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Mentee (Apr 2024 - Present) - Selected to participate in a mentored capstone project as part of the Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) mentorship program, investigating the precipitation climatology over Lake Victoria
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Researcher (Jan 2024 - Present) - Research collaborator in natural language processing
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Researcher (Sept 2022 - Present) - Research collaborator in machine learning for healthcare
- Vice chair of the 'NLP for Health' Special Interest Group
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Climatematch impact scholar (Oct 2023 - Jan 2024) - Took part in a mentored research program to compare the reliability of sea surface height data from the ECCO model and tidal gauge data under the influence of extreme weather events (GitHub)
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Exchange student (Oct 2022) - Mapped university building floors using LiDAR to generate point cloud maps, and compared them to actual floor plans to assess the accuracy (Project slides) (Video presentation)
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Research fellow (Jul – Aug 2021) - Explored a hierarchical structure for efficient multigrid solving on meshes, and geometric modeling for isogeometric analysis in engineering
- Developed an unsupervised partial symmetry detection model for 3D models using geometric deep learning
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Technical Leadership Program participant (Jul – Aug 2021) - Received STEM training focusing on real-world problem-solving, fast learning, and teamwork
- Designed the power module for a mobile workstation intended for deployment in emergency services (Certificate)
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work experience |
Chief data officer (Apr 2024 - Present) - Defining the AI strategy and developing AI solutions for smart gas meter and tracking products
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Software developer intern (Feb 2024 - Present) - Developing a Python library for assisting in teaching mass transfer and thermodynamics (GitHub)
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Embedded software engineering graduate trainee (Feb - Aug 2023) - Designed and programmed a land beacon prototype equipped with vibration sensing to monitor activity and send alerts, featuring additional functionalities such as GPS, orientation, tilt, and touch-sensing
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Hardware engineering intern (Mar 2022 - Jan 2023) - Designed a prototype tracking device for domestic animals capable of determining location, temperature, and orientation, and transmitting this data to a LoRa gateway
- Designed, programmed, prototyped, validated, tested, and performed PCB assembly for various engineering applications
- Worked on PCB post-production processes, including circuit board reflow, soldering, and final testing, as well as test documentation
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Mechatronics engineering intern, youth robotics coordinator (Mar - Dec 2021) - Certified as a Microdrone Instructor (Certificate)
- Provided training to children on manual and coded flights using Tello drones, and on Arduino programming (Featured) (Featured)
- Conducted research on materials for airship design, assessing their availability and cost
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Founding engineer (Jun 2020 - Dec 2021)
Autodesk community consultant, project team lead (Jan - May 2020) - Lead the 'Design and manufacturability of smart home inverters' project during the Autodesk pro bono pilot program (Project slides)
- Designed schematics, PCBs, and 3D models for a solar inverter system
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Internet of Things (IoT) engineering intern (Jul - Oct 2019) - Established communication with various sensors using LoRa, MQTT, Node-RED, and IFTTT
- Set up gateways to monitor sensor data on The Things Network and decoded sensor payloads
- Learnt MicroPython programming and circuit building with the ESP32
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