Bradon Thymes
STEM Scholars
STEM Scholar
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Affiliation
Student
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Hometown
West Chester, Pennsylvania
Biography
Bradon Thymes is a computer science major from West Chester, Pennsylvania. He chose to attend Howard University as a part of the second cohort because he was amazed at the large number of successful young African Americans that he could collaborate with. He chose a career in STEM because of his love for computers, and his drive to innovate in the field of computer vision. In his freshman year, Thymes successfully placed in two hackathons. During the summer, Thymes conducted research involving stress in a virtual environment for the National Science Foundation at Iowa State University. Following his entrepreneurial spirit, Thymes is also currently working on a mobile app with colleagues in the Karsh STEM Scholars Program, to provide a much-needed service to the Howard University community. Thymes is interested in machine learning applications, specifically those involving computer vision. He would eventually like to conduct industry research involving computer vision technologies, and finally, run his own company.