👨‍💻 Experience

Software Engineer @ BlackRock
Software Engineer Intern @ Tesla
Data Engineer Intern @ Homebase (Y-Combinator)
â–Ş Tech Stack: Python (Scrapy, Selenium, Pandas), PHP, Redis, Airflow, PostgreSQL, AWS.     â–Ş Date: 06/2023 - 9/2023. â–Ş Location: Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam (Remote). â–Ş Site.
Responsibilities
▪ Developed a distributed web‑scraper with Python (Scrapy, Selenium, Pandas), Redis, and Airflow, reducing runtime by 75%. ▪ Automated ETL from WordPress to Strapi CMS with PHP, Pandas, RESTful APIs, PostgreSQL, and AWS S3, reducing operational time by 25%. ▪ Built a WordPress blog website using AWS EC2, boosting traffic organically from search engines.
Graduate Research Assistant @ CS Department (Virginia Tech)
â–Ş Tech Stack: Python (Dash, Plotly), Docker, Kubernetes.     â–Ş Date: 04/2023 - Present. â–Ş Location: Falls Church, Virginia. â–Ş Site.
Responsibilities
â–Ş Designed and built an interactive website for statistics and ML algorithms visualization with Python (Dash, Plotly) and Docker. â–Ş Deployed the website on Kubernetes cluster, ensuring scalability and reliability.
Graduate Research Assistant @ Commonwealth Cyber Initiatives (Virginia Tech)
â–Ş Tech Stack: Python, Dash, Tensorflow, Matplotlib, Pandas, Seaborn.         â–Ş Date: 05/2022 - 08/2022. â–Ş Location: Arlington, Virginia. â–Ş Poster.
Responsibilities
▪ Developed and fine‑tuned RNN, LSTM, and Transformer forecasting models with Python and Tensorflow, reducing operational costs by 30%. ▪ Enhanced time‑series data quality via data cleaning, feature engineering, exploratory data analysis (EDA) using Pandas and Plotly. ▪ Designed and implemented the visualization dashboard with Python and Dash for seamless integration of ML into existing SCADA water system. ▪ Boosted prediction accuracy by 4% and doubled database records by implementing TimeGAN data synthesis model.
Research Assistant @ Terrestrial Robotics Engineering & Controls Lab (Virginia Tech)
â–Ş Tech Stack: C#, C++, Unity. TREC     TREC     TREC â–Ş Date: 09/2021 - 05/2022. â–Ş Location: Blacksburg, Virginia. â–Ş Poster, Presentation.
Responsibilities
â–Ş Improved transparency by applying ROS-Bridge data transfer pipeline between the low-level robotic controller and Unity. â–Ş Created 3D interactive simulation environments in Unity with VR headsets and Haptix Gloves synchronization.
Machine Learning Intern @ Heron Systems (Shield AI Subsidiary)
â–Ş Tech Stack: Python, Javascript, PyTorch, Pandas, Plotly, SpaCy, Flask, MySQL. â–Ş Date: 05/2021 - 08/2021. â–Ş Location: Alexandria, Virginia.
Responsibilities
▪ Developed Encoder‑Decoder machine translation models (RNN, LSTM, GRU, and Transformer) with PyTorch and SpaCy. ▪ Evaluated different configurations of context vector to find the remedy of information loss problem in the decoding process.
Research Assistant @ Geo Lab (William & Mary College)
â–Ş Tech Stack: Python, Tensorflow, Matplotlib. Geo-Lab â–Ş Date: 09/2020 - 05/2021. â–Ş Location: Williamsburg, Virginia.
Responsibilities
▪ Led a team to develop CNN models (ResNet, VGG, Inception‑V3) with Python and Tensorflow for satellite‑image‑based road quality classification. ▪ Enhanced benchmark dataset by 40% through efficient data collection and class balancing using image augmentation techniques. ▪ Mitigated 70% of data‑poisoning attacks on the model by implementing and fine‑tuning an Auto‑Encoder. ▪ Achieved 3rd place among eight competing universities.
Research Assistant @ Hybrid Electric Vehicle Team (Virginia Tech)
â–Ş Tech Stack: C++, MATLAB. hevt     hevt     hevt     hevt â–Ş Date: 09/2020 - 05/2021. â–Ş Location: Blacksburg, Virginia.
Responsibilities
â–Ş Applied Sensor Fusion algorithm to Chevrolet Blazer 2019 by integrating/testing Borsh radar and Mobileye6 camera sensors. â–Ş Implemented and tested the algorithm's performance in simulation; earned full points in the EcoCar Competition's road driving tests.
Teaching Assistant @ Integrate System Design (Virginia Tech)
â–Ş Tech Stack: C++, Circuit Design, Arduino, MIT Mobile App Inventor. â–Ş Date: 05/2020 - 05/2021. â–Ş Location: Blacksburg, Virginia. Smart Home Image     Smart Home Image     Smart Home Image
Responsibilities
▪ Conducted 3 two‑hour office sessions and graded labs for 50+ students 2 times per week. ▪ Proactively addressed student inquiries on micro‑controller applications and software development in C.
Research Assistant @ Wireless Lab (Virginia Tech)
â–Ş Tech Stack: C++, Python. wireless â–Ş Date: 05/2020 - 08/2020. â–Ş Location: Blacksburg, Virginia.
Responsibilities
â–Ş Designed a controller with two stepper motors using Python, Arduino, and GRBL library for long-range signal receiving or signal sweeping tasks. The user can control the Antenna's movements through their preferred angles by entering the angles in the Python scripted interface.

