Software engineering · GIS · applied AI

I build tools for messy, real-world problems.

I’m Rowan, an Information Science student at the University of Washington. My work connects software, spatial data, research, and product thinking.

Barbershop Project

01 · Now building

Independent shops · Real websites · No build fee

A better website, built around the shop.

I’m building distinctive, independent websites for barbershops at no charge for design or development. The shop keeps its domain, approves the work before anything changes, and never has to hand over a registrar password.

$0Design and build
YoursYour domain stays yours
ApprovedNothing launches without you

See how it works View a tailored shop prototype

Flagship project

01 · In development

Independent project · Jan 2026—Present

Hawaiʻi Wildfire Home Risk Explorer

A statewide property-level screening tool that helps residents understand evacuation vulnerability and directional wildfire exposure around a searched address.

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More projects

04 selected works

Research · Strategy01

Plenti Space Research

Market, survey, supplier, and sustainability research for a robotic-interiors startup evaluating its UK growth strategy.

Applied AI · UX research02

AdvisrLab

A source-grounded advising assistant shaped by student research, citations, confidence signals, and a clear path to a human advisor.

React · Firebase03

Hackathon Coordination App

A team-built React application for coordinating hackathon work with shared state and real-time database operations.

Data systems · GIS04

HWMO Coordination Dashboard

A shared system for organizing statewide wildfire-mitigation projects, owners, locations, funding needs, and status updates.

Publications

01 research manuscript

Preview of the JPH-1 CRISPR manuscript abstract and fluorescence microscopy

Manuscript in preparation · 2022

Creation of a functional jph-1 (Junctophilin) tagRFP knock-in by CRISPR

Maria Gallegos · Sharon Lam · Rowan Cooper

A genome-editing study that created an endogenous fluorescent jph-1 reporter and used behavioral assays and confocal imaging to examine its function and expression across C. elegans muscle tissue.

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