Shukan Shah

329342 Georgia Tech Station, Atlanta, GA 30332-1265 (732) 593-7806 shukanshah14@gmail.com US Citizen
github.com/shukieshah

Education__________________________________________________________
Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA

John P. Stevens High School, Edison, NJ

August 2016 May 2020 (Expected)

Bachelor of Science in Computer Science

June 2016

High School Diploma Magna Cum Laude

GPA 3.97/4.0 (Unweighted)

Honors

National Merit Scholar, National AP Scholar

American Computer Science League National All-Star Qualifier
Odyssey of the Mind World Championships (placed 11th in the world)

Skills______________________________________________________________
Programming: Java, Python, C++, XML, HTML, JavaScript, JSON, JQuery, CSS, Android
Concepts: Object-oriented Programming, Basic Data Structures and Algorithms, Web Design/Development (Self-Taught),
Mobile Android Application Development (Self-Taught)
Technologies: Android Studio, Apache Tomcat J2EE servlets, JSP, Struts2, JDBC, Tomcat Client/Server protocols, Java Swing/FX
Languages: English (native), Spanish (intermediate), Hindi (intermediate), Gujarati (Fluent)
Clubs/Student Organizations: Emerging Leaders Class of 2016-2017, Git-Mad (Android Club), Video-Game Dev, Grey-Hat

Projects____________________________________________________________
Social Media Friend-Connection Application

Evade Android Game Application

July 2016 August 2016

CurrencyConverter, an app to convert major world currencies back and forth and display their visual image
Implemented using AndroidStudio ; makes use of multiple activities, intents, UI design and layout, and fragments

Artificially Intelligent Hangman Game

August 2016 September 2016

Evade, a game that requires you to move character (via touch) out of the way of randomly generated falling objects
Implemented using Android Studio; features levels, saved high scores, multiple threads and activities, and animation
Collaborated with two other students; learned to use Git from command-line

Currency Calculator Android Application

September 2016

WhereYaApp, an app that gathers location data, ranks hotspots, & notifies users where their friends are in real-time
Implemented in Android using Google Maps and Facebook API; uses location ranking algorithms, online database
management system, Firebase backend solution, UI/UX design
Created at HackGT (Georgia Techs annual competitive hackathon): www.WhereYaApp.net

December 2015 January 2016

Version of hangman that enables the computer to play with the user and try to "predict" the word the user is thinking
of, learns new words over time
Implemented in Java - File Writers, letter scanning/matching algorithms, and word database used

Work Experience____________________________________________________
Software Internship at IDT Corp.

June 2015 - July 2015

Paid, five-week summer internship at multinational, telecommunications company

Worked in software development under a senior software engineer and developed a visual feature for the companys
proprietary customer service Java EE web application
Modified the apache tomcat server it runs on and learned key web-dev concepts
Gave a presentation of final app to software team (link to slideshow and screenshots): http://tinyurl.com/jc5vdde

Leadership__________________________________________________________
Emerging Leaders Class of 2016-2017 (Current School Year)

Co-Founder of CyberHawks (Programming Club)

September 2016 Present

Georgia Tech First-Year Leadership Organization that utilizes community service and leadership to make a difference
Highly Selective: Online application, interview process, 30 freshman selected out of large applicant pool

September 2015 June 2016

Taught cyber security, web programming, app development, and computer science/theory to members; Prepared
students for American Computer Science League; Organized and competed at hackathons and code competitions
sponsored by NYU Polytech (Cyber Security Awareness Week)

Executive Board Officer of Key Club (Community Service Organization)

April 2015 June 2016
Organized and planned school-wide service events and charity fundraisers, assigned members with specific
community service duties; Designed/coded club website which won best Key Club website at NJ District Convention