Mechanical Engineering Project
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Current Address
Cambridge, MA 02139
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Home Address
249 Westfield St. Apt # 6
West Springfield, MA 01089
OBJECTIVE
To find challenging employment in the Mechanical Engineering or New Media field.
EDUCATION
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA
Candidate for Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering,
May 1997. Courses taken include: Control Systems, Thermodynamics,
Intro. to Manufacturing, System Dynamics, Laboratory Measurements, Introduction to Mechanical Engineering Desgin, Differential Calculus, Fluid Mechanics, Solid Mechanics, Numerical Problem Solving and C++ programming, Circuits and Electronics. GPA: 4.3/5.0.
West Springfield High School West Springfield, MA
Sept 1989--June 1993. Rank: 2/257. National Merit Finalist, Advanced Placement Scholar with Distinction. GPA: 4.3/4.0 on weighted grades.
EXPERIENCE
Sapient Corporation Cambrige, MA
August 1995-present. Technical Developer, New Media. Research and
development of corporate business sites for the World Wide Web.
Extensive use of PERL, C, HTML, VRML, Java. Experience in Internet
security, UNIX, DOS, Internet TCP/IP protocols, Solaris and Irix.
http://www.sapient.com
Axiomatic Design Group At MIT Cambridge, MA
February 1995 - present. Undergraduate Researcher. Creation
of a programming environment to help prove Prof. Nam P. Suh's theories
of Axiomnatic Design. Extensive use of PERL and X programming. Project
delivered to Draper Laboratories in June of 1995. On going interests
and support maintained by SVG, Toyota, Daewoo and Draper Laboratories
MIT Media Laboratory Agents Group Cambridge, MA
January 1995- September 1995. Undergraduate Researcher. Creation and implementation of a Social Filtering system designed to inteact with users through an e-mail and World Wide Web interface. Project published in Wired Magazine.
MIT Student Information Processing Board Cambridge, MA
Fall 1993- present. Member. Computer programming in C,
maintenance of various Athena applications and hardware. Proficient in
HTML programming, highly proficient in use of Internet-related
software. Part of Linux operating system and Linux-Athena development
teams. http://www.mit.edu/
Massachusetts Mutual Insurance Company Springfield, MA
Summer 1994. Worked for MassMutual's Life Insurance Division, creating computer models for policy creation teams. Included creation of packages of software and intensive computer modelling. Helped personnel with installation and upgrade of LAN hardware, along with other PC applications. Intensive use of C and APL, along with use of FORTRAN, and Lotus application.
Engineering Design Workshop at MIT Cambridge, MA
Winter 1994. Polaroid Corporation's Waltham Film Production Plant. Worked on a project to prevent adhesion of polyurethane film to air rollers. Involved AUTOCAD, building of computational and physical system models.
BACKGROUND
MIT Project Contact
Regional Coordinator for Western Mass. region. Visit local high schools to give presentations to prospective MIT students and aid in application process.
Proficiencies
Comfortable in any computing environment. Familiar with most Windows, UNIX, and Macin
tosh software products. Proficient in AUTOCAD, MATLAB, Maple. Working knowledge of Spanish. Comprehensive knowledge of Hindi and Gujrati.
Personal Interests
Model design and building, reading, creative writing, history, volleyball, tennis, ultimate frisbee, paintball, taking things apart.
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