Software Engineer Computer Science

YAYI (JULIE) XU

****Frankford, Apt ****, Dallas, TX, 75252

469-***-**** www. linkedin.com/in/yayixu *********@********.*** Skills include: Java, C++, Ruby on Rails, C#, SQL, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, PHP Eclipse, .NET, Visual Studio, Linux

OBJECTIVE

Actively seeking full-time position as software engineer or web developer utilizing strong skills, as well as database related fields, with highly proficient acknowledge and fulfillment. EDUCATION

M.S. in Computer Science. Aug. 2014 – May 2016 (expected) GPA: 3.71/4.0 The University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX

B.S. in Software Engineering. Sept. 2009 – June 2013 East China University, Shanghai, China

EXPERIENCES

Database Administrator Intern

People’s Insurance Company of China, Nanjing, China (Java, MySQL) Spring 2014

• Administered database backup and monitored the firm's operational SQL logic in MySQL.

• Wrote professional SQL scripts to configure and maintain the database of Premium Income Management System. PROJECTS

Online Course Registration System (website link: http://www.pickel.xyz) A Web Application (Ruby on Rails, Bootstrap, SQLite, HTML, CSS) Fall 2015

• Designed and implemented all web pages using Bootstrap with SASS CSS.

• Developed a robust web server with Ruby on Rails, including encrypted authentication, HTML templating, sessions/cookies management, etc.

• Built complex features such as database many-to-many relations, shopping cart in sessions, etc. Advanced Tetris Game

A Customized Triangle-based Tetris Game (Java, SWT) Fall 2015

• Devised an advanced type of Tetris Game with triangle and irregular shapes.

• Used Computer Graphics principles to efficiently tackle line elimination and collision detection.

• Constructed graphical interface via Java SWT, such as buttons and game canvas, for the game to work on any platform. Flight Booking App

A JSP Web Application that interfaces with MySQL backend (MySQL, JSP) Spring 2015

• Designed the database schemas of 9 tables using ER diagrams.

• Coded more than 30 complex SQL queries to provide solid support to web frontend.

• Constructed a web frontend with simple JSP and connected to MySQL database with JDBC. KINECT Shadow Puppetry Application

A WPF-Application (C#, .NET) Spring 2013

• Lead a group of 3 people to develop a KINECT application that enable human actors to control digit shadow puppets through motion.

• Built a WPF-powered touchable Windows application using C# and Visual Studio. HONORS & PATENTS

Champion of Tan-Kah-Kee Young Inventors' Contest

• Our team developed a Kinect Shadow Puppetry project ranked 1st among more than 330 peers. Patent: A Kinect Based Method of Digital Shadow Puppetry Performance

• Co-author and co-inventor of this multiple-award-winning project/patent.

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