“We’ve worked on promising ideas, and Michael is one of the best tech savvy I know from Sierra Leone. I highly recommend his expertise to a company looking for a software engineer. He is the most profound person I have met, and his ability to tackle any problem is remarkable and with a warm smile. Michael would become an appreciated member of any team.”
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Experience & Education
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Addy AI
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Volunteer Experience
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Computer Science Tutor
TEALS Program
- 1 year
Education
Using SNAP to teach Intro to Computer Science in high schools.
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Volunteer
TEDxYouth@KingTom
- 4 months
Economic Empowerment
- Volunteered to help organize the first-ever TEDx event in Sierra Leone specifically aimed at triggering the potentials of young people and spur them into action.
Courses
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Responsible Conduct of Research for Engineers
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YC Startup School 2022
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Projects
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COVID-19 Contact Tracing App
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In this project, we proved that COVID-19 contact tracing can be both anonymous and effective and we won $3,000 as one of 6 winners in the University System of Maryland's COVID-19 app challenge for our prototype. In two weeks, we built an app that traces COVID-19 contacts via Bluetooth using the DP-3T algorithm. The app notifies users when they may have been exposed to someone who tested positive for COVID-19 without collecting any personal information. Not even location info! We also added…
In this project, we proved that COVID-19 contact tracing can be both anonymous and effective and we won $3,000 as one of 6 winners in the University System of Maryland's COVID-19 app challenge for our prototype. In two weeks, we built an app that traces COVID-19 contacts via Bluetooth using the DP-3T algorithm. The app notifies users when they may have been exposed to someone who tested positive for COVID-19 without collecting any personal information. Not even location info! We also added localized statistics for 1,329 zip codes in Maryland and GIS mapping to visualize COVID-19 trends anywhere within Maryland. The project also went on to earn some media recognition in the Maryland community.
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Evalu8 - Restaurant Reviews, directions and Recommendations
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See projectA web app that recommends tens of thousands of restaurants around the US to customers based on reviews, directions, and geospatial data. Built with Python 3.7, JavaScript, SQL, Jinja 2, HTML 5, CSS 3, Django.
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Flack
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See projectBuilt a clone of Slack in two days using socket.io to broadcast messages to clients on the same network with no internet connection required. Built with Flask, Python 3.7, JavaScript, socket.io, HTML 5, CSS 3.
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PizzaHive
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See projectPizza ordering app. The database model stores prices in a separate table to promote data flexibility if food prices change in the future. Built with Python 3.7, JavaScript, SQL, Jinja 2, HTML 5, CSS 3.
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Apparel - Online Clothing Store
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See projectE-commerce clothing website. Built with React.js, JavaScript, Firebase, Stripe
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Disaster Management System
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See projectDesktop app for collecting data during disaster recovery. Has security features to prevent data redundancy. Allows text and image file formats. Built with Visual Basic .NET, SQL.
Honors & Awards
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Winner, COVID-19 App Challenge
University System of Maryland
One of six winners awarded $3,000 for the University System of Maryland's COVID-19 app challenge sponsored by IBM and AWS. We created a COVID-19 contact tracing app that notifies users when they may have been exposed to someone who tested positive for COVID-19 without collecting any personal information. Please refer to my COVID-19 project here on LinkedIn to learn more.
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Featherstone Award Winner 2020
The Featherstone Foundation
The Featherstone scholarship award celebrates excellence in students from underprivileged backgrounds.
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First Place Inspired Discoveries Competition Winner 2020
University of Baltimore
Inspired Discoveries is an undergraduate research competition that recognizes excellent undergraduate work at the University of Baltimore. I won first place in the 2020 competition for the e-learning research I conducted in Sierra Leone to identify the limitations of using e-learning environments in developing countries supervised by Dr. Vincenti
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Featherstone Award Winner 2019
The Featherstone Foundation
The Featherstone award promotes higher education and empowered outstanding students from underserved communities.
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High Impact Honors Undergraduate Award Winner 2020
Helen P. Denit Honors Program
One of two winners of the high impact practice award that recognizes and provides funds for outstanding undergraduate educational experiences. I was awarded the award because of my involvement in the 2020 NASA suits challenge.
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Turner Research Award Winner 2020
University of Baltimore
The Turner Research award supports research and conference travel endeavors at the University of Baltimore. I received the award to travel with the University of Baltimore team to NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston to present our augmented reality system to aid astronauts during extravehicular activities.
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Laurence Short Award
University of Baltimore International Services Office
The award recognizes outstanding academic performance and extracurricular activities among international students at the University of Baltimore.
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Dean's List High-Honors 2019
University of Baltimore College of Arts and Sciences
High Honors recognition for straight A's for the 2019 academic year.
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Featherstone Award Winner 2019
The Featherstone Foundation
The Featherstone award promotes higher education and empowers outstanding students from underserved communities.
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Turner Research Award Winner 2019
University of Baltimore
The Turner Research award supports research and conference travel endeavors at the University of Baltimore. I received the award to conduct e-learning research in Sierra Leone.
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