Withanage Perera Email & Phone Number

Longwood, FL, US

Orlando, Florida, United States

• Collecting IMU data using the IIO Linux subsystem in 5G radios to determine whether a soldier is upright, crouched, or down on the floor.
• Investigating uses of sensor fusion for IMU data to enhance GPS accuracy and reduce drift in covered locations.

Orlando, Florida, United States

• Programmed a TAK (Tactical Assault Kit) Server container with a PostgreSQL Docker container in Ubuntu to query real-time data from 5G radios attached to soldiers. Ensured compatibility with Lockheed and General.
• Improved radio communication by redesigning the Protobuf message structure, reducing latency and processing time, also allowing 5G radios to interface with TAK Server over UDP and send data to Postgres over TCP.
• Created a web interface to improve… Show more
• Created a web interface to improve performance assessments, ensuring soldiers are prepared before deployment. Developed using Vite and ReactJS, hosted with Firebase
• Developed Cursor-on-Target (CoT) messages to display the positions of soldiers along with LTEC casualty state info, shooter pairing vectors, and 5G mesh-hopping vectors which can be visualized in ATAK and iTAK mobile.

Gainesville, Florida, United States

• Designing high voltage detection circuits in Altium to catch shorts, and wire harnesses in RapidHarness.
• Developing firmware with Rust/C in Zephyr RTOS to acquire sensor data over SPI, preventing component failures.

Monterey, California, United States

Monterey, California, United States

• Created an AR user interface in Unity to allow engineers to develop Monterey Phoenix code with SysML elements using the Microsoft HoloLens, thereby improving workflow by allowing for 3D visualization.
• Improved the functionality of the MP Gryphon application in Windows by implementing feature requests from systems engineers.

Jacksonville, Florida, United States

As State President, I presided over the State Officer team and all meetings involving members and officers. I provided an agenda of business to be carried out by each member of the State Team along with oversight of every region in Florida and our business connections to present opportunities and experiences to our members.

Longwood, Florida, United States

• Integrated OpenAI’s GPT to proactively generate character scripts based on responses from players.
• Improved the points scoring system using responses from GPT, drastically improving feedback for students.

Longwood, Florida, United States

• Improved the link between the SQL DB and the PHP hooks used to render events via WordPress plugins, thus removing the need to manually update the website.
• Increased spam filtering and the ease of creating new rocket launch events within the WordPress backend.

Longwood, Florida, United States

• Designed offline functionality for text-to-speech by building a caching algorithm for audio based on a user’s commonly said phrases, thereby improving system responsiveness and greatly reducing costs to Google.
• Programmed an interactive demonstration for new users to learn how to use the AR software, allowing for expanded beta testing and a major step towards a product release.
• Collaborated on integrating various Hugging Face ML models to combine data on a user’s mood… Show more
• Collaborated on integrating various Hugging Face ML models to combine data on a user’s mood, location, and speech history to recommend phrases, vastly improving user interactions and ease of use for disabled persons..

Longwood, Florida, United States

• Advanced Java Instructor – tutored students in Java and created course content.
• Python Tutor - tutored students in Python and served as a teacher assistant during live lessons.

Orlando, Florida, United States

• Created JS functions to web scrape the page’s HTML and smartly determine the subject and class the student is working on.
• Developed a system to connect tutors and students based on the student's subject, and automate the entry of new users into MySQL.
• Added functionality to allow the Chrome extension to query from MySQL using AJAX and PHP.

Lake Mary, Florida, United States

• Developed curriculum for CTSO classes in computer science.
• Created lessons and content on game development using JavaScript.
• Created lessons and content on web development using HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Electrical Engineering, Freshman

Activities and Societies: Gator Motorsports (GMS), IEEE

High School Diploma, 9-12

Activities and Societies: ⬞ Teams: Junior Varsity Swim Team | Varsity Water Polo Team Societies: National Honor Society (NHS) | Science.

International Baccalaureate Diploma, 11-12

Computer Science, Dual Enrollment

Dual Enrollment in CS and Engineering.