Benjamin Bassett

Email
[email protected]
Phone
+1 (860) 776-3632
Location

Tolland, CT

Hillsdale, MI

About me

Hi!

I'm Ben Bassett, hailing from Tolland, Connecticut. I'm currently pursuing my further education, but am often taking on new projects to hone my skills. I enjoy finding definitively elegant solutions to complex problems, then incorporating them into simple, beautiful and intuitive designs.

I don't know everything. Who does? Nevertheless, I'm passionate about and invested in the projects I pursure, and am always willing to learn a new skill or tackle an unfamiliar challenge.

What I'm Up To

Education
Education

Undergraduate physics, math, & CS student at Hillsdale College
Development
Tech Resume

"Freelance" software developer contributing to open-source
Music
Music Resume

Tickling the ivories for 10+ years, and occasionally plucking some strings
Reading

Voracious bibliophile, reviewing literature over on Goodreads
Podcasting

Hosting Rhetoric in Retrospect, schedules permitting (they don't)
Photography

Photographing any beauty within sight with occasional success

Testimonials

Christian Dancy

When it comes to Benjamin Bassett you will find very few students with the skillset, understanding, passion, and most importantly work ethic that he has toward learning. Ben has a desire to know God's creation in as many ways as possible and works diligently studying to learn as much as possible about the world we live in and its many aspects.

My Work

Resume

Education

Hillsdale College
2023 — Present
Currently enrolled as a full-time undergraduate student at Hillsdale College pursuing degrees in physics, math, computer science, and music, and studying anything else I can.
Classical Conversations
2011 — 2023
A graduate of Classical Conversations, homeschooled through their curriculum from kindergarten through the end of high school.
Teenpact Leadership Schools
2013 — 2022
A graduate of Teenpact Leadership Schools, Senator Elect of 2021, top of the class 2x. Involved extensive leadership, campaigning, delegation, and public speaking.

Experience

Teaching Assistant
Summer 2024
TA at Hillsdale's Summer Science Camp helping to lead labs, answer questions, and review content for the physics camp in addition to serving as a resident assistant.
Summer Research
Summer 2024
Conducted summer research through Hillsdale's LAUREATES program, writing software to process and search through pulsar data.
Software Intern
Summer 2024
Summer software intern at Llmzy doing foundational work writing and designing the next generation of AI-powered developer tools.
Intern
Summer 2024
Summer internship at The Blake Center for Faith and Freedom involving groundskeeping, audio/visual management, equipment repair, and event coordination.
Physics Research
2024—Present
Physics research project at the Hillsdale Lauback Lab, working to analyze the magnetic moment of microscopic beads. Involves novel data processing with Python, MATLAB, and Mathematica.
Physics Research
2023—Present
Pulsar research through the NANOStars collaboration, involving the review, classification, and analysis of hundreds of reprocessed pulsar candidates from the Green Bank and Parkes radio telescopes as well as LoFASM radio telescope construction and solar eclipse observations.
Intern
Summer 2023
Summer internship at The Blake Center for Faith and Freedom involving groundskeeping, audio/visual management, equipment repair, and event coordination.
Media Coordinator
2021 — 2023
Media Coordinator for the Presbyterian Church of Coventry. Responsibilities including website management, designing automation pipelines, and A/V operations and maintenance.
Open-Source Developer
2020 — Present
Contributing to open-source software, developing applications for personal use, and designing, building, networking, and maintaining a homelab that hosts over 100 services.