Tapan Jasthi (He/Him/His) Email & Phone Number

Campbell, Ca, Us

Berkeley, Ca, Us

Led multiple sections of 4-6 students to teach the fundamentals of data structures and ensure understanding of course material.Held office hours to help students with need with projects, labs, and homework assignments.Held exam reviews to make to cover relevent course curriculum for midterms and the final.Helped write practice problems and grade student work for computer science exams.

Planned events and activities for 70+ freshman residents to help them in their transition into college and building a community within the building with various activities focused on community engagement, academic excellence, and holistic wellness.Ensured the well-being and safety of students as the first responder by answering to issues such as lockouts and drug overdose.Communicated with the Resident Director and other Resident Assistant to help students feel welcome and supported with various social activities.Lead and planned the implementation of residential education goals and supported other RAs in attaining these goals for residents.Advised a team of freshman students as a part of an Executive Committee to plan events to boost the residential experience for other students in the residence hall.

Burlington, Massachusetts, Us

Learned the workings of NVIDIA's CUDA platform to explore the function of GPUs (Graphical Processing Unit).Implemented a CUDA mergeSort on the MarkLogic Server for Windows and measured its performance by running XQuery Code through several scripts.Explored the tendencies of a GPU CUDA mergeSort on the MarkLogic server and explored methods to increase the performance of a GPU mergeSort.

Tested new CalCentral functionality by writing, maintaining and editing automated test scenarios by writing feature files and step definitions using Cucumber and Ruby; tested website functionality and third party external forms based on usage.Executed test scenarios to detect software defects by updating, tracking and filing JIRA tickets to pass on to the development team.Reported defects to a team in order to address issues with functionality and followed up to ensure problems were resolved.

Studied under Dr. Deborah Dean and Kaleb Asfaha in the exploration of Chlamydia Trachomatis and the expression of proteins and other biochemical materials through lipidomics.Cultured cells and used genomics to explore microbiota of the eye to then identify strains of Chlamydia infections in populations of Ethiopia.Identified microbiota of the eye using PCR, qPCR, and other methods to identify organisms and their functionality in the conjunctiva.

Planned games and activities to teach children grades 1-4 about nature and wildlife.Leaded Junior Assistant Naturalists and campers in participating in activities in a safe manner.Communicated issues and safety concerns to parents and camp directors

Ensured the safety and fairness of basketball games for children grades 1-8.Held parents, coaches, and players accountable for actions to keep games running smoothly.

Bachelor’S Degree, Computer Science

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