Educational history
University of the Witwatersrand
- In 2020, I am completing my third year of Electrical Engineering (Information) at the University of the Witwatersrand
- Last year completed: Third Year, 2019, I graduated BEngSci Digital Arts
Hyde Park High School
- Last grade completed: Grade 12, 2016
Third Year end of year results (2019)
- Electric and Magnetic Systems 70%
- Signals and Systems I 70%
- Professional Practice and Software Development 70%
- Introduction to the World Wide Web as a Creative Medium 3 70%
- Game Design 3A 57%
- Game Design 3B 64%
- 67% Average
Second Year end of year results (2018)
- Data Structures and Algorithms 67%
- Electronics 1 57%
- Software Development 1 54%
- Microprocessors 76%
- Mathematics 2 62%
- Digital Art Design Project 77%
- Introduction to Game Creation 2A 64%
- Introduction to Game Creation 2B 63%
- 65% Average
Achievements
- July 2019 – Won Best Artwork for ‘Supernatural Rafting’ in 36 hour Game Jam at Comic Con South Africa
- February 2018 – Seventh from WITS and 26th from South Africa at Google Hashcode
- July 2018 – Wits School of Electrical and Information Engineering Featured Article on Microprocessors project
Employment and volunteerism
Employment
December 2019 – January 2020 – Paid three week Engineering Internship at iMining (Pty) Ltd
- Designed battery monitor circuit in Eagle software package
- Wrote user manual and fabrication document for electronic product
- Designed 2×16 LCD UI for electronic product
July 2019 – Paid two week Engineering Internship at Redshift Cyber Security (Pty) Ltd
- Learning about the Information Security industry and ethical hacking
- Understanding the technical business environment and professionalism
September 2017- September 2019 – Paid employment at Master Maths Rosebank, part-time tutoring Mathematics for grade 4-11.
September 2019- Present – Private tutor in Parkview area for High School Mathematics and Physical Science
Volunteerism
- September 2019, 2017 – Volunteer setting up A MAZE section of Fak’ugesi African Digital Innovation Festival. This was done through Wits Electrical Engineering (Digital Art)
- May 2018 – Eskom Johannesburg Expo for Young Scientists Judge
- December 2017, 2016, 2014 – Helped serve food for homeless people for the annual St. Columbus Presbyterian Church Christmas lunch.
Other skills
- January – July 2019 – Engineering Leadership and Professional Development course completed at Wits
- 2014 – 2019 – Programming in C++, Python, Java, SQL, Qiskit, HTML – to Third Year Level o December 2019 – Completed Quantum Computing Summer School at Wits
- 2011-2019 – Confident public speaking ability, as well as writing English creatively o 2016 – Received Full Colours for Public Speaking at Hyde Park High School and Achieved 85% for English Home Language IEB in Matric
Social Activities and hobbies
Sport – Parkrun 2017-2020, five-a-side soccer 2017-2020
Interests and hobbies – Running, filmmaking, and reading
Societies – Pirates Running Club 2018, School Senior Counsellor 2016, and Major Production lead actor 2015-2016