CJ Weir

Robotics Instructor

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Melbourne, Florida, United States

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Timeline
About me
Associate Engineer at STR | B.S. in Computer Engineering with Artificial Intelligence Certificate - University of Florida
Education
- American Heritage School - Delray Beach, Florida
  2016 - 2020
  High School Diploma STEM / Robotics
  Activities and Societies: Robotics Club & Team National Honor Society CyberPatriot Varsity Lacrosse STEM focused curriculum including Robotics & Programming. Completed 11 AP classes and 2 post-AP classes.
- University of Florida
  2020 - 2024
  Bachelor of Science - BS Computer Engineering
  Benacquisto Scholar at University of Florida Wertheim College of Engineering.
Experience
- American Heritage School - Delray Beach, Florida
  Jun 2016 - Jul 2016
  Robotics Instructor
  Robotics Camp Counselor
- American Heritage School - Delray Beach, Florida
  Jun 2017 - Jul 2017
  Robotics Instructor
  Robotics camp counselor
- FAU Tech Runway
  Jun 2018 - Jul 2018
  Robotics Instructor
- Police Athletic League, Inc.
  Jun 2019 - Jul 2019
  Robotics Instructor
  Volunteering as a Robotics Instructor through #techgarage #techrunway, teaching technical skills to an awesome young group of future engineers and scientists.
- AHS Stallions Robotics Team
  Jul 2019 - May 2020
  Director of Programming
- U.S. Census Bureau
  Jul 2020 - Aug 2020
  Census Enumerator
- Livingston Capital Ventures, LP
  Jul 2020 - Aug 2020
  Intern in Venture Capital Investing
- *Private*
  Jan 2021 - Dec 2021
  Cryptocurrency Platform Developer
  Founding member of Platform.Architect/Developer for Cryptocurrency DeFi Lending Platform built on Solana Blockchain.Created, Tested, and deployed DApp for Platform interaction.Developed Front End using ReactJS. Created, Released and Generated platform governance Token.Added cryptocurrencies including Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH), and other third party currencies to DeFi Platform.
- Oxbow
  May 2021 - Aug 2021
  Engineering Intern
  • Implemented Unmanned Drone to Measure Stockpile Quantities• Evaluated Hardware and Software options• Facilitated and Led Meetings with Vendors, Local Constituents and Corporate IT• Recommended and purchased Drone and Software• Tested and configured Drone for push button flights• Wrote SOP for owning, registering and flying a Drone • Wrote SOP for running inventory analysis• Trained next gen Baton Rouge Pilots and staff• Developed instructions for granting user access• Worked with Corporate IT so they could assume management of user access• Developed plan for performing Equipment Inspections• Travelled to Port Arthur plant to train their next gen Pilots and staff• Held virtual training for Enid pilots and staff• Wrote memorandum describing the Environment improvements to carbon footprint• Achieved cost reduction from 2 annual local flyovers to 52 drone flyovers• On-demand flyovers for unusual events such as calculating material loss caused by a truck driver to pre-storm inventory measurements for inventory purposes Show less
- CAE USA
  Apr 2022 - Aug 2022
  Engineering R&D Co-Op
- Canon Solutions America
  Jun 2023 - Aug 2023
  Media Testing Engineering Intern
- STR
  Jul 2024 - now
  Associate Engineer
Licenses & Certifications
- DroneDeploy Fundamentals
  DroneDeploy
  Jul 2021
  View certificate
- FAA License - Part 107
  Federal Aviation Administration
  Dec 2020
Honors & Awards
- Awarded to CJ Weir
  Spring 2023 Dean’s List Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering May 2023
- Awarded to CJ Weir
  Fall 2022 Dean's List Wertheim College of Engineering Jan 2023
- Awarded to CJ Weir
  Eta Kappa Nu Honor Society Elected Executive Board Member serving as Treasurer IEEE-HKN Dec 2022
- Awarded to CJ Weir
  Spring 2022 Dean’s List Wertheim College of Engineering May 2022
- Awarded to CJ Weir
  Fall 2021 Dean’s List Wertheim College of Engineering Jan 2022
- Awarded to CJ Weir
  Spring 2021 Dean's List Wertheim College of Engineering May 2021
- Awarded to CJ Weir
  Fall 2020 Dean's List Wertheim College of Engineering Jan 2021
- Awarded to CJ Weir
  2020 FPL FIRST Alumni Scholarship Florida Power and Light May 2020 $20,000 scholarship awarded by FPL to one student each year.
- Awarded to CJ Weir
  2020 Passion Award for Computer Science American Heritage School - Boca/Delray May 2020 Single recipient from the 2020 Senior Class exhibiting a special passion for the academic area of Computer Science.
- Awarded to CJ Weir
  Benacquisto Scholar - May 2020 Recognition as a Benacquisto Scholar is associated with National Merit recognition and includes the full cost of attendance including tuition, room & board, books, fees, parking, clothing allowance, etc.
- Awarded to CJ Weir
  2020 National Merit Finalist National Merit Scholarship Corp Feb 2020 Less than 1% of PSAT test participants earn the distinction of National Merit Finalist.
- Awarded to CJ Weir
  2020 AHS Pathfinder Nominee - Computer Science American Heritage School - Boca/Delray Nov 2019 Only student selected to represent AHS in Computer Science for the Pathfinder competition.
Volunteer Experience
- Robots vs. Drones Robotics Instructor
  Issued by FAU Tech Runway on Jun 2017
  Associated with CJ Weir
- Robotics Instructor
  Issued by Police Athletic League, Inc. on Jun 2016
  Associated with CJ Weir
- Co-Founder
  Issued by Tech Talk on Jun 2016
  Associated with CJ Weir
- Summer Camp Robotics Instructor
  Issued by Police Athletic League, Inc. on Jun 2018
  Associated with CJ Weir