Evan Smith

Experience

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  Peace Corps

  Mar 2017 - Apr 2019

  Food Security Volunteer at Peace Corps Nepal

  Working alongside Mothers' and Farmers' Groups to facilitate training in drip irrigation technology for income generation, as well as nutrition training alongside USAID project "Suuahara" aiming to benefit the nutritional status of pregnant & breastfeeding mothers, as well as young children under the age of 5. Over the course of two years, we have planted more than 130 fruit trees with more than 70 people, and given joint training on soil health and nutrition, in just one village area of Arghakhanchi, in Province 5 of Nepal. Show less

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  Coding With Kids

  Feb 2020 - Feb 2021

  Coding Instructor

  Teaching Core fundamental coding concepts, logic, and thinking through Scratch and other game-making software.

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  ID Tech Camps

  May 2021 - Aug 2021

  Game Design and Coding Instructor

  Lead week long camps of up to 5 students, trained in the following topics:-Roblox Game Design: Making an Obby-Roblox Game Design and Monetization-Minecraft Server Modding with Java-Intro to Python-Intro to Scratch

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  UK Research and Innovation

  Apr 2023 - now

  Software Engineer

  -Maintain and build software used by thousands of scientists per year to run experiments on the ISIS Neutron and Muon source.-CI with Jenkins-Debugging and testing of physical hardware devices involving various communications protocols, to ensure accurate readings on the Neutron and Muon beamlines.-Use of EPICS, a C/C++ like framework for hardware and control systems.-GUI development in Java, using JSON, as well as Python

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  Satraka Ltd

  Jun 2024 - Oct 2024

  Software Engineer

  Design and test a proprietary satellite tracking algorithm in C++ for unique User Terminal designs, to be used for tracking LEO satellites.