Tanmayi Sai
[email protected] / Phone: 401-651-1811 www.tanmayisai.com
Skills
Programming Languages: Java, C++, Visual Basic, IDL, Python, yt Analysis Software, SQL, R Web Development: PHP, HTML, CSS, Adobe Dreamweaver
Work Experience GotIt! (12/2015-Present) Product Development Contractor Lead the development of the iPhone application for the physics component Innovate methods and processes to automate application functionalities Fusion Academy (08/2015-Present) Math/Science Teacher Instruct math and science courses from middle school to high school level courses. Adapt the curriculum to each students’ needs in a one-on-one classroom Department of Physics, UC Santa Cruz (April 2013- Present) Research Specialist Used large scale cosmological simulations to determine the evolution of morphology of galaxies and their respective dark matter halos using data mining and analytical techniques Responsible for finding solutions to track how the universe is changing over time in our data, which is a set of ~500 TB cosmological simulation data that is manipulated using python (Numpy, SciPy, MATLAB library) Published results in acclaimed Astrophysical Journal, awarded NSF Grant for research Department of Astronomy, UC Santa Cruz (06/2011-06/2015) Astrophysical Research Assistant Created an image analysis software using C++ , PHP and Fortran, which sorts through millions of images sent by NASA’s WISE telescope to find brown dwarfs resulting in the discovery an entire population of stars Presented results at American Physical Society conferences Santa Cruz Institute for Particle Physics (09/2012-04/2015) Managed the outreach department of SCIPP. Responsible for creating and mentoring programs for high school students Stanford EPGY (06/2012-08/2012) Taught summer courses to high school seniors in special and general theory of relativity and quantum mechanics along with professors at Stanford University. Product Manager Intern General Electric (GE) (06/2010-08/2010) Led an international team of software engineers in order to develop software using Java that tracks GE engines in airplanes and statistically predicts future failures based on rigorous statistical analysis. Created and led the production of an iPhone app for the same product Project Manager Intern Atos Origin (06/2009-08/2009) Worked with product manager on the Pampers website for Procter and Gamble in all aspects: production, management, development and testing.
Education University of California, Santa Cruz Physics/Astrophysics, B.S. 2011-2015 Association of Computing Machinery (ACM) – President of UCSC chapter (2012-2013) Engineers for Change- Founder and Chair of UCSC group Society of Physics Students – President of UCSC Chapter (2013-2015) Society of Women Engineers – Officer of UCSC Chapter (2012-2013) Women in Physics – Officer and founding member in UCSC Chapter (2012-2015)