Education

University of Connecticut – School of Engineering, Storrs, CT

Bachelor of Engineering in Computer Science, May 2021

Cumulative GPA: 3.35/4.00

Skills

Programming: Python, C, C++, Octave, SQL

Computer: Linux OS, Windows OS, Virtual Machine, Docker, Git, Github

Documentation Software: Microsoft Office, Google Drive

Languages: Fluent in Spanish and English

Research Experience

Senior Design Project Sponsored by Pfizer September 2020 – Present

Project Goal: Provide computational predictions of potential side effects and adverse drug events given a drug name to reduce cost of drug testing

Reconstructed Faers database using SQL to create pipeline for drug and adverse events which removes duplicate cases and applies standardized drug names mapped to RxNorm concepts and outcomes to SNOMED concepts on Ubuntu

Contributed to the development, testing and analysis of machine learning models to predict side effects of a drug using Python and Tensor Flow

Undergraduate Researcher Sep 2019 – Present

Project Goal: Develop an environment to analyze the performance of vehicle to vehicle communication algorithms and autonomous driving algorithms

Build and deploy Docker container images to modify racing simulator

Gained familiarity with python data manipulation and visualization libraries like Pandas and NumPy

Utilized machine learning techniques like K-means clustering and TSNE for data analysis on sample data

Work Experience

Undergraduate Teaching Assistant December 2021 - Present

Assisting 70 students with learning Discrete Math by hosting help rooms and review sessions outside of the classroom

Responsible for grading homework and exams

BME Lab Assistant May 2019 – August 2019

Led a lab of high school students and served as a mentor to 5 high school seniors

Designed projects and implemented lesson plans to teach high school seniors the connection between hardware and software using by using the C programming language, Arduino, and breadboards

Evaluated and communicated academic progress to program supervisor

Research Presentation

●Machine Learning and its applications, UConn McNair Scholars Program Virtual Poster Exhibit, July 2020

●RNA Sequencing and Machine Learning, UConn McNair Fellows Program Oral Presentation, November 2019

Involvement

Ronald E. McNair Scholars Program, January 2020 – Present

●Accepted into the National Post-Baccalaureate Achievement Program as a UConn McNair STEM Scholar

●Federally funded program by the US Dept of Education, to support first generation, low income, and underrepresented groups to prepare for PhD degrees in STEM fields

●Actively participate in professional development and academic writing seminar course and seminars

●Present and communicate research project findings to the university and discipline-specific communities at symposia

Accepted to Summer Program for Interdisciplinary Research and Education - Emerging Interface Technologies (SPIRE-EIT), cancelled due to global pandemic, summer 2020

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