Deeksha Manjunath Email & Phone Number

Santa Cruz, California, United States

• Part of the Long Marine Lab technical team assisting with the visual development of the biomarine research conducted by lab technicians
• Supported in the development of a website using React.js and Node.js, consisting of a data map displaying mammal strandings studied by marine biologists in the west coast
• Responsible for improving GUI, enabling reporting of stranded marine mammals by the public, and writing data into Firebase
• Authored documentation portfolio with codebase guidance for futSure developers to resume project

Santa Cruz, California, United States

• Resolved issues and assisted in debugging software projects in C++/Java for undergraduate students
• Developed solutions to assigned projects to further guide student development
• Assisted in troubleshooting virtual box technologies and finding alternate solutions for M1 chip inconsistencies

Sunnyvale, California, United States

• Worked with peers to design a website focused on auto-grading SAT essays and displaying accurate scores
• Supported in the development of the website through adding test cases and normalizing scoring metrics to a pre-set range
• Assisted in building a deep learning model using bidirectional LTSMs and GloVe word embeddings that achieved a set weighted kappa error metric score
• Supported in adding spell-check functionality to allow for a well-rounded essay review

Santa Cruz, California, United States

• Supported graduate student research with building a website using HTML/CSS designed to effectively teach STEM concepts to middle and high school students
• Conducted product tests to assess website design and effectiveness with peers to gather suggestions for website improvement
• Designed ideas for a more user-friendly GUI with user experience feedback

Santa Cruz, California, United States

• In charge of leading team research on community service projects based on public need
• Trained and managed project leaders to carry out various workshops in order to allow undergraduate involvement in community outreach
• Worked with marketing team to collect data from peers regarding needs as well as educate and involve the public in mission statement