Tadiwanashe Nyamapfene

Tadiwanashe Nyamapfene

Aspiring Software engineer...

Hey there! I am Tadiwanashe, I am a junior, computer science major at Rust College. I am currently working on projects that include Full Stack Web Development, and Machine Learning. I am passionate about building scalable and quality software and I am also excited about making sure we build products that are easy and efficient for users.

I have experience working with technologies and programming languages that include Python, Java(in-progress), React, JavaScript HTML, CSS, Django, PostgreSQL, MySQL, TensorFlow and other Machine Learning Algorithms. I am always looking forward to learn and connect!

Projects

Smart Pantry

smart pantry

Engineered a full stack application using React, Next.js, Material UI and Firebase which allows users seamless stock management and real time updates.

Grind Buddy

Project Three

Collaborated with fellow members to develop a study buddy application that helps college students find study partners based on the school and subject they want to study.

Image Classification Model

Project Two

Created a Machine Learning Model which is able to distinguish between 100 models of airplanes. Created the model using Tensorflow and other libraries with over 10 000 images of different airplanes.

Book Scrapping

Project One

Built a console-based book scraping application using Python, BeautifulSoup, and Selenium to extract book prices, genres from the web. Utilized Selenium to enable dynamic page handling, and BeautifulSoup for efficiently parsing and organizing the extracted data.

Tutoring Chatbot

Project Four

Developed a real time chatbot to enable real-time, remote tutoring. Used the Django framework and JavScript for real time communication and PostgreSQL databases for storing user info and messages.

Expense Tracker

Project Five

Developed an expense tracker application usin JavaScript that allows users to track their spending habits effictively. Allows users to simply enter new spendings and make edits to it.

Milestones

Math and Computer Science President

Milestone One

Served as the president of the Math and Computer Science club at Rust College for the academic year 2023-2024. Represented Rust College at the 2024 PIT-UN Civic for Tech Change hackathon at Boston University in February 2024.

Public Interest Technology Lead

Milestone Two

I am honored to serve as the student lead for the Public Interest Technology University Network for Rust College and also the chance to be interviewed and featured on the PIT's website where I got to share my perspectives about Public Interest Technology and how to increase it's outreach on other campuses as the lead for the Rust College PIT chapter.

Bay Area Tour Travel Fund Recepient

Milestone Three

I am proud to be among the ten students who were identified as emerging leaders and selected to tour various companies in the Bay Area in March 2024 that include Meta, Google, HandShake, and Notion.

Junior Class Vice President

Milestone Four

I am proud to have been elected as the Student Government Association(SGA) Junior Class Vice President for the academic year 2024-2025. I am also grateful and excited for the chance to expand my leadership skills and showcase my commitment to student representation.

Experience

Machine Learning Researcher Intern-Medford, MA

  • Developed an Image Classification model to distinguish between aircraft variants using TensorFlow and CNN
  • Achieved an accuracy of 80.14% testing on a dataset of 10 000 aircraft images
  • Implemented BatchNormalization and Dropout layers to avoid overfitting and improve feature extraction and boosted accuracy from 52% to 80.14%!

Math and Science Tutor

  • I worked as a tutor on Campus in subjects that include Math, Physics and Calculus and helped fellow students to prepare for their exams.
  • Developed and implemented tailored study plans for 25 students, resulting in average grade improvement in their final examinations.

Codepath Fellow

  • Enrolled in a comprehensive Technical Interview Prep Course guided by industry professionals.
  • Engaged in 10 weeks of intensive training in Data Stuctures and Algorithms and completed 20 challenging coding exercises.

Resume

Feel free to take a look at my resume here!.