Research Intern
PNC Capital MarketsResearched the market for a new medical device and produced a 60+ page report evaluating its market viability and profitability for the President of PNC Capital Markets.
Ben Roder
Northeastern University
Research with a practical next step.
I study markets and behavior, work through complex research questions, and build full-stack tools that turn findings into something people can use.
Personal index
Milestones
BIAS LAB▲5,000+ OBSERVATIONS
PNC▲60+ PAGE MARKET REPORT
LEHIGH▲GPA 3.91
SEATTLE PD▲10 YEARS OF DATA
LAWRENCE▲42-PAGE MANUAL
GLIDING STARS▲VOLUNTEER OF THE YEAR
HUNTINGTON▲FORUM FOUNDER
NEU▲ACCOUNTING '29
Experience
Seattle Police Department
Lehigh University — Materials Science and Engineering
Lehigh University — Sociology & Anthropology
PNCStudent Researcher
Lehigh University · Seattle Police DepartmentAnalyzed a decade of sociological data for a graduate-level team, led an undergraduate team, and developed interactive visualizations in R.
Research Assistant
Lehigh University · Materials Science & EngineeringSupported laboratory research with Python visualizations for X-ray diffraction and built six O₂ sensor systems for an experimental prototype.
Student Intern
Lawrence Inc.Worked between management and a five-person manufacturing team, authored a 42-page assembly manual, and delivered an executive process-improvement report.
Selected work
Task Manager
A personal planner I built for my own week — tasks, classes, and study analytics.
A full-stack planner I built for myself with Next.js and Supabase, and the one I use every day to run my own week. It puts tasks, due times, classes, and reading in a week-view calendar and turns completed tasks into analytics on my study time, instead of a static to-do list.
Design decisionMy study time is classified by a course-linked rule — a task tied to a course counts as study — never by hard-coding course names, so the analytics stay correct as my courses change. Records are archived, never permanently deleted.
- CalendarWeek view with due times, one-off events, and my recurring classes.
- AnalyticsMy study time follows the course-linked rule: a task tied to a course counts as study.
- ArchivingOld records are filtered or hidden with archive toggles instead of being permanently deleted.
Behavioral Bias Lab
Interactive economics research.
Ongoing- FocusThree decision biases: anchoring, framing, and loss aversion.
- MethodStructured experiments, each framed around a testable hypothesis.
Full detail
Processed 5,000+ live and simulated decision observations, translating anchoring, framing, and loss aversion into structured experiments with testable hypotheses.
Cooking for U
AI recipe optimization, built to MVP as co-founder.
- RoleCo-founder.
- Beyond codePlanning, finance, marketing, pitching, and strategy.
Full detail
An AI-powered recipe tool that generates meal ideas from the ingredients on hand — working from pictures of what is available, personal tastes, dietary restrictions, and the time available to cook. It reached a working MVP with image inputs and backend logic, but was never released.
IdeaSpark
Behavioral data collection and preference tracking.
- CapturePreference data across six idea categories.
- SystemSession identifiers and database logging.
Full detail
- ProcessIterative product validation.
Hawk Box
Curated dorm-essentials boxes for first-year move-in.
- ResearchProduct, supplier, and dorm-size research, kept in research and pricing spreadsheets.
- OutreachQR-code surveys and flyer outreach to eight schools; four initial survey responses, flyer and branding iterations, and pitching preparation.
Full detail
Founded and led a small team on curated dorm-essentials boxes meant to simplify move-in for first-year students and their families. The venture was discontinued before any launch — what remains of it is the research and pricing work, not a shipped product.
- RoleFounder; led a small team.
Credentials
Education
Northeastern University
Accounting & Advisory Services · Class of 2029
Lehigh University
GPA 3.91 · Dean’s List
Beyond the work
Huntington Financial Forum
Founding a Northeastern student club centered on learning business, markets, and economics through research, discussion, writing, and a monthly newsletter.
Gliding Stars of Northeast Ohio
Taught 40 special-needs youth to skate across two seasons and received the Volunteer of the Year Award.
Tutor / Chaperone · Kenston School District
09/2022—10/2024 · Academic support and supervision; supported dozens of students in the after-school program.
AI Club
Founded the high school club, grew it to 34 active members, and ran workshops, speakers, and projects on AI and data science.
Skills
R
Python
Excel
Tableau
ArcGIS
Git
Arduino
Photoshop
Audacity
Supabase
Access
Node.js
RSQL
PythonExcelTableauArcGISGitArduinoPhotoshopAudacitySupabaseAccessNode.jsLet’s work through something difficult.
I’m interested in research, accounting, markets, and product work where careful analysis can lead to a clear decision or a useful system.
Ben RoderAccounting · Research · Product