Anushikha Sharma
- Email: as063@bucknell.edu, Cellphone: 570-768-5418
- LinkedIn Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/anushikhasharma
- Mailing Address: #C2666, 701 Moore Avenue, Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PA – 17837
Objective
Education/Honors
- Bucknell University (Aug 2014 – May 2019)
- Major: Bachelor of Science in Computer Science and Engineering and Bachelor of Arts in Women and Gender Studies
- Minor: Mathematics
- Mahindra United World College of India (Aug 2012 – May 2014)
- Microsoft Research Competition SIGCSE 2017 – Silver Medalist (March 2017)
- National Academy of Engineering: Grand Challenge Scholar (Spring 2015 – Present)
- Bucknell Fremont Scholar (Fall 2014 – Present)
- Bucknell Emerging Leader Award (Spring 2016)
Skills and Relevant Coursework
- Proficient: Python, Java, SQL, C, Ruby, HTML, CSS, p5.js; Learning: AngularJS, Verilog
- Relevant Coursework: Data Structures and Algorithms, Software Engineering, Computer Architecture, Operating Systems Design, Discrete Mathematics, Programming Language Design, Probability and Statistics, Object Oriented Programming
Work Experience
- Nationwide IT Internship Program – Java Developer Intern (May 2017 – Aug 2017)
- Implemented story cards and wrote queries for a SWING application for Nationwide Financial using Java, REST Services and SQL
- Trained and operated in the Nationwide’s Agile Framework (stand-up, iterations, retrospective, 3 Amigos and other agile processes)
- Created a comprehensive onboarding documents site to assist all new developers joining the teams that work on the SWING app
- Shadowed Test Automation Developers, Requirements Analysts, Data Analysts, IT Architects
- Undergraduate Student Researcher – Bucknell University (May 2016 – Aug 2016)
- Created and implemented an introductory CS course for non-STEM majors that uses p5.js (a JavaScript library) to teach basic CS concepts and empower students to investigate and draw novel insights from data sets that may be social, historical or textual in nature
- Presented and won the second prize in the Microsoft Research Competition at the Special Interest Group on Computer Science Education Conference 2017 in Seattle
- Published research in the ACM Digital Library under the title ‘Creative Computing and Society: When Undergraduates Design a Curriculum for an Introductory Computing Course’
- Publication Link: http://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=3022459&CFID=980533460&CFTOKEN=77951148
- Building mobile application to track menstrual synchrony (Spring 2017 – Present)
- Implemented Monopoly in Java (Spring 2016)
- Developed a Bucknell version of the board game ‘Monopoly’ using OOP, Model View Control Model and Agile Development for CSCI 205: Software Engineering
- Consulting for Lenape Solar for kiosk display software (June 2015 – Aug 2015)
- Analyzed available software based on Lenape Solar’s business requirements and offered consultancy in a final recommendation report
- TA for the Computer Science Department at Bucknell (Fall 2015 – Present)
- Courses: ENGR 100 (Lego Mindstorm, NXC), CSCI 187 (p5.js), CSCI 203 (Python), CSCI 315 – Operating Systems (C)
Leadership Experience and Extracurricular Involvement
- President and Founder: Association for Computing Machinery – Women’s Chapter (Spring 2016 – Present)
- Organizing students to apply for the Grace Hopper Annual Conference, began a peer-mentor program
- Applied and won the $3000 grant for start-up ACM-W organization from NCWIT
- Common Ground Facilitator 2015 and Common Ground Director 2016
- Selected facilitators, led facilitator training, engaged with faculty and campus organizations as part of training and promotions
- Planned, organized and executed the five-day retreat focusing on race, gender, religion and socioeconomic status
- Vice President: Association for Computing Machinery (Fall 2015 – Spring 2016)
- Residential Adviser for Upperclassmen (Fall 2015 – Spring 2016)
- International Orientation Assistant 2016 and International Orientation Leader 2017
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