Favour Nerrise
About Me
A passionate, young woman who seeks to create change in society by implementing the use of technology and empowering others to be involved in the STEM field.
Location
College Park, MD
Education
U
University of Maryland-College Park
August 2016 - May 2021
degree
Bachelor's
major
Computer Science
minor
Arabic
U
University of Maryland University College
Work Experience
U
University of Maryland, College Park
Undergraduate Researcher
College Park, MD, United States
January 2018 - July 2018
company
University of Maryland, College Park
title
Undergraduate Researcher
overview
• Worked on the Magnetic Steering Helmet project with Dr. Nevine El-leithy and Dr. Robert Newcomb
• Developed closed loop system on EEG acquisition and deep brain stimulation for Parkinson’s patients
• Conducted pre-processing for EEG and fMRI data using signals processing and statistical parametric mapping
• Designed and implemented supervised learning model algorithm for diagnosing Parkinson’s Disease with
• 97.86% accuracy, using Naïve Bayes, kNN in via Sci-kit learn
• Contributed to developing convolutional neural network to classify images of ADHD spectrograms with 96%
• diagnostic accuracy, using Google Inception v3
A
AT&T
SOFTWARE ENGINEERING INTERN
Columbia, MD, United States
June 2017 - May 2018
J
Jibe Inc
SOFTWARE ENGINEER, INTERN
September 2016 - May 2017
S
Swaggle
Full-Stack Web Dev., Intern
September 2016 - November 2016
C
Concur Technologies (SAP)
SOFTWARE ENGINEER, INTERN
June 2016 - August 2016
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Fun Fact
I am a professional gymnast
Passion
I am passionate about bridging the gap in STEM for underrepresented minorities through leadership, innovative research, and peer mentoring.
Skills
Languages
ArabicEnglishFrench
Skills
Core JavaGeneral JavaScript Node.jsProgramming (sql, c++, html, Java)Swift
Volunteer
G
GEMS
Leadership
Student Government Association
Director of Shared Governance
National Society of Blacks Engineers
President
May 2018 - present
N.A.A.C.P. (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People) - UMD
Association of Women in Computing - UMD
Soccer
Hobbies
Gymnastics
Dancing
Playing Musical Instruments
Reading
Listening to Music
Cooking
