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| Eli Fox-Epstein (Wesleyan University) hails from nippy-cold Rochester, New York. He is a rising sophomore at Wesleyan University where he will dwell in Science Hall. His fixations of the month are jQuery, knife throwing, ethnic cuisines, the third person, sign language, photomacrography, and negative space. He has been programming in PHP since 2006 and in Javascript since 2004. This is his first summer working on the Sahana project or any other worthwhile projects. Eli is a volunteer web designer for several non-profit organizations. He studies computer science because it makes him feel powerful.
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| James Jackson (Connecticut College) is a sophomore at Connecticut College who focused on majoring in Computer Science. He is currently working the Sahana (Disaster Management System) project with the Humanitarian Free Open Source Software team at Trinity College. "Working in the field of Computer Science gives me the opportunity to help people, which is one reason why I am so interested in this field of study" says James. Outside of computer science James works on his love for music as a Disc Jockey and plays Rugby for Connecticut College.
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| Dimitar Gochev (Trinity College) is a sophomore at Trinity College from Bulgaria who plans to double major in Computer Science and Mathematics. He is currently working on the Sahana project with the HFOSS program. He enjoys Computer Science because it requires a lot of creativity and logical thinking and it gives him a great deal of satisfaction when he is able to solve a challenging problem. When he is not in the computer lab he likes to relax with friends or play sports, particularly soccer.
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| Chris Fei (Trinity College) is a member of the Class of 2010 at Trinity College. He became interested in computer science when it was suggested that he take a CS class in High School back home in New Jersey. He is currently pursuing a major in Computer Science and Mathematics. This summer, he is working on the AppTrac project, "I've already learned more than I could've ever imagined" says Chris. In his free time, he enjoys traveling, driving, and playing hockey.
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| Sarah Thayer (Trinity College) is a junior at Trinity College. She took an Open Source course in the Spring of 2008 and has continued to be engaged in the Open Source world by contributing to the App-Trac software development. She is currently majoring in Computer Science and English, with a focus in Creative Writing. Her introduction into the computing world was through Professor Ralph Morelli, who taught her first course – Computational Intelligence and Society - and has continued to teach most of her other courses as well.
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| Vinit Agrawal (Trinity College) is a junior at Trinity College from Nepal and has taken number of computer science classes at Trinity. He is majoring in Computer Science and Math and is involved with HFOSS through an independent study which involved working on Unit Testing for Sahana and now working on adding a Structured Numeric Support to OpenMRS. He also enjoys playing squash, cricket and soccer.
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| Qianqian Lin (Wesleyan University), from the city that never sleeps, is a member of the class of 2011 at Wesleyan University. She first met the glory that is computer science when she attended a summer institute at the University of Central Florida that taught her basic Java programming. She is attracted to the problem solving and logic of the subject, and expects to become a major. However, due to constant difficulties getting computers to cooperate with her, she is still uncertain and plans to think long and hard about it. She is at HFOSS because her main goal in life is to help disadvantaged persons, and was curious at how software development can factor into that dream. She currently works on the InSTEDD project with Juan Pablo, with a possibility of helping out POSIT as well. Her other interests include arts & crafts, dance, and volleyball.
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| Ernel Wint (Connecticut College)is a senior, majoring in Computer Science, with a possible minor in History at Connecticut College. This is Ernel's second summer as a intern for HFOSS. Ernel chose Computer Science as a major after taking Introduction to Computer Programming as a freshmen in college. Since then, Ernel has a strong interest in software and web page development, which the HFOSS project has helped to open and explore new opportunities over the summers and during the academic school year.
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| Antonio Alcorn (University of Connecticut) is a computer science major. His computing interests include relational databases, user interfaces, and web interactivity. He has been a part of the Trinity College Sahana team since 2006, and has been programming on various systems since the late 1990s. His first computer was the family's Macintosh SE II, which he started using at age 3. In his spare time, he pursues freelance web development work and plays guitar.
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| Prasanna Gautam (Trinity College) is a rising sophomore at Trinity College from Kathmandu, Nepal. He is majoring in Computer Science. He's been involved with computers ever since he laid his eyes on his first Pentium computer at age 9. He loves Python and C but he loves to program anything until it's fun or tricky enough. He's developing the POSIT application for Google Android phones.
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| Myles Garvey (University of Hartford) is a Junior at the University of Hartford, double majoring in computer science and mathematics. During summer 2007 he participated in research involving machine learning and web document classification, funded by an NSF REU supplement. While a student in Professor Russell’s software development course during spring 2008, he worked on the development of App-Trac. Garvey continued to work on App-Trac during summer 2008 and has a growing interest in Open Source projects. He will continue to pursue them in the near future, as well as his other NSF funded projects. Garvey has also done research funded by Pfizer and tutors in the local university community. He plans on attending graduate school for a PhD in both fields as well as giving back to his local community.
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| Rachel Foecking (Trinity College) is a rising sophomore at Trinity College from nippy Cleveland, Ohio. She might be double majoring in computer science and classics if that's even possible. Her interest in computer science began around age 13 when she actually turned on a computer and connected to the internet. She hopes to continue her studies in computer science at Trinity while sitting around playing video games, reading books, and, of course, contributing to the H-FOSS project.
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| Juan Pablo Mendoza (Wesleyan University) is a rising Junior at Wesleyan University, double majoring in Computer Science and Physics. Even though he had been playing video games since he was 8, he was only introduced to Computer Science and programming during his first semester at Wesleyan. He was immediately fascinated by the new challenge of organizing his thoughts in a way that a machine could understand and the satisfaction of seeing the result in a fully functional program. Juan Pablo is planning to keep up his CS work for the community, and continue working on JP's balls on the side.
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