Finance & Programming Assistant
Collaborate with staff and student researchers, train students in algorithms and AI/ML, and coordinate programs for 100+ Cornell students. Automate finance and reporting workflows while handling program data securely.
03MICHAEL BAFFOUR AWUAH
Engineer.
Cadet. Creator.
You might know me as Michael at Cornell, or as MBA~Steins online. I study Computer Engineering, build software, train with AFROTC, and create content for a community of 100,000+ followers across socials.
CORNELL ENGINEERINGComputer Engineering · 2028AFROTCDetachment 520 · CadetMBA~STEINS100,000+ followers across socials
THE PERSON BEHIND THE BUILDSDifferent settings.
Different settings.
The same curiosity.
I care about the person on the other side of what I make. That might be someone trying an AI assistant, a teammate in training, or a viewer deciding whether to keep watching.
At Cornell, I turn questions into software and research. AFROTC brings preparation and teamwork into that picture. As MBA~Steins, I work with a camera and an audience—finding the story, shaping it, and learning from the response.
01 / CADET LIFECORNELL · DETACHMENT 520Learning to lead,
Learning to lead,
with a team.
Training, preparation, and the people who make the experience. A closer look at my life as an AFROTC cadet.
Open the cadet story
02 / MBA~STEINSAUTOMOTIVE · CONTENT · COMMUNITYBehind the camera.
Behind the camera.
In front of an audience.
100,000+ followers across socials, automotive ambassador work, and a creative side that keeps me thinking about people.
Open the creator storyAND BACK TO THE BUILD
Clear ideas. Work you can inspect.
My engineering projects bring that same attention to the audience: explain what the system does, make its behavior visible, and keep the evidence close.
Explore my engineering work
EXPERIENCE & COMMUNITY
Where I put it into practice.
Computer Science Summer Institute Participant
Built a public-data mpox tracker covering 80+ countries with JavaScript and Google Charts. Studied algorithms, APIs, and debugging in a four-week program with Google engineers.
Independent Undergraduate Researcher
Designed a disjoint retrieval study, froze evaluation decisions before confirmation, and measured the cost–quality tradeoff of conditional reranking.
Read the ToolRet studyAFROTC Cadet, Cornell University
Participate in military training and leadership development at Cornell. Preparation, physical training, and working with fellow cadets are part of the experience.
Explore cadet lifeSocial Media Ambassador
Created and managed automotive social content, developed campaigns, used Canva and video editing tools, and reviewed social metrics to refine content strategy. My automotive work also includes Tesla and Chrysler.
See the content & photographsCreator & Social Media Influencer
Built a community of 100,000+ followers across socials, sharing automotive and lifestyle content.
FELLOWSHIPS & LEADERSHIP
Break Through Tech AI/ML Fellow · Bloomberg Tech Fellow · Cornell Engineering Student Ambassador · Cornell Orientation Leader
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Cornell University
College of Engineering
B.S. Computer Engineering · Expected May 2028I like problems that don’t stop at the demo. How does the system recover? Can someone reproduce the experiment? What does the user need to understand? Those questions shape my work.
RELATED COURSEWORK
Discrete Mathematics · Linear Algebra for Engineers
TOOLS I BUILD WITH
