Birch Newell

Education

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  Western Carolina University

  2017 - 2021

  Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering 3.925 GPA

  Activities and Societies: Sigma Chi Fraternity, IEEE Member, Club Soccer, Intramural Sports Electrical Engineering at WCU is a project-based learning degree allowing for hands on experience and product design experience. During my time at WCU, two of my outstanding projects were the development of a Portable Hydro-Electric Generator (Junior Level Product Design Project) and a Heat Flux Analyzer (Senior Level Capstone Design Project).The Portable Hydro-Electric Generator allows for kinetic fluid energy to be efficiently converted into a 5 Volt, 1-2 Amp DC current allowing… Show more Electrical Engineering at WCU is a project-based learning degree allowing for hands on experience and product design experience. During my time at WCU, two of my outstanding projects were the development of a Portable Hydro-Electric Generator (Junior Level Product Design Project) and a Heat Flux Analyzer (Senior Level Capstone Design Project).The Portable Hydro-Electric Generator allows for kinetic fluid energy to be efficiently converted into a 5 Volt, 1-2 Amp DC current allowing for charging of small electronic devices by moving currents greater than 3 m/s. The Heat Flux Analyzer allows for high temperature objects, such as embers, to be placed onto a thermal electric generator (TEG) and produce an electric potential based on the heat flux transferred through the TEG. Using LabVIEW, this continuous analog signal was able to be integrated and processed in real-time to produce the heat flux of high temperature objects within a lab environment. Show less

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  Georgia Institute of Technology

  2024 - 2027

  Master of Science in Computer Science Specialization in Machine Learning

  Highlighted Projects:- Machine Learning Trading AlgorithmDeveloped a Random Forest Classification Model able to utilize 5 technical indicators to generate a signal to long, short, or hold a specific asset based on the current values of said indicators. The Model was able to consistently beat the benchmark of buying and holding the asset on both in-sample data with an average of 30% greater return and out-of-sample data with an average of 9% greater return.