Manali Palwankar
+1-413-***-**** ***************@*****.*** 950 North Pleasant St, Apt 49 Amherst, MA 01002 EDUCATION
University of Massachusetts Amherst Dec 2018
Bachelor of Science in Computer Systems Engineering; Bachelor of the Arts in English, GPA: 3.00 Relevant Courses : Modeling and Verification of Embedded Systems, Security Engineering, Embedded Systems Lab I/II, Software Intensive Engineering, Data Structures and Algorithms Technical Skills : C,Verilog, SystemVerilog, MIPS, Java, C++, Python, Bash, UPPAAL, MATLAB, PSpice, Eagle, PHAVer, Quartus, MiniSat
Activities/Organizations: Society of Women Engineers, UMass Powerlifting Club, and UMass Poetry Club ACADEMIC PROJECTS
Instrumented Beehive, Senior Design Project Sept 2018 – May 2018
● Implemented a bee health monitoring system in an interdisciplinary team of six
● Designed a PCB using Eagle to have centralized control over all the system components
● Created a retrofit sensor frame to collect temperature and humidity data in existing beehives
● Transferred the collected data wirelessly using ESP8266 WiFi module
● Assembled and designed the system’s solar power supply by analyzing its power requirements
● Collaborated with Mechanical Engineers to design and analyze the sensor layout on the frame Verification of Timed Automata and Hybrid Systems Feb 2018 – Mar 2018
● Worked in a team of two for the Modeling and Verification of Embedded Systems course
● Modelled and verified reachability of real time Timed Automata systems using UPPAAL
● Utilized PHAVer to model and verify reachability of Hybrid Systems
● Analyzed graphs and partition constraints to study piecewise over-approximation of system’s dynamics PTSD Helper, SheHacks Boston Jan 2018
● Collaborated with a team of two to implement a PTSD helper to track panic attacks
● Collected HRV (Heart Rate Variability) data using a pulse sensor and sent it to Firebase server
● Analyzed data using JQuery on a web application to study patterns based on patient’s data Camera Interfacing and Image Processing, Embedded Systems Lab II Jan 2017 – Apr 2017
● Implemented hardware compression and software decompression of real time images in a team of four
● Used C to manipulate pixels of real time images taken on an ARM HPS Camera
● Functionally simulated hardware to design and verify Run Length Encoding for compression using Verilog
● Designed software decompression in C on FPGA fabric to regain original image
● Integrated previously implemented tools to program hardware buttons on FPGA to modify images Class Chat, Software Intensive Engineering Aug 2016 – Dec 2016
● Created a group messaging iOS application in a group of four to help students interact with their peers indirectly
● Implemented the WaterFall lifecycle model to lay out the process plan
● Laid out the UML design of the Application’s user interface
● Met our project’s system requirements and live demoed app to entire class Amazon Alexa Trivia, Hack@Smith - Best Use of Amazon Web Services Feb 2015
● Worked in a group of two to create a trivia game using Amazon Alexa in Java
● Used AWS and Lambda server to store and use voice inputs in the trivia game WORK EXPERIENCE
UMass Amherst UCard Office, Student Assistant at UCard Office May 2017 – Present
● Worked in teams to solve real time technical difficulties and carried out financial transactions BINDS LAB, UMass Amherst College of Information and Computer Sciences Aug 2017 – Dec 2017
● Analyzed random R-C networks to investigate analog models of Piezo materials
● Showcased similarities between Piezo materials and random R-C networks UMass Amherst Libraries, Student Technical Assistant Jan 2015 – Dec 2015