Udeema Shakya

Software Engineer

Laurel, Maryland, United States

About

I am a software engineer currently in APL's rotational program. Through the program I've had the opportunity to work on a variety of projects including: embedded software development, reverse engineering, web development, and software integration. I received my B.S in Engineering at Harvey Mudd College and am pursing a M.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering at Johns Hopkins.

Experience

  • Associate Technical Professional Staff 1 - Rotational Program at The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
    Jul 2022 - Present · 4 yrs

    Current member of APL's rotational program. Have worked on embedded systems reverse engineering, web development, MATLAB algorithm development, and software integration.

  • Harvey Mudd College (3 yrs 1 mo)
    • Machine Shop Proctor
      Jan 2021 - May 2022 · 1 yr 5 mos

      - Oversee machine shop users and ensure proper safety protocols are being followed - Teach proper and safe use of machinery in machine shop including mills, lathes, saws, etc to shop users.

    • Peer Consultant for Office of Career Services
      May 2019 - May 2022 · 3 yrs 1 mo

      - Review resumes of fellow students in one on one appointments - Host workshops about resume writing, networking, Handshake, and LinkedIn for students

    • Privileged Unit Architecture Test Developer
      Jan 2021 - May 2021 · 5 mos

      - Developed assembly language tests for privileged unit architecture of an open source RISC-V configuration including but not limited to registers, interrupts, exceptions, and switching between privilege modes - Debugged privileged unit issues in RISC-V configuration signals, hardware, tests using SystemVerilog simulation - Collaborated with a team of around 30 students to develop an open source RISC-V configuration - Presented a technical lecture about operations and uses of the Privileged Unit Architecture

  • Engineering Intern at The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
    May 2021 - Jul 2021 · 3 mos

    - Implemented new features in web GUI including but not limited to new pages and resources - Improved web GUI style consistency, page formatting, text legibility, etc. for a better user experience - Created SQL queries to compile system information from database. - Presented project updates and status to sponsors

  • Clinic Engineer at Millennium Space Systems, A Boeing Company
    Sep 2020 - Dec 2020 · 4 mos

    - Independently researched design alternatives, such as laser speckle interferometry and video motion amplification, to extract displacement data from an object - Developed at home test set-ups to test effectiveness of using non-contact measurement methods to retrieve the displacement information of an oscillating object in a team of five - Communicated design issues, deliverables, questions, and updates to sponsor company liaisons This experience was through the Harvey Mudd College Clinic Program

  • Undergraduate Student Researcher at SNIA IOTTA Trace Repository
    May 2019 - Aug 2019 · 4 mos

    - Maintained repository website and rolled out weekly website updates fixing bugs, changes to html, and created features for text-based browsers using Ruby on Rails - Wrote SQL scripts to post I/O traces, update, and manage databases - Contacted over forty researches for new I/O traces