Usman Bashir

Results-driven Electrical and Computer Engineering student with experience in embedded systems, full-stack web development, and hardware/software integration. Skilled in solving complex problems using tools like Arduino, MATLAB, React, and Azure. Eager to apply technical creativity and cross-functional collaboration to engineering challenges.

Bachelor of Science in Electrical and Computer Engineering                                                                            

The Ohio State University College of Engineering, Columbus, Ohio.                     

Expected Graduation: Dec, 2026   

GPA: 3.3/4.0

Ransomware Detection Using Machine Learning

• Developed a supervised learning pipeline with Random Forest, XGBoost, and LSTM models, achieving 99.77% detection accuracy by analyzing API calls, file system activity, registry operations, and behavioral patterns (e.g., encryption routines, key generation).
• Processed and extracted 30,000+ system behavior features to enhance classification performance and robustness.
• Applied feature selection techniques (e.g., md5Hash, BitcoinAddresses) to address class imbalance, significantly reducing false positives and improving model precision.

 Autonomous Environmental Monitoring System

• Led a 5-member engineering team in designing and deploying a Raspberry Pi–based weather station for long-term, autonomous data collection in remote forest environments.
• Designed and integrated hardware/software, connecting DHT11 and BMP388 sensors over I2C with robust GPIO interfaces.
• Implemented a Python automation loop to log temperature, humidity, and pressure every 15 minutes, and control a servo-mounted camera for timestamped images every 5 days.
• Designed sensor fusion algorithms to filter noise and improve measurement accuracy through cross-sensor validation and averaged sampling.
• Coordinated housing, power, and deployment efforts to ensure full system integration, testing, and field-readiness.