Samantha Wells

Capstone Project - Maricopa County Attorney's Office Report Writing System.

• Collaborated with a team to design and develop a digital report writing system for detectives to replace the paper-based system.
• Built a responsive front-end using React, with dynamic sections for various parts of a police report.
• Integrated Supabase for real-time authentication and database management.
• Participated in regular team meetings and client presentations via Scrum.

Blockchain Project - Digital Chain of Custody System.

• Develop a blockchain-based system to securely track and manage digital evidence.
• Implemented blockchain functionality using Python, which includes the initial block creation, hashing, and digital signatures.
• Allow for a command-line interface to be used for evidence to be added, removed, checked in/checked out, verification, and audit the history.

Network Intrusion Detection System (Snort).

• Configured a three-virtual-machine network (Client, Gateway, Server) using VirtualBox to simulate a secure enterprise environment.
• Installed and configured SNORT IDS on the gateway to monitor and detect malicious traffic across the network
• Designed custom Snort tiles to detect various attacks (Land Attack, SYN Flood, Smurf Attack, UDP Flood, Port Scan)
• Deployed the attacks from the Client to the target Server. Detected an attack through the gateway.

Computer Science: Data Structure and Algorithms, Software QA and Testing, Computer and Network Forensics, Intro to AI, Computer Network Security.

Mathematics: Calculus for Engineers 1-3, Math Tools for Data Science, Intro Applied Statistic, Statistic Model Inference Data Science.