Param Patel

About

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I am a Full-Time Student, pursuing a Major in Electrical and Computer Engineering with a minor in the Biological Sciences.

  • Degree: Bachelor of Science
  • Major: Computer Engineering
  • City: Somerville, NJ
  • Email: psp109@scarletmail.rutgers.edu

Resume

Education

Masters of Business and Science in User Experience Design

2021 - Present

Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ

Bachelor of Science in Electrical and Computer Engineering

2017 - 2021

Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ

School of Arts and Sciences [2017-2018]
School of Engineering [2018-present]

  • Research
    • Department of Entomology, Center for Vector Biology - Spring 2021
      • Endogenous Viral Elements encoded by Anopheles genomes shed light on viral host associations
      • Entomology Undergraduate Research Colloquium - 2nd Place
    • Machine Learning in Cyber-Physical Systems - Fall 2020
  • Organizations
    • Society of Women Engineers - Outreach Chair
    • Rutgers Blueprint - Incubator Education Director
    • Rutgers Commuter Student Association - Public Relations Chair
    • First Year Integration Program - Website Coordinator
  • Honors
    • Deans' List
    • James and Edna Noe Scholarship Recipient
    • SAME Commander Arthur E. Poole Scholarship Recipient 2020

Somerville High School

2015 - 2017

Projects

SmartPark - A Smarter Way to Park

Full-Stack Group Project for Software Engineering Course
Parking Garage Automation System for reserving parking spots and billing using the MERN Stack

Professional Experience

Cybersecurity Technology Intern, TIAA

June 2020 - Present

Remote Internship

  • CyberArk Engineering Team
    • Worked on developing Splunk Alerts to observe patterns in password checkouts from high secuirty safes which helped the team by monitoring the security of these accounts
    • Shadowed the development of 2 plugins to ensure regular password rotation
    • Completed Certification in Splunk Fundamentals and various CyberArk products
  • Project Lead for Enterprise Innovation Challenge

First Robotics Mentor

March 2019 - Present

Programming Team Mentor

  • Mentoring students of high school’s robotics team by facilitating communication between drive team and programming team to improve mechanisms of the competing robot
  • Shadowed the development of the scoring app, used to tabulate and organize data for making streamlined decisions for strategic alliance building

Somerville Technology Department

June 2016 - September 2017
  • Improved workflow for summer schooling by running updates and system repairs on issued laptops
  • Organized and sorted repair jobs for desktops, printers and other school-used technology to prepare for the upcoming school year
  • Installed and setup new desktops, Smart Boards and projectors to create a more ‘interactive learning experience’ as described by the district’s learning motto

Contact

Location:

Somerville, NJ, 08876


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Param Patel