DIGital Virtual Excavation

Northern Arizona University 2025 Capstone

Our Team

Devin Jay San Nicolas 

(dds324@nau.edu)

Team Lead, Backend Developer


Major: 

Computer Science


Hometown: 

Yigo, Guam


Education: 

American Leadership Academy (4.28)


Skills: 

Unity, C/C#, Full-stack development, Blender


Interests: 

Game Development, Video Games, Hiking, Reading, Guitar



Tate Whittaker 

(trw286@nau.edu)

Recorder, Backend Developer


Major: 

Computer Science


Hometown: 

Phoenix, Arizona


Education: 

Sunnyslope High School (4.1)


Skills: 

Unity, C/C#, Full-stack development, AI agent programming, Calculus & Discrete mathematics


Interests: 

Outdoors, Video Games, Martial Arts



Ryan Wood 

(rmw367@nau.edu)

Frontend Developer


Major: 

Computer Science


Hometown: 

Gilbert, Arizona


Education: 

Mountain View High School (3.74)


Skills: 

C/C#/C++, Full-stack development, AWS, Mobile App Development, Agile Development, Git


Interests: 

Gym, Hanging out with his dog, Video Games, Sports



Jarom Craghead 

(jc4885@nau.edu)

3D Modeler


Major: 

Computer Science


Hometown: 

Peoria, Arizona


Education: 

Sunrise Mountain High School (3.98), Paradise Valley Community College


Skills: 

3D Game Development, Database Management, 3D Modeling, Mathematical Reasoning/Problem Solving


Interests: 

Tabletop Role-Playing Games, Physical & Digital Games, Theater & Other Performing Arts



Scott LaRocca

Mentor


Education: 

PhD student in Ecological and Environmental Informatics.


Hometown: 

Pueblo, Colorado


Interests: 

Hiking, camping, and language learning.