Project Management Intern

Chiharu Mamiya

Irvine, CA linkedin.com/in/chiharumamiya 949-***-**** *******.********@*****.*** Leadership & Management Experience

Project Management Intern Incubit Inc. Remote 03/2025 – 05/2025

• Developed and refined structured prompts to extract building, material, and furniture data from over 500 2D architectural drawings, ensuring adaptability across various formats and reducing manual data entry time by 20%

• Created universally applicable prompts, enhancing data extraction efficiency by 15% across diverse architectural styles and layouts.

• Refined prompts to improve data extraction accuracy by 10% and processing efficiency by 5%, contributing to a reliable project planning. PR Intern Grew Bancroft Remote 12/2021 – 08/2024

• Led a cross-functional team across 3+ time zones using Discord and bi-weekly meetings, increasing efficiency, and cutting delays by 25%.

• Negotiated with 5+ vendors and adjusted project timelines, ensuring 100% on-time delivery of events despite scheduling conflicts.

• Conducted monthly engagement reviews and implemented changes, increasing program applications by 30%. Project Management Intern PivotGen Remote 01/2024 - 06/2024

• Facilitated communication between 10+ engineers using Microsoft Teams and shared docs, accelerating issue resolution by 15%.

• Managed Gantt charts and tracked progress of 96 turbines, improving resource allocation efficiency by 20%.

• Performed bi-weekly resource audits to ensure availability, preventing delays and maintaining a 100% on-time material delivery rate. House Coordinator Union Housing Office Schenectady, NY 09/2023 - 06/2024

• Managed a $16,000 budget to execute 6+ large-scale campus events with 500+ attendees, coordinating with dining and student boards.

• Coordinated with 10 event staffs via Slack and weekly meetings, resolving incidents promptly and ensuring seamless event operations.

• Built a Google Sheets tracking system for incidents and maintenance, reducing response times by 40%. President Union Neurotech Schenectady, NY 10/2021 - 06/2024

• Directed a 6-member team to develop an EEG-based drone control system, achieving 95% accuracy using Python and ML tools.

• Hosted 2–3 neurotech workshops each term, maintaining consistent engagement from 40+ participants per event.

• Led a brainwave-art project showcased at BR41N.IO, earning 4th place out of 20+ international student teams. Engineering Experience

FPGA Developer Research Intern FH Münster Münster, Germany 09/2024 – 11/2024

• Designed schematics and validated hardware on Red Pitaya boards, improving quantum sensing FPGA efficiency by 10%.

• Debugged hardware with VHDL/Verilog in Linux, reducing error rates and boosting system stability for low-cost sensing devices. Software Developer Intern Siemens Energy Schenectady, NY 06/2024 - 08/2024

• Automated XML parsing with Python scripts, reducing manual data processing time by 50%.

• Migrated legacy C++ modules to Fortran and MFC, improving maintainability and system performance with senior engineers.

• Reported updates daily, enabling timely problem-solving and helping complete projects 2 weeks ahead of schedule. IT Intern Grew Bancroft Remote 04/2024 – 08/2024

• Maintained and improved application frontend with React, Node.js, and AWS, enhancing load speed by 25%.

• Automated user test scenarios for application and recommendation features using Jest, reducing manual QA by 20%. IoT Student Researcher Union College Schenectady, NY 10/2023 – 08/2024

• Processed and labeled 1,200+ motion datasets while ensuring IRB compliance, supporting ethical sports research.

• Built and trained SVM and KNN models in Python, achieving 80% accuracy in athlete skill classification.

• Co-authored a paper accepted to IEEE AIIoT Conference, showcasing machine learning applications in biomechanics.

• Collaborated with 4 faculty and 1 peer, iterating bi-weekly to refine experimental design and ML pipeline. System Engineering Intern Medtronic Fridley, MN 06/2023 – 08/2023

• Developed Python scripts integrating Appium and ADB, automating test flows and boosting testing speed by 30%.

• Diagnosed system integration issues using oscilloscopes and signal generators, expediting debug cycles for a DBS system.

• Presented weekly findings, enabling faster engineering team decisions, and reducing testing delays. Projects

Capstone Project: Smart Microgrid Node, Senior Thesis Capstone Project 04/2024 - Present

• Developing a solar-powered, scalable, and cost-effective microgrid node integrating IoT sensors and STM32 microcontrollers.

• Designing hardware and firmware for real-time energy monitoring, load balancing, and peer-to-peer trading in urban environments.

• Implementing communication protocols for decentralized energy data exchange and optimization using Python and C. IoT and Gesture Recognition System with Neural Network Deployment on ESP32, Internet of Things 05/2024 - 06/2024

• Developed an agriculture IoT platform with Bluetooth, WiFi, and AWS Core, increasing sensor range by 50 meters.

• Achieved 96% gesture recognition accuracy using TensorFlow and MPU6050, validated across 4 gestures.

• Deployed real-time control on ESP32 boards, enabling live RC car navigation via remote control gestures. Other Experience

Peer Career Advisor Union Career Center Schenectady, NY 03/2023 - 04/2024

• Guided 100+ students in career exploration, networking, and resumes through 1-on-1 advising, resulting in 80% internship placements.

• Developed Google Sheets tracking systems for networking & internship applications, improving student engagement by 40%.

• Completed 20+ hours of career counseling training and presented findings on AI enhanced advising to senior staffs. Market Researcher Albany Med Health System Albany, NY 01/2024 - 06/2024

• Coordinated timelines for a 6-month research initiative using Microsoft Project, increasing milestone completion rate to 90%.

• Conducted 50+ market research interviews and analyzed data in Excel, contributing to a 15% improvement in pitch effectiveness.

• Balanced research, data synthesis, and preparation development, helping the team meet 100% of internal deadlines. Program Analyst NASA L’SPACE Mission Concept Academy Remote 09/2024 – 12/2024

• Managed $425M NASA lunar mission concept, optimizing budget across 3 instrument payloads, 2 operational scenarios, and a dual-rover architecture to meet Discovery-Class program constraints.

• Constructed a science traceability matrix linking 5 mission objectives to 12 measurable science outcomes, enabling clear prioritization and data-driven justification for system-level trade studies and cost-performance alignment.

• Collaborated with 10+ engineering students across 10 institutions and multiple time zones to define requirements, assess feasibility, and evaluate 4 candidate lunar landing sites, supporting strategic planning for future human-rated systems. Skills

• Systems Engineering & Integration, Electrical Engineering Fundamentals, Hardware and Firmware/Software Interface Collaboration, Power Electronics Systems Design

• Python, C, C++, VHDL, Verilog, MATLAB, Simulink, Typescript, Git, Visual Studio, Quartus, Vivado, Red Pitaya, Appium, Jest, FPGA, ARM CPUs, IoT Core, STM32, ESP32, DE10, PyTorch, TensorFlow, TinyML, SVM, KNN, Gantt Charts, Agile, Microsoft Project, API Integration, Data Collection & Analysis

Education

Bachelor of Science Union College Schenectady, NY

• Major in Electrical Engineering, Minor in Biomedical Engineering, GPA: 3.86

• Honors: Tau Beta Pi Engineering Honor Society, JASSO Scholar, Grew Bancroft Scholar UAS7 Scholar, NYSTAR Scholar

• Coursework: Digital Design, Internet of Things, Embedded Microcontrollers, Power Control Systems, Semiconductor Systems

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