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Hi, I am Aleks

Aleks Berezowski

Software Engineering Student at University of Calgary.

I am a 3rd year software engineering student, although I have had a passion for robotics and programming since middle school! For example, in high school I coded autonomous programs for competitive robotics, including implementing custom computer vision algorithms. Outside of software, I work on PCB development, some fun projects such as building a can cannon, and enjoy training in martial arts.

People Skills
Time Management
Critical Thinking
Organization
Collaboration

Skills

Experiences

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Sales, Marketing, and Automation Intern
Alberta Indoor Comfort

May 2018 - Present, Calgary, Alberta

Alberta Indoor Comfort is your One Stop Shop for All Things for Your Home, including Heating, Cooling, Indoor Air Quality, Renovations for Senior’s Accessible Living and Home Technology.

Responsibilities:
  • Automated over $31,000 worth of data entry using Python and Selenium
  • Managed company social media accounts and ran inorganic social media campaigns.
  • Made multiple sales funnels in Clickfunnels / Zapier, worked on lead generation, and created sales funnel operation procedures.
  • Generated over 8,800 qualified leads in 9 days via social media.
  • Developed webpages in Thrive Architect to market and sell products and service.

Co-President
DeepRacer Calgary

July, 2022 - Present, Calgary, Alberta

DeepRacer Calgary is a student-led initiative that strives to enable and empower individuals to learn about the applications of machine learning (ML). It is Canada’s first autonomous racing league for students. Using reinforcement learning (RL), an advanced ML technique, students will develop models to compete for the fastest lap time.

Responsibilities:
  • Manage team of 10 people to ensure people stay on task
  • Designed the entire DeepRacer website
  • Keep in constant communication with Amazon about our progress
  • Build and implement marketing plan
  • Construct 4’ walls on a 24’ by 16’ track out of wood
  • Keep on-top of latest racing models
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Electrical, Computer and Software Engineering Student’s Society

May 2021 - Present, Calgary, Alberta

The University of Calgary’s Electrical, Computer, and Software Engineering Students’ Society aims to support their undergraduate students, both academically and socially, by providing them with a variety of events to enrich their University experience.

President

May 2022 - Present

  • Effectively lead a team of 26 people.
  • Market to and engage with a student population of well over 800 students.
  • Ensure all internal projects are being met on time.
  • Ensure open communication between the University, Students, and Executive council.
Vice President Internal

May 2021 - May 2022

  • Manage internal operations for the Electrical, Computer and Software Engineering Student’s Society.
  • Responsibilities include social media management, homeroom upkeep, and ensuring effective internal communication.

Research Assistant
Nanotribology Lab

May 2022 - August 2022, Calgary, Alberta

Our research focuses on the study friction, plasticity and wear at the nanoscale using atomic force microscopy (AFM). We investigate these problems on simple materials and determine the fundamental physical mechanisms by which they occur.

Responsibilities:
  • Built software and electrical systems for a “Bearing Vibration Analysis Setup”
  • Developed control software for a custom circular grease tribometer
  • Worked to remote control an Atomic Force Microscopy machine
  • Created a data processing software to automate data analysis
  • CAD’d multiple smaller lab objects or replacements
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Electrical Team Member
CalgaryToSpace

November 2021 - Present, Calgary, Alberta

CalgaryToSpace works to inspire, engage and encourage the aerospace industry in our city by launching the University of Calgary’s first student-designed and constructed nano-satellite.

Responsibilities:
  • Design team focused on building and launching a satellite carrying research payloads.
  • Learning about embedded system design and testing.
  • All electrical schematic and routing work done within Altium.

XP1 CANIS Electrical Team Lead and Software Team Member
Alberta Collegiate Robotics

May 2021 - November 2021, Calgary, Alberta

AC Robotics aims to create the leaders of tomorrow by providing a safe, fun, challenging environment for youth and post-secondary students to engage with engineering.

Responsibilities:
  • Helped to create, manage and lead the electrical team for the XP1 Robot Dog project.
  • Designed and routed multiple PCBs that control and monitor the robot’s electrical hardware.
  • Developed software to control and monitor the robot dog’s embedded system.
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Software Development Intern
Aktirak

July 2021 - September 2021, Calgary, Alberta

Aktirak Corporation provides consulting services and solutions for operational/industrial data integration and automation technologies.

Responsibilities:
  • Independently created solutions to client problems using robotic process automation.
  • Developed multiple automated systems.
  • Wrote documentation for all created programs.
  • Created presentations for potential clients on all solutions.

Owner
Local Kid Services

April 2016 - September 2018, Calgary, Alberta

Local Kid Services was a small business that provided labor services, mainly for elderly customers.

