Kyle Al-Shafei

Kalshafei@gmail.com

(774)571-4467

US Citizen

EDUCATION____________________________________________________________________________________
Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA
2014 - 2018
Candidate for Bachelor of Science in Computer Science
Episcopal High School, Alexandria, VA
GPA: 4.3
Member of Cum Laude Society.
Achieved Honor role for every quarter attending EHS.
John Meade Award for Excellence in Computer Science

2011 - 2014

EXPERIENCE ____________________________________________________________________________________
NASA - Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD
May 2014 June2014
Assistant to Dr. Alexander Kutyrev
Focus of Study: Using Fabry-Perot spectrometer and Etalons to study chlorophyll
efficiency in photosynthesis and their reaction to stimulus.
Set up, use, and analyzing technicalities of Fabry-Perot interferometer. Focused on
set up of equipment and data acquisition through Labview.
Completed stabilization of the system and taking initial data for base comparison.
University of Pennsylvania Summer Robotics, Philadelphia, PA
Student and lead programmer
Studied in basic C, circuitry, and Cad (SolidWorks 2013).
Lead a team of 3 to build a controller and a robot that functioned as a tank.
Coded for a controller and a robot that allowed a user to take the controller
and have control of 2 planes of rotation for the robot (turning and
forward/backward movement, turret movement and firing mechanism).

July 2013 August 2013

LEADERSHIP/ACTIVITIES________________________________________________________________________
RoboJackets (RoboCup CS Team)
2014 - present
o Studying previous years code and implementing new ideas.
College of Computing Soccer Team
2014 - present
o Starting forward right wing.
Team Captain of Science Olympiad
2013-2014
o Organized meetings, distributed competition assignments,
checked in on all projects to insure successful completion.
President of Asian Awareness Association
2013-2014
Scheduled and ran meetings, assisted foreign students
in assimilating to American culture, hosted and organized dinners and
parties for holidays of Asian cultures.
Team Captain of robotics team at UPenn
July 2013 August 2013
o Spread out members roles, entertained a schedule and deadlines
for each member, and executed own work as lead programmer effectively.
Team Captain of JV Soccer team
2012-2013
o Kept player moral high and entertained good relationships with all teammates.
o Represented the players in front of the coaches and spoke up about strategies and decisions.
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SKILLS __________________________________________________________________________________
Programming Languages: Java (Advanced), C (Basic), LabVIEW (Basic).
Speaking Language: Fluent in Arabic and English. Advanced in Spanish.

Other Notable attributes/achievements: Eagle Scout with two years as Senior Patrol leader. Excel in leadership roles as
well as teamwork based objectives.