William Scott

Experience

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  University of Pittsburgh

  Jan 2020 - Dec 2021

  Fellowship

  ◾ Developed, coordinated, and implemented programs to target the professional, academic, social, and financial development of underrepresented minority engineers in the Swanson School of Engineering.

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  Hitachi Rail

  Aug 2020 - May 2022

  Software Engineer

  ▪ Assisting the development of a web-based track-line diagram to monitor track activity,and updating old C++ systems to utilize newer technologies in Angular and Java.▪ Wrote Java with a software development team for the backend to synchronize thetransmission of messages from the server to the web application via microservices.▪ Wrote UNIX shellcode to update the deployment of new code releases to a Nexusserver through the GitHub CI/CD pipeline.▪ Wrote JavaScript, TypeScript, & CSS to refine the UI and implement graphical changes. Show less

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  Carnegie Mellon University

  Jun 2022 - Aug 2022

  Undergraduate Researcher

  ▪ Joined the Search-Based Planning Lab to test the performance of three informed path-planning algorithms to discern optimal performance in congested urban environments.▪ Implemented three versions of the A* Search algorithm in C++ using hash-maps to ensure computational efficiency and refined memory management skills in C++.▪ Gained experience applying my technical knowledge with real-world scenarios to research solutions to affect positive social change.

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  University of Pittsburgh Swanson School of Engineering

  Jan 2023 - Apr 2023

  Principal Firmware Engineer

  ▪ Our senior design team won first place for the Computer & Electrical Engineering Department at the University of Pittsburgh's 2023 Spring Senior Design Expo.▪ We developed a mouse with 12 newly designed capacitive touch buttons whose functionality dynamically changed based upon the user's top-level application.▪ I implemented a factory design pattern for the dynamic and compile-free configuration of mouse buttons in C/C++.▪ I configured the pin layout & clock speeds, and wrote the communication protocols for an STM32WB35CCU6A micro-controller to communicate with peripherals via GPIO, I2C, and SPI respectively.Full Project Description: https://www.zacharycolimon.com/posts/2023-05-01/Senior-design.html Show less

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  Carnegie Mellon University

  Jun 2023 - Aug 2023

  Assistant Researcher

  ▪ Joined the Social Haptics Robotics and Education Lab▪ Developed a pedagogical user interface in Python to communicate with a low-cost, self-assembled robotic loom to teach marginalized youth linear algebra, mechanical design, and weaving principles. ▪ Experimented with linear algebra concepts innate to culturally significant woven structures to supplement educational initiatives in maker spaces.