Snigdaa Sethuram

Experience

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  Apoorva Noopura School of Dance

  Dec 2014 - Aug 2019

  Assistant Rehearsal director

  Instruct students of all ages and stages of development in dance on techniques to improve stance, expression, definition of movement, and architecture of each dance. Assist in choreography of new dances.

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  Sai Quality Consulting

  Jan 2015 - Dec 2016

  QA Consultant

  Carried out tasks such as detailing exploratory reviews of applications, organizing past projects and payouts, creating copies of files and documents, filing current documents, and assisting in the testing of products.

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  Las Vegas Productions

  Jun 2015 - Aug 2015

  Summer Graphic Design Intern

  Create advertisements in the form of pdfs of jpeg images, or use video imaging to promote artists and comedians, their tours, and their social media. Utilize programs such as Adobe InDesign, Adobe Photoshop, etc. in order to create more interactive and effective graphics and advertising.● Completed all marketing media for Killer Beaz's summer 2015 tour

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  Rutgers University

  Aug 2015 - Sept 2018

  Scripted code in python to analyze and visualize cosmological simulation data. Automated data collection processes using python science packages in conjunction with pandas. Documented all research tasks and data into a thesis and presented findings at conferences● Contributed to specialized python code which is now being used by theoretical physicists at several institutions● Received High Honors in Astrophysics for thesis and presentation Oversaw, trained, and delegated to Engineering and Production teams ~30-40 employees on Tricaster technology, Adobe suite, and industry cameras & field equipment. Utilized and troubleshooted IPTV tech during live broadcasts and provided technical support for Rutgers students & staff. ● Reduced amount of service calls to the network by 85% by creating informational tutorial● Upgraded network and servers from SD to HD technology

  • Undergraduate Research Assistant

    Sept 2015 - Sept 2018

  • RUTV Engineering Manager

    Aug 2015 - May 2018
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  Michigan State University

  May 2016 - Jul 2016

  Summer REU Researcher

  Assigned to a research project under Dr. Stephen Zepf and Dr. Mark Peacock. Consolidated and cleaned globular cluster data from the VCC in Hubble and the SDSS in order to ascertain the color gradient between the two telescopes. Using photometry of SDSS as well as tools like ds9, IRAF, and SExtractor, further photometry of clusters closer to the central galaxies (namely M87) was attained and added to the catalog. ● Created the largest available open-source table of globular clusters, ~400 clusters● Won Top Poster Presentation at Princeton women's conference in Jan 2017 Show less

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  Rutgers Science Explorer Bus

  Sept 2016 - Dec 2017

  Records Analyst and Assistant Volunteer

  Work on cataloguing every student who has been taught by the explorer bus over the past 10 years. Conducted tours of the scientific exhibits at Rutgers as well as at the MSLC. Aided in recreational scientific activities for children K-12. ● Created successful and innovative curriculum for special needs class● Archived 75% of students who attended the program and their current educational status

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  Association of South-Asian A cappella

  Aug 2017 - Apr 2019

  A3 Technology/Design Committee Member

  Contribute to the planning and execution of All American Awaaz 2018 and 2019, a collegiate a cappella championship, held in a new city every year.Technology: Secured and managed photographers and videographers for pre- and during competition day; planned a documentary-style video for how these competitions take place, as well as creating photography packages to cover all aspects of the show, including mixer, soundcheck, practice, and showtime. Worked with controlling lighting and audio during the show, which includes controlling the intro videos for each team, lighting cues during setlists, setting up during soundchecks, etc.Design: Create a few of the released videos for A3 as well as coordinate with a professional editor on creating the rest of the videos. I collaborated with others on creating team merchandise, color palette, etc. Show less

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  Varsity Tutors, a Nerdy Company

  Sept 2018 - Aug 2019

  Physics/Math Tutor

  Tutored students from middle school to college in subjects regarding python, physics, astronomy, or math by creating personalized curricula and lesson plans for individual students● Successfully helped student finish python project to qualify for work at Hamamatsu● Raised student’s grade from D to A- in high school Honors Physics with 10 sessions

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  Georgia Institute of Technology

  Aug 2019 - now

  Graduate Research Assistant

  Doing ML-focused work in Dr. John Wise's computational cosmology group towards improving the performance of the Enzo astrophysical simulation code and creating an astro simulation super-resolution pipeline in post-processing.

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  Simons Foundation

  Aug 2021 - Jan 2022

  Predoctoral Fellow at the Center for Computational Astrophysics