University of Pittsburgh, PA

B.S., Computer Science (expected Spring, 2021)

• Algorithms
• Data Structures
• Operating Systems
• Databases
• Data Science
• Computer Organization and Assembly Language
• Discrete Math
• Linear Algebra

Data Management Intern, Pitt sciVelo

scivelo.pitt.edu/

• Collaborating with several teams, built sciVelo Salesforce database to track innovation portfolio outcomes such as over 130 projects funding, licensing, intellectual property filing, etc.
• University of Pittsburgh has selected our Salesforce implementation to be expanded across the campus
• Creating dashboards and reports illustrating the outcomes led by sciVelo
• Developing data import functions to populate the database
• Generating data acquisition routines from publicly-available websites to populate the database with industry information to help with industry sponsored research initiatives
• Gaining exposure to the process of commercializing early stage research projects

Teaching Assistant, School of Computing and Information, University of Pittsburgh

sci.pitt.edu/

• Instructed one recitation of 30 students for “Intermediate Programming Using Java” every week
• Graded quizzes and recitation assignments
• Helped students by answering questions, committing office hours and mock exams
• Attended meetings with professors to discuss responsibilities and concerns in the recitation

Side Project, DevExchange

devexchange.herokuapp.com

Full Stack Web Development (MERN)

• Built an in-depth full stack social network application for developers(github.com/xingchenzhao/DevExchange) using MongoDB, Express, React, and Node.js along with JavaScript ES6+
• Created and tested extensive backend APIs to work with frontend, protected routes/endpoints with JWT
• Used Redux for app state management, created many container components that integrated with Redux
• Developed reducers and actions for the resources
• Created build scripts, secured the keys and deployed to Heroku using git

Hackathon Project, MathFlow

github.com/xingchenzhao/MathFlow

Mac App Development

• Created an app that automates the workflow from image equations directly to Wolfram & LaTeX codes
• Built the program by Swift, executable written in C, and MathPix & Wolfram API
• Used regular expressions to handle incompatibilities between the APIs