Responsibilities:
  • Created, branded, and ran a small labor company, including business cards and a functional website.
  • Managed multiple subcontractors.
  • Secured several repeat customers.
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Education

2020-Present
B.Sc. in Software Engineering
GPA: 3.28 out of 4
Taken Courses
  • Data Structures, Algorithms & Applications
  • Computer Organization
  • Signals and Transforms
  • Principles of Software Development
  • Digital Circuits
  • Programming Fundamentals
  • Differential Equations
  • Acoustics, Optics, and Modern Physics
  • Behavior of Liquids, Gases, and Solids
  • Engineering Statics
  • Fundamental Electrical Circuitry
  • Multivariable Calculus
  • Electricity and Magnetism
  • General Chemistry for Engineers
  • Design & Communication
  • Computing for Engineers
  • Linear Methods 1
  • Calculus for Engineers
Extracurricular Activities
  • VP Internal for the University of Calgary's Electrical, Computer, and Software Engineering Students' Society.
  • Electrical Team Member for CalgaryToSpace.
Springbank Community High School
2016-2020
Alberta High School Diploma
GPA: 3.3 out of 4
Extracurricular Activities
  • Organization Lead for Springbank Robotics Team.
  • Public Speaker Competitor for Springbank Skills Alberta Team.

Projects

QuickWave - Electrical
QuickWave - Electrical
Developer Sept 2020 - Dec 2020

Designed the electrical circuitry for the EEG machine based on a standard 21-node placement.

QuickWave - Software
QuickWave - Software
Circuit Designer Sept 2020 - Dec 2020

For this project I coded two things. First was C++ for the Arduino Nano that received and processed EEG signals, and the second is the webserver that was hosted on an ESP8266 that displayed these signals.

FIRST Tech Challenge
FIRST Tech Challenge
Organization Lead, Software Lead Sept 2017 - Jun 2020

Designed, built, and coded robots using metal, actuators, and prebuilt electronic control systems. Also coded in Java to do autonomous tasks and developed a custom computer vision algorithm.

XP1 Canis Sensor Board
XP1 Canis Sensor Board
Electrical Team Lead May 2021 - Nov 2021

I was on a project called XP1 Canis with a goal to eventually recreate Boston Dynamic’s “Spot”. My specific contribution is the PCB Board that controlled and process all the signals from the project.

Can Cannon
Creator Dec 2021 - Jan 2022

Shot canned beverages out of cannon I designed and made at over 70 kilometers per hour. It not only taught me principles behind mechanical engineering, but also how to produce, film, and edit a video.

Think Positive
Team Member Nov 2021

Think Positive was my team’s submission to Hack The Change 2021. It is an assessment tool that allows users to gain insight into their mental health.

Lighthouse Labs
Team Member Nov 2021 - Dec 2021

Lighthouse Labs Coding Challenge was a 21-day challenge in Javascript. I programmed 21 different methods, including dealing with objects, iterations, and all foundational Javascript skills.

magpieCTF2022
Team Member Feb 2022

magpieCTF is a jeopardy-style, team-based, online CTFs/cybersecurity/hacking competition taking place over two days with thousands of dollars in cash prizes.

CPSC 319 Coursework
CPSC 319 Coursework
Student Jan 2022 - April 2022

Fundamental data structures, including arrays, lists, stacks, queues, trees, hash tables, and graphs. Algorithms for searching and sorting.

ENSF 409 Coursework
ENSF 409 Coursework
Student Jan 2022 - April 2022

Key features of an object-oriented programming language, especially inheritance and polymorphism; elements of object-oriented design; programming and application of common data structures; strategies and tools for testing and debugging.

ENSF 337 Coursework
ENSF 337 Coursework
Student Sept 2021 - Dec 2021

Key features of the C programming language. Pointers, memory models and memory management. Manipulation of text files and binary files.

ENGG 233 Coursework
ENGG 233 Coursework
Student Sept 2020 - Dec 2020

Functions of software components such as operating systems, editors, compilers. Programming in a high-level language, selection and loop structures, routines, array and record types, text file operations.

AWS DeepRacer
AWS DeepRacer
Competitor Nov 2021 - Apr 2022

Programed a reinforcement learning reward function for a car to race around a track.

AFM Peak Detection
AFM Peak Detection
Student Researchers May 2022 - Aug 2022

Made a program to clean and process signals from an Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM) machine to contribute to a research paper.

ENSF 409 Final Project
ENSF 409 Final Project
Student Jan 2022 - April 2022

This is a final project for ENSF 409 offered by the University of Calgary. It is a food management system for a foodbank complete with automatically making food hampers based on household needs, connecting and updating a SQL database, and a frontend GUI.

Byte Pair Encoder
Developer Apr 2022

This project is a personal project to try and make a byte pair encoder and decoder. The goal is to make long strings of text smaller by replacing long strings by shorter strings.

RazorSync Work Report Scraper
Developer Jun 2022

Made a software to automate thousands of hours of work, saving the company tens of thousands of dollars in data entry.

AFM Peak Detection
Developer May 2022 - Aug 2022

This code is meant to automate the process of finding peaks and valleys in AFM data and do all the needed math, turning hours or days of work into under a minute of computing.

Rotating Grease Tribometer
Developer May 2022 - Aug 2022

Took hardware from a linear grease tribometer that was developed to be used in a thesis paper experiment and redid the hardware the the code to make it a rotating tribometer instead.

Bearing Vibration Analysis Setup
Software and Electrical Developer May 2022 - Aug 2022

Designed the electrical and software needed to run an experimental setup to research faults in bearings, and see if specific vibrations can be recorded to predict not only a fault in a bearing ahead of time but also what the fault is caused by.