Hey there, I'm
Max Kendall
I'm a 13 year old avid youth developer based in the Greater Boston area in Massachusetts. I love sending projects into near-space on high altitude balloons, and I enjoy anything involving PCBs, embedded firmware, web development, CAD, 3D printing, and combining all of these into a single functional project. I have my Amateur Extra radio license (callsign W0MXX). I also love teaching and presenting these technical topics to spread the knowledge. Look below for some of my projects!
My Projects
I believe that project-based learning is the best form of learning. Throughout all of my projects, I have developed many skills.
Tiny4FSK is an ultra-tiny high-altitude research platform, fully open source. It allows students, educators, and researchers to gain access to advanced high-altitude research environments. It is designed to fly on high-altitude balloons, which is a hobby which allows people to fly research experiments to over 100,000 feet (31 km)!
I founded the New England Weather Balloon Society, an online and in-person club dedicated to launching, tracking, and recovering high-altitude balloons. I created and manage the Discord server, which currently has over 100 members and continuous activity. I also run booths at local conventions.
This was our (meaning NEWBS) major high-altitude balloon flight in the Summer of 2023. It consisted of a live-video payload (courtesy of Mike Hojnowski KD2EAT), a ham radio repeater, and a payload of student experiments.
This was a custom-designed azimuth-elevation rotator. It was used during the HABGab 2023 balloon flight to aim a directional beam antenna towards the payload while it was in the air, to receive live video downlink. Mechanical design by Steve Kondo K1STK.
This was a project in conjunction with Hack Club that gave youth ham radios if they got their license. I assisted with the curriculum, planning, organization, and graphic design of the project.
This was an OpenCV resistor value finder that utilized complex mathematics to find the value of the resistor being held up to the webcam. This was developed as a project for the Beantown Bash 2023 hackathon, which Charlie Nicholson (my teammate) and myself won.
Cubes in Space is a program which gives students a 40mm cube to fly experiments on a sounding rocket. I flew an advanced electronics payload featuring application of Faraday's Law to test viability of generating electrical energy from the vibrations of a sounding rocket.
These were a series of consecutive high-altitude balloons flights, before the dawn of NEWBS. WB1 was my first weather balloon, and WB3 was the last balloon in that naming convention.
Public Speaking
I have developed my passion for public speaking over the course of many years. Here are a few of my recent presentations that I authored and presented!
Classes
In addition to presentations, I also enjoy teaching workshops and classes, both one-time, and recurring. Have a look below!
Leadership
Here's some experiences in leadership I have had.
Awards and Achievements
Here's some of my achievements and awards!
Publicity
Here's some publications that I've been mentioned in! Tip: click anywhere in the card to see the article!