developing a project that contained an algortihm for sorting campering into activities. For this project I learned how to use the Apache Maven build automation tool, utilizing the Apache POI commands to read and write to Excel sheets. To handle sorting the hundreds of campers into their activities, I developed my own dynamic sorting algorithm for the project. Once deployed, I conducted maintenance and testing on the project throughout the summer when the program was in use, calibrating the sorting algorithm to the camp’s requests.

Personal Projects

College Basketball Prediction Algorithm

In Progress

Black-Schoels Model Option Pricing Heatmap

Next on the Stack

Jane Street Puzzles

November 2024 Solution

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December 2024 Solution

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Books

Recent Reads

The Changing World Order by Ray Dalio
The Iliad by Homer
The Orestia by Aeschylus

Future Readings

The Complete Turtle Trader by Michael W. Covel
One Up On Wall Street by Peter Lynch
The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine by Michael Lewis
The Odyssey by Homer

Investments

Investment Philosophy

My investment philosophy is rooted in innovation and technology. Since I began investing in October of 2022, I have actively sought out and invested in companies who I believe are devloping the technologies that are going to shape our future. My background in technology hase given me an edge over the market since I began investing, and this philosophy in tandem with the company research I do has led me to make sharp decisions on which companies I invest in. Some of these trades include buying Nvidia at $12.5 a share (adjusted for stock splits) and Palantir at $7 a share.

Current Positions

Nvidia - NVDA
Palantir - PLTR
MicroStrategy - MSTR
D-Wave Quantum - QBTS
Quantum Corporation - QMCO

More About Me

Other Interests and Passions

I love building Lego sets and always have for as long as I can remember. Still I collect Lego sets like Luke Skywalker's X-Wing and Hogwarts Castle, and I don't plane on stopping my collecting anytime soon!

Weightlifting has become a crucial part of my lifestyle, adding consistency to my schedule and serving as a great stress reliever for me.

During the pandemic I became entranced in the world of watches and timepieces. I have begun to form a collection of a few inexpensive watches but one day I hope to grow it into an impressive collection of timepieces.

My favorite sport growing up was and still is lacrosse, and wherever life takes me I will always have my lacrosse stick with me to keep me company.