Miles Wu

Computer Science
Software Engineering

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Projects

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Story Seeker

Alexa Skill created to let users listen to and interact with choice-based stories. Stories crowdsourced by StorySeeker developer platform. Here, creators can create, build, maintain, and publish their own Choose-Your-Own-Adventure stories for Alexa users to access.

Collaboration with: Robert Geil

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Water Wars

Water Wars

Web application created to gamify and promote water conservation. Responsible for enabling users to search for specific addresses and see the water usage in those areas using the Google Maps Geocoding API.

  • React
  • Google Maps API
  • Javascript / HTML / CSS

Collaboration with: Robert Geil, Daniel Adea

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Sorting Visualizer

Sorting Visualizer

Interactive website designed to allow users to view the step by step process of various sorting algorithms. Users can specify the array size, sorting algorithm being used, and the speed of the visualization.

  • React.js
  • Redux
  • Javascript / HTML / CSS
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MicroMouse

Self-navigating miniature car created for the capstone project of the IEEE OPS Program. Designed PCBs, circuitry, and implemented code to create maze-navigating "mouse." System detects obstacles using IR emmitters and receivers, responding and navigating around using the PD system implemented through Arduino.

  • Arduino Nano
  • PCBs
  • Infrared Emmitters & Receivers

Collaboration with: Eugene Yang

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Skills

Languages

  • Javascript / ES6+
  • C / C++
  • Python
  • Kotlin
  • HTML5
  • CSS3
  • Bash
  • Java

Frameworks

  • React.js
  • Angular.js
  • React Native
  • Android Studio

Tools

  • Node.js
  • Redux
  • Firebase
  • Git
  • SQL
  • Netlify
  • ESLint

Other

  • Consulting
  • Leadership
  • Material UI
  • Bootstrap
  • Figma
  • Adobe XD

Experience

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Co-founder, Internal Director

RISE Summer 2020
Summer 2020
  • Recruited and ran a community of 65+ students and 70+ industry mentors.
  • Led weekly director meetings to plan internal events and ways to improve the program based on community feedback/needs.
  • Acted as a consultant and resource for community members.
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ACM Hack Officer

UCLA ACM Hack
Fall 2019-Present
  • Directing an intro to web dev and design fellowship, Bloom. Facilitating discussion about program goals, marketing, and workshop curriculum.
  • Developing the website for our annual hackathon using React & Gatsby.
  • Teaching technical workshops covering various web/mobile dev topics.
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Full-Stack Developer

Society of Women Engineers @ UCLA
Fall 2019-Present
  • Implementing the SWE Event Portal with a team of developers.
  • Responsible for user registration: building event signup pages in React, working on Node Express endpoints to send/receive user data to our PostgreSQL database.
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Private Instructor

Juni Learning
Summer 2019-Present
  • Instructing young students in fundamental computer science concepts.
  • Adapting to student needs and learning styles to better facilitate student understanding.
Interact Club Rotary International

Public Relations Officer

Interact Club | Rotary International
2016-2018
  • Reached out to community organizations for volunteering opportunities.
  • Communicated with representatives of Rotary International to coordinate fundraising and volunteer events.

About Me

Hello! :)

I am a highly motivated undergraduate at UCLA with a passion for the user-focused problem solving experience. Much of my expertise is in the realm of web and mobile app development, but I am constantly exploring my interests and looking to learn about new fields in tech!

Some of my recent interests include:

  • Tech Consulting
  • Product Management
  • Contributing to Open Source

I'm currently looking for an internship position in the tech industry, but also feel free to contact me with any other collaboration opportunities! Always open to help support others and discuss new ideas!

My Mission

Growth

Looking for experiences and opportunities to learn about new concepts, skills, or fields in tech! Not afraid to push my own limits.

Collaboration

Passionate about peer-to-peer discussion and problem solving. Fervent advocate for mutual learning, leadership, and support :D

Pride

I strive to be purposeful and have clear intention. I want to produce quality work that I can be proud of.

Get In Touch

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