🔧 Skills

  • Frontend: JavaScript, TypeScript, HTML5, CSS, SCSS | React.js, Next.js, Vue.js.
  • Backend: Python, Java, SQL, C++, C | Flask, Dash, Node.js, RESTful API | MySQL, SQLite, PostgreSQL.
  • Data Science Tools: Tensorflow, PyTorch, Scikit-learn, NumPy, Matplotlib, Pandas, Seaborn, Plotly, BeautifulSoup, OpenCV.
  • Others: Docker, Kubernetes, AWS, Git, Linux.

🎓 Education

Master of Science in Computer Engineering
â–Ş Concentration: Software & Machine Intelligence. â–Ş GPA: 3.75. â–Ş Date: 08/2022 - Present. â–Ş Location: Falls Church, Virginia.
Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering (Graduated)
â–Ş Concentration: Machine Learning, Computer Science Minor. â–Ş GPA: 3.60. â–Ş Date: 08/2018 - 05/2022. â–Ş Location: Blacksburg, Virginia.
Relevant Courses
â–Ş Deep Learning â–Ş Web Application Development â–Ş Software Engineering â–Ş Data Visualization â–Ş Advanced Machine Learning â–Ş Trustworthy Machine Learning â–Ş Data Analytics â–Ş Computer Vision â–Ş Digital Image Processing â–Ş AI & Engineering Applications â–Ş Real-time Systems â–Ş Data Structure & Algorithms â–Ş Principles Of Computer Architecture

đź“ś Publications

  • "DeepH20: Cyber attack detection in water distribution systems using deep learning." Nazmul Sikder, Minh T. Nguyen, Donald Elliot, Feras Batarseh. Elsevier's Journal of Water Process Engineering (Vol 52.) (04/2023). Link.

  • "AI for Cyberbiosecurity in Water Systems—A Survey." Daniel Sobien, Mehmet O. Yardimci, Minh T. Nguyen, Wan-Yi Mao, Vinita Fordham, Abdul Rahman, Susan Duncan, Feras Batarseh. Springer's Cyberbiosecurity Book (01/2023). Link.

