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