Adnan Shahpurwala


Education

2013 – 2017: American University of Sharjah (AUS), United Arab Emirates
Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering - Magna Cum Laude
CGPA: 3.73


Research Experience

  1. Senior Project at AUS - Make a quadcopter which autonomously flies to detect a problem with power lines using deep learning with TensorFlow (January - December, 2017)
  2. IIT Kharagpur Internship - Applying convolutional neural nets (using Lua and Torch) on cancer tissue images (June - August, 2016)
  3. IIT Kharagpur Internship - Applying autoencoders (using MATLAB) on fluorescence microscopy images (June - July, 2015)
  4. Research Assistant in Physics Department - Analyzing age and metallicity of star clusters (February, 2014 - February, 2016)

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Programming Languages

  1. Lua (ANSI C): Proficient
  2. Matlab: Proficient
  3. Torch: Competent
  4. Bash on Linux: Competent
  5. LabView: Competent
  6. Python: Competent
  7. C: Competent
  8. Arduino: Competent
  9. HTML/CSS: Competent


Achievements

  1. Chancellors Scholarship (75%): 2013 – 2017
  2. Sheikh Khalifa Scholarship (100%): 2017
  3. Deans List in all semesters between Fall 2013 - Spring 2017
  4. Chancellors List Bronze (Fall 2014), Silver (Fall 2015), Gold (Fall 2016)
  5. Winner of 12th AUS Intercollegiate Debate Competition – Spring 2015
  6. Tutored at “Deep Learning” Workshop in IIT Kharagpur – Summer 2015
  7. Ericsson’s ICT Professional Foundation Program – Fall 2015
  8. 1st Runners up at EEG Environmental Public Speaking Competition – Fall 2015


Leadership Experience

  1. Astronomy Club, American University of Sharjah
    • Vice President (November, 2014 - June, 2015)
    • Organize star gazing events
    • Spread awareness on astrophysics
  2. IEEE AUS Student Branch, American University of Sharjah
    • Sub-committee member (November, 2014 - August, 2015)
    • Vice Chairman (September, 2015 - August, 2016)
    • Chairman (September, 2016 - August, 2017)
    • Key role in organizing 36 events including 1 hackathon, 2 international study tours, 2 campus wide projects, 8 workshops, and 8 seminars
    • IEEE Student Branch received 2 awards during tenure as Chairman
  3. Solid State Circuits Society AUS Student Branch, American University of Sharjah
    • Public Relations officer (January, 2016 - August, 2017)
    • Liasion between the club and external organizations


Tutoring Experience

  • More than 50 hours (as a paid personal tutor) from January, 2015 - December, 2017
  • Subjects tutored:
    1. Physics 1
    2. Electronics 1
    3. Electric circuits 1
    4. Digital circuits 1
    5. 8th grade math and science


Conferences

  1. Organizer - Fourth International Conference on Electric Power and Energy Conversion Systems, Sharjah (UAE) (November, 2015)

  2. Attendee - Emirates Mars Mission Science Workshop, Dubai (UAE) (October, 2015)

  3. Volunteer - Second International Conference on Communications, Signal Processing and their Applications, Sharjah (UAE) (February, 2015)

  4. Presenter - Second International Conference on Muslims and Arabs history of Sciences, Sharjah (UAE) (December, 2014)

  5. Presenter - Fourteenth Gulf Astronomy Conference, New York University (AD), Abu Dhabi (UAE) (December, 2014)

  6. Attendee - First AUS Regional Students Conference on Mathematics, Sharjah (UAE) (March, 2014)

 






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