Portrait of Andy Heredia

Andy Heredia

Artist at heart. Engineer by craft. Builder by nature.

Laurel, MD andyheredia599@gmail.com SONE Laboratories - sonelaboratories.com

About

I’m an undergraduate CS student at UMGC focused on microcontroller firmware and companion apps that interface with hardware. I build end-to-end prototypes edge computing to explore new interaction platforms like eye-tracking nurse-call systems and wearable Privacy-Preserving AI devices. I’ve been building and troubleshooting hardware since I was young, and I enjoy tackling problems across electronics, firmware, software, and UX.

Projects

Nurse call device prototype

SONE - Eye-Tracking Nurse-Call Prototype

IR camera + gaze detection pipeline; designed for limited mobility communication.

Embedded Computer Vision MediaPipe

Wearable pen prototype

Wearable Voice-Agent Prototype (ESP32-S3)

Wi-Fi/BLE wearable prototype + companion app concept.

ESP32 Firmware BLE/Wi-Fi

Gallery

Teaching a class of kids at Panda Programmer — Teaching at Panda Programmer.

Tutoring high schoolers at Education One — Tutoring at Education One.

Sketches of nurse call device concepts — Nurse call sketches and early ideas.

Building the nurse call hardware prototype — Building the nurse call hardware prototype.

Representing our group at MIT Beyond Hack — Representing SONE at MIT Beyond Hack.

Eye-tracking smart mirror demo — Built an eye-tracking smart mirror for Bitcamp Hackathon.

Nurse call device in an interview — Sharing the nurse call device during an interview.

Wearable pen sketches — Wearable pen sketches exploring shape and fit.

Sketches of the wearable pen device — Sketches of the wearable pen device.

First CAD model of the wearable pen device — First CAD model of the wearable pen device.

First 3D print of the wearable pen device — First 3D print to test the wearable pen form.

Fitting components into the wearable pen — Fitting components into the wearable pen prototype.

Working on the wearable pen device — Working on the wearable pen device.

Wearable pen prototype with wiring cleanup — Refining wiring and layout for the wearable pen.

Publications

Lessons Learned from Developing a Privacy-Preserving Multimodal Wearable for Local Voice-and-Vision Inference

Yonatan Tussa, Andy Heredia, Nirupam Roy

Read on arXiv

Experience

Lead Technical Engineer SONE 2025-Present
Lead Coding Instructor Panda Programmer 2024-Present
Tutor Education One 2024-Present

Awards

Bloomberg Most Philanthropic Hack Winner
Devpost
Raptor Tank Business Pitch Competition - 1st Place ($2,500)