đź’» Projects

RentalGPT
â–Ş Tech Stack: Python, Dash, Bootstrap, Docker, Kubernetes, HTML, CSS.     â–Ş Developed a user‑friendly real‑estate web app serving diverse stakeholder needs, using Python (Dash, Plotly), SQLite, Docker, and GCP. â–Ş Conducted data processing and EDA using pre‑trained NLP (HuggingFace’s BERT) and CV (PyTorch’s YOLOv5) for insightful market analytics. â–Ş Implemented predictive models for interest level and rental price, alongside LLaMA chatbot, enhancing user engagement and decision support. â–Ş Link.
Machine Learning Algorithms Visualization
â–Ş Tech Stack: Python, Dash, Bootstrap, Docker, Kubernetes, HTML, CSS.     â–Ş Designed and built the user‑friendly website to aid CS students in effectively comprehending complex ML and statistics concepts. â–Ş Dockerized and deployed the website on Virginia Tech’s Rancher (Kubernetes) cluster to improve scalability and reliability. â–Ş Link.
Web Bookstore
â–Ş Tech Stack: Java, Vue.js, MySQL, Figma, HTML, CSS.     â–Ş Developed the single‑page website with client/server‑side transaction validation, session handling, and user history tracking. â–Ş Implemented the middleware and RESTful APIs with Java Servlet, Apache Tomcat and MySQL database. â–Ş Employed the Data Access Object (DAO) design pattern and adhered to SOLID principles, ensuring the modular and maintainable system. â–Ş Github.
Web News
â–Ş Tech Stack: Python, Javascript, MySQL, Flask API, Werkzeug API, CKEditor API, Bootstrap, HTML, CSS. Flask-Y Image     Flask-Y Image â–Ş Transformed Y Combinator’s Hacker News into a user‑centric web app, leveraging RESTful APIs for efficient data interchange. â–Ş Developed a multi‑page functionality including user registration, login, post management, commenting system, and voting mechanism. â–Ş Github.
Smart Home Simulation
â–Ş Tech Stack: C++, Circuit Design, Arduino, MIT Mobile App Inventor. Smart Home Image     Smart Home Image     Smart Home Image â–Ş Designed, built, and tested hardware simulation with 8 automated sensors, controlled wirelessly via an Android mobile app. â–Ş Appointed to class's teaching assistant by professor due to project's design, presentation, report, and assistance to classmates. â–Ş Github.

🏅 Awards

Best ML Poster @ FLAIRS-35
â–Ş Best journal poster for ML applications in cyberbiosecurity, awarded by juries amongst 40+ submissions. â–Ş Link.
Turing Research Fellowship @ Commonwealth Cyber Initiatives
â–Ş Awarded AI Fellowship out of 21 universities in the Commonwealth of Virginia state. â–Ş Link.
Geo Research Fellowship @ Geo Lab
â–Ş One of 30 fellows (out of 150 applicants) for the US's largest geospatial data security lab. â–Ş Link.

🙌 Volunteers

President @ Teaching Robotics & Engineering Club (Virginia Tech)
â–Ş Taught C/C++, Arduino, and electric foundations and robotics projects for 15-25 club members. â–Ş Supervised club Officers in making teaching materials and mentoring club members.
Industry Relations Chair @ IEEE Student Branch (Virginia Tech)
â–Ş Tripled the number of participants by hosting peer networking events and info sessions to connect students to faculty-sponsored and company-sponsored opportunities in the ECE department. â–Ş Collaborated with company representatives in IEEE@VT Summit, resume review sessions, and tech talks. â–Ş Raised a $6,000 annual sponsorship from Collins Aerospace, Lockheed Martin, Boeing, and Texas Instruments.
Student Mentor @ Center for Enhancement of Engineering Diversity (Virginia Tech)
â–Ş Served as a sounding board for various issues that confront first-year students during the first 10 weeks. â–Ş Held weekly meetings to provide 10 mentees about how to smoothly transition into Virginia Tech culture.
Officer @ IEEE Student Branch (Virginia Tech)
▪ Organized “Fun Friday’s” peer networking events and the IEEE Summit industry/leadership conference.
Captain @ Math Team (St. Paul Preparatory School)
â–Ş Won Team Second Place in the 2017 Minnesota High School Mathematics League Tournament. â–Ş Assisted the teacher with explaining difficult problems to members. â–Ş Assigned math areas to different teammates based on skill sets to boost the team's total score.