Chidera Wokonko
Engineering Student
The Bronx,NY
Summary
Reliable and dedicated Electrical and Computer engineering major seeking to leverage a technical background accompanied with excellent communication and analytical skills. Knowledgeable in computer programming as well as hardware and embedded systems. Seeking to land an internship.
Overview
1
1
year of post-secondary education
1
1
year of professional experience
Work History
Electrical Engineering Instructor
Bluestamp Engineering
New York, NY
06.2020 - 08.2020
- Oversaw the completion of eight robotics projects over the course of 6 weeks.
- Debugged problems with sensors, devices and other electrical and software aspects of the students’ project
- Gave mini-lectures about various topics in engineering and robotics such as Ohms law, Circuits, and Signals.
- Assisted students in writing a technical documentation of their prototypes and completing a website which documented their step-by-step progress of their build plan.
Lab Work at Digital Instruction Lab
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY
09.2019 - Current
- Tested systems to verify whether performance levels met specifications.
- Worked with programming languages such as Python and C to write clean, effective
code for a wide range of computer applications. - Worked with Microcontrollers, Analog sensors, Servo Motors, Multimeters, Arduino
Code, Breadboards, Solders, and Oscilloscopes - Used logic-based approaches to improve programs, bringing in new functions or
correcting deficiencies to achieve the desired performance level. - Conducted several projects that used Embedded Systems designs
Education
Bachelor of Science - Electrical And Computer Engineering
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY 08.2019 - Current
Skills
Analytical Skills
Communication
Problem Solving
C/C
Python
Verilog
Data Structure & Algorithms
Linux/Command Line
Excellent Work ethic
Research Experience
Undergraduate Researcher, ESMI Scholars program, Cornell University, Summer 2020
- Designed and Developed algorithms to track and predict the state level transmission intensity of COVID-19
- Modeled and visualized a real-time estimate of the transmission intensity of COVID-19 using Python and the New York Times Coronavirus dataset from GitHub.
- Determined that Non-Pharmaceutical Interventions were effective in slowing the spread of COVID- 19 and that reopening events contributed to an increase in the transmission intensity of the virus.
- Presented research project at the program’s virtual research symposium
- Featured in an abstract book that was published and distributed across campus to faculty, prospective students, funding agencies, and college administrators.
Accomplishments
- Cornell Engineering Ryan Scholar
- Engineering Summer Math Institute (ESMI) Scholar
Quote
Do not go where the path may lead, go where there is no path and leave a trail.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Projects
Machine Learning Handwriting Recognition Systems:
- Programmed in C/C++ within the Linux development environment
- Employed OOP to create data structures and several classes capable of storing images
- Implemented five distinct handwriting recognition algorithms that leveraged various data structures, algorithms, and programming paradigms such as Concurrent Programming, Generic Programming, Multithreading, Linear and Binary Search, and Graph and Table data structures.
- Profiled memory usage & execution time using flamegraphs to analyze and find areas of opportunities for performance enhancements.
- Optimized training and recognition of a 60K dataset and 10K testing dataset to execute within half a second with 91% accuracy
Human-Machine Interface:
- Executed communication protocols via radio frequency transceivers between three channels featuring a Raspberry PI and two Arduinos
- Programmed in Python and C simultaneously within the Linux OS environment
- Dictated full steering controls to a robot car using a Myoware Muscle Sensor.
- Created an LED Version of the popular Carnival game "High Striker"
- Performed fatigue analysis testing using an embedded system
- Conducted systems testing on the embedded system
Ultrasonic Robot Car:
- Built and coded a robot car with avoidance using an Arduino • Used an H-Bridge to control voltage polarity
- Coded Logic controls via C programming language
- Implemented ultrasonic sensors to determine logic controls.
- Utilized DC and Servo motors for movement.
- Worked with potentiometers to manipulate and scale the values of servo motors
Timeline
Electrical Engineering Instructor
Bluestamp Engineering
06.2020 - 08.2020
Lab Work at Digital Instruction Lab
Cornell University
09.2019 - Current
Bachelor of Science - Electrical And Computer Engineering
Cornell University
08.2019 - Current