Christian Hower

Computer Science & Engineering at The Ohio State University
Class of 2028

I build software and run hackathons.
I think fish are pretty neat, too.

Current Roles

OHI/O Sustainability Exec
OHI/O Program, Ohio State
Leading sustainability initiatives for Ohio State's hackathon program. Retaining our members, reducing event waste, stabalizing our infrastructure.
Sr. Undergraduate Engineering Grader
College of Engineering, Ohio State
Grading coursework and giving written feedback for engineering courses. Onboarding and reviewing the work of newer graders.

CLIP//R
Working on V1.0· ongoing
A daily music guessing game where players identify underground hyperpop/electronic tracks from progressively unlocking audio snippets.
Coral Reef Bleaching Tracker
In stealth· ongoing
Tracking and visualizing coral bleaching events over time against a variety of sea surface data.
PDF Parser
On the backburner· ongoing
A document parser that pulls structured text and tables out of PDFs and normalizes them into clean, queryable records.

Engineering Intern
HNTB, Philadelphia· May 2026 - August 2026
Produced data and calculations supporting the details of the firm's plan sets on an estimated $1B design build.
VR Dev Intern
MMC Digital Lab, Columbus· Oct 2024 - Jan 2025
Completed a 10-week development curriculum in C++, Unreal Engine, Blender, and Git, shipping 5 individual projects independently from spec to working build.

Filling the tank…