Andrea Edelstein

Education

McGill University: M.Eng. Electrical Engineering (2012)

• Adapted machine learning and image processing techniques to the domain of wireless sensor networks
• Investigated and analyzed the physical behaviour of wireless signals
• Contributed to three IEEE conference/journal papers
• Winner of both the Principal's and the Provost's Graduate Fellowships (2009)
• NSERC Alexander Graham Bell Canada Graduate Scholarship Recipient (2010)

McGill University: B.Eng. Computer Engineering (May 2009)

• CGPA: 3.89/4.00
• Dean's Honour List (2006-2009)
• J.W. McConnell Scholarship Recipient (2005-2008)
• Large projects include:

• Participated in full-scale Java software engineering project including planning, coding, testing and documentation (design patterns, SRS, test cases, etc.)
• Designed and implemented many low-level applications in VHDL, assembly and embedded C including games and sensor networks

Dawson College: DEC in First Choice Pure & Applied Sciences (June 2005)

• GPA: 95%
• Graduated with First Class Honours
• Won First Year and Second Year Achievement Awards
• Tutored physics
• First Choice Trivia Team

Work Experience

Freelance Software and Webpage Developer (2005-Present)

• Design and implement software, scripts and webpages for a variety of clients
• Solicit requirements and document solutions clearly for both technical and non-technical audiences
• Employ HTML5, JavaScript, CSS, SQL, etc. as well as Photoshop to create slick, attractive, interactive and complex webpages
• Employ Java, Perl, C, etc. to build intuitive, efficient text- and GUI-based solutions

RockyHorrorMontreal.com: Webmaster (2005-Present)

• Implement and update website as per client's wishes using PHP, JavaScript, etc.
• Reply to or otherwise deal with all e-mail inquiries
• Manage social media for the client (Twitter, YouTube, etc.)

Intelerad Medical Systems: QA intern (2008), QA Analyst (2009)

• Wrote Perl-based automated scripts to test back-end, front-end and web-based components
• Diagnosed and filed reports on found bugs and verified bug fixes
• Edited and improved internal tool libraries

Debbie's Dishes [online antique dealers]: Lead tech support (2002-2008)

• Maintained office network
• Troubleshot hardware and software problems
• Independently acquired skills to solve new problems as they arose

Volunteer Experience

P.O.W.E. (Promoting Opportunities for Women in Engineering): Demonstrator (2009)

• Gave talks about McGill's engineering program to high school students
• Presented ongoing research from the Computer Networks Research Laboratory

P.O.W.E.: Assistant coordinator (2005)

• Collected and created original material to distribute to high school students
• Animated activities to educate students about engineering careers
• Organized sponsorship deals for conference raffle

Skills

• Fluent French and English
• Excellent writing skills
• Responsible and organized
• Programming languages: Perl, Java, MATLAB, PHP, JavaScript, CSS, HTML, C/C++, SQL, jQuery, VB.NET, Python, shell scripting, UML

Other Interests

• Astrophysics and aerospace, video games, creative writing, open-source development