let's build a better world.
Masters student at Carnegie Mellon University
About ME
My name is Eddie Tapia and I just graduated UC San DIego where I studied Mathematics-Computer Science. I am now pursuing a dual-degree Masters at Carnegie Mellon University in Computer Engineering and Technology Ventures.
I believe technology has the power to impact communities all over the world, beyond just the first world countries. As a result, I want to dedicate my life to bringing a civic mindset to engineering to solve the world's greatest challenges in communities that often get left behind.
I love playing sports...
solving problems...
taking on challenges...
Building solutions
Experience
Industry Experience
C-V2x Software Engineer intern
Qualcomm Inc, CDMA Technologies
June 2018-August 2018
cv2x Software Engineer Intern
Qualcomm Inc, Corporate eng.
JUne 2017-September 2017
SOftware Engineer intern
Qualcomm Inc, CDMA Technologies
June 2016-September 2016
Research Experience
Undergraduate Researcher in Augmented Reality
UCSD CSE DEPARTMENT AND Center for the FUTURE OF SURGERY
PRESENTED POSTER AT:
THE SOCIETY OF AMERICAN GASTROINTESTINAL AND ENDOSCOPIC SURGEONS CONFERENCE 2017,
CONSORTIUM FOR COMPUTING SCIENCES IN COLLEGES, SOUTHWEST REGION CONFERENCE 2017,
AND UC SAN DIEGO CSE UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH CONFERENCE 2017
Hackathons and Competitions
Hackmobile 2017
@Qualcomm
Best Overall Team
Raspberry Pi, Backend and Computer vision API Developer
TreeHacks 2017
@Stanford
Top 8 Finalist
Raspberry pi and front end development
Hackmobile 2016
@Qualcomm
TOp 4 Finalist
Full Stack and IoT Developer
QHacks 2016
@Qualcomm
BESt Educational hack
Javascript Developer using Ionic
SDHacks 2015 + 2016
@UC San Diego
Mobile and IBM Watson API Developer
Google Games 2017
@Google Irvine, CA
Developer Agent
LAHacks 2016+2017
@UCLA
Mobile app and Alexa Skills Developer
HackJuntos 2016+2017
@Qualcomm
Mentor
HackMIT 2016
@MIT
Mobile and Wolfram Alpha API developer
REACh competition 16+17
@UC San Diego
Mentor + Organizer
HackTech 2017
@Caltech
Full Stack and Twilio API Developer
Junkyard Derby 2015
@UC San Diego
Design Engineer
"I have not failed. I have just found 10,000 ways that won't work."
-Thomas Edison
Leadership
Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers(SHPE), UC SAn Diego
President
Vice President
Code Team Lead
Logan Outreach Rep
2017-2018
2016-2017
2016-2017
2015-2016
Rising Engineers advanced challenge Competition, Jacobs School of Engineering
Co-Chair
2017
Gordon Center, Jacobs School of Engineering
Gordon Scholar
2016-Curr
Professional Evening with Industry (PEI), Jacobs School of Engineering
Lead and organizer
2016 + 2017
IgNite CS Mentor, GOogle + UCSD
Computer Science Advocate/Mentor
2016-Curr
Medlife, Esmeraldas, Ecuador
Mobile Clinic Volunteer
2015
I love learning and creating products for others to enjoy.
Reach Competition
I co-led the development of SHPE's 2nd annual Rising Engineers Advanced Challenge 2017 Competition and tripled our sponsorship from last year. REACh is a non-stop 24-hour competition, where students will get the opportunity to be drafted by some of the leading engineering companies. The competition last 24-hours, and in this time period, students will design, build, and market a project from scratch. It is judged by UCSD professors.
REACh Website
Shpe Empower High school conference
This year I led the coding workshop and had the students build their own computer! The conference invites high school students from the San Diego community to come to our campus to learn more about careers in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM). We wanted to provide students with an insight on what engineering is really like so that they can one day pursue a career in STEM. We had over 160 high schoolers attend the conference last year.
vida medica in Ecuador (partnered with the nonprofit MEDlife)
During spring break in 2015, I got the opportunity to go to Esmeraldas, Ecuador to volunteer at a mobile medical clinic. The clinic travels to poor communities that do not have access to healthcare and provides them with dental, medical, and hygenic treatment. This was one of the best experiences of my life as I met some beautiful people in Ecuador and went with an amazing group of students from Alternative Breaks @UCSD.
PEI 2016 + 2017
I spearheaded PEI 2016 and helped organize PEI 2017 for our Jacobs School of Engineering. PEI is a joint event created by SHPE, SWE, and NSBE that gives our sponsors access to the next generation of talented, diverse UC San Diego engineers. Around 500 students registered for the event and we had 29 sponsors for PEI 2017. Our sponsors include Google, Facebook, Microsoft, NASA JPL, and Northrop Grumman
PEI Website
