Katelyn Beirne


Location

Worcester, MA
Berlin, MA
Education
    Worcester Polytechnic Institute
    August 2021 - May 2025
    degree
    Bachelor's
    major
    Data Science
Work Experience
    SWEET Center Fellow
    September 2024 - present
    title
    SWEET Center Fellow
    overview
    - Participated in a semester long course learning to support teamwork for the Supporting WPI through Effective and Equitable Teamwork center - Conducted individual and team consultations using a model developed by WPI faculty - Developing Lessons for Responsible Backcountry Recreation - Aug. - Oct. 2023 - Worked on an interdisciplinary team with the U.S. Forest Service to create lesson plans - Conducted interviews to learn about recreational challenges and public education - Analyzed data from search and rescue operations in the White Mountains - Developed and piloted an hour long, adaptable lesson on leave-no-trace principles - Activities - AI4ALL - Oct. - Dec. 2023 - Learned about artificial intelligence and how it impacts the world through a societal-ethics lens - Worked with an interdisciplinary team to analyze self-driving car data with a K-means algorithm
    Optimizing Locations for Climate Resilience Interventions
    August 2024 - present
    Global Lab Assistant
    October 2023 - present
    WPI
    September 2022 - August 2023
    National Honor Society Tahanto High School
    January 2020 - December 2021
Skills
AdaptabilityAdobe PhotoshopAlgorithmsArcGIS (Software)Artificial IntelligenceClimate ChangeConsultingC++ (Programming Language)Data AnalysisData ScienceData VisualizationEthicsInformation TechnologyJava (Programming Language)MATLABMentoringMicrosoft ExcelMicrosoft OfficeMicrosoft PowerPointMicrosoft WordNuclear PowerOracle ApplicationsPerseverancePlanning of LessonsPython (Programming Language)Recreational ActivitiesRStudioSocial WorkSQL DatabasesTableau (Software)Team WorkingVirtualBox