Shailaja Bhardwaj

Experience

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  LearnLab, part of Carnegie Mellon University Simon Initiative

  May 2020 - Aug 2021

  REU Research Intern

  Member of the Human-Computer Interaction Institute's Summer Undergraduate Research Program, specifically as an educational technology research intern. Responsibilities included:- Tested and improved a personalized tutoring application to facilitate math learning for over 1,000 K-12 students. - Performed qualitative research and data analysis on nine focus groups, leading to four conference publications co-authored by researchers at CMU. - Created, implemented, and tested a social justice-based pre-algebra problem set in the tutor. Show less

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  Human-Computer Interaction Institute - Carnegie Mellon University - School of Computer Science

  Aug 2021 - Jun 2022

  Research Assistant
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  PTC

  Jun 2022 - May 2023

  Digital UX Intern

  - Redesigned the end-to-end experience of the Onshape EDU microsite, reducing overall site friction by 19%.- Analyzed site data and conducted multiple rounds of user interviews.- Constructed the live site via HTML, CSS and Crownpeak.

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  Carnegie Mellon University School of Computer Science

  Aug 2022 - May 2023

  Teaching Assistant for 17-200/17-684: Ethics & Policy Issues in Computing

  - Curated debate topics and resources; moderated class debates- Facilitated class discussions on the ethical decisions & considerations surrounding Engineering, AI, and LLM technologies- Graded research papers, midterm projects and presentations

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  PTC

  Jul 2023 - now

  Technical Rotational Leadership Development Program (RLDP) Analyst

  The RLDP, spanning two years with four 6-month rotations, offers multifaceted business exposure, cultivating leadership, technical expertise, and commercial acumen.Rotation 1: PTC EducationRotation 2: Corporate Experience CenterRotation 3: AI Product Management