Eric Joseph

SUMMARY

I am a high school senior planning to major in Applied Mathematics with a minor in Data Science.

EDUCATION

Lambert High School (August 2019 - Present)

• Anticipated Graduation: May 2023
• 4.5 GPA (Weighted), 3.92/4.0 GPA (Unweighted)
• 35 ACT Score (1570 SAT Equivalent)
• Relevant Math & Computer Science High School courses

• Accelerated Algebra 1/Geometry A
• Accelerated Algebra 2/Geometry B
• Honors Precalculus
• AP Calculus AB
• AP Calculus BC
• AP Statistics
• Dual Enrollment Discrete Mathematics
• AP Computer Science Principles
• AP Computer Science A

• Other Courses

• Python Programming
• The Complete Data Science & Machine Learning Bootcamp

SKILLS

• Programming Languages and Frameworks: Intermediate knowledge of Python and Java, beginner knowledge of Flutter/Dart
• Python Libraries for Data Science: Intermediate knowledge of Anaconda, Google Colab, Jupyter, Pandas, Matplotlib, NumPy, SymPy, Seaborn, OpenAI Gym, MineRL
• Data Science and Machine Learning: Exposure to Optimisation, Gradient Descent Algorithm, Multivariable Linear Regression, Naive Bayes Algorithm, Reinforcement Learning
• Cloud Development: Working knowledge of Google Cloud Platform, Firebase Platform, Cloud Firestore, Cloud Functions, Cloud Messaging

EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES

Eagle Scout, Boy Scouts of America, Johns Creek, GA (Troop 27)

2011 - Present

• Attained Eagle Scout rank in October, 2022
• Cub Scout - 2011-2016
• Boy Scout, February 2016 - Present
• Completed 25 Merit Badges, including Communication, Cooking, Personal Management, Orienteering, Swimming, Camping, Personal Fitness, First Aid, Emergency Preparedness and Citizenship In World
• Received National Outdoors Award for Camping

• Completed National Youth Leadership Training (NYLT)
• Held various Scout leadership positions, including Assistant Senior Patrol Leader, Patrol Leader, Scribe, Instructor and Troop Guide. My leadership role enabled me to collaborate with the Senior Patrol Leader to organize and lead the troop in meetings and campouts, introduce new Scouts to troop operations and teach them basic basic Scout skills

Piano

2013 - Present

I am a Grade 8 Piano student working towards the ABRSM Fellowship of the Royal Schools of Music. My particular interest is in music from the classical and romantic periods.

• ABRSM Grade 8 Piano
• Advanced Classical Piano Techniques
• Passed grades with distinctions and merits
• Performed at ABRSM Georgia 22nd High Scorers' Concert

Care Volunteers Mobile App

2021 August - Present

I participated in developing a Mobile App for connecting volunteers with the needs of the community. Using this app, service organizations needing volunteers can announce events with direct push notifications to all volunteers/users. Volunteers can scroll through the list of needs or search/filter by location/type and sign up to volunteer with a simple 2-click request, and keep track of their activities, service hours and share certificates of service completion with others.  

• Android version of the app is available in Google Play Store, iOS version in Apple App Store, and Web version at carevolunteers.org
• App was developed using Flutter/Dart
• App uses Google Google Cloud Platform(GCP) for its backend. User authentication is implemented using Firebase authentication, Cloud Firestore is used for data storage, and Cloud Messaging is used for Push Notifications and In-App messaging.

Care Volunteers Club, Founder and President

2022 January - Present

The purpose of the Care Volunteers Club is to encourage students to participate in volunteer service activities in their communities. The club uses the Care Volunteers Mobile App to find volunteer service needs in the community and plan work days when members of the club will collectively volunteer at an organization for a service event. Members are encouraged to find unmet service needs in the community and to sign up new volunteer members to the club.

• Collaborated with club sponsor and school staff to create the club
• Selected officers and delegated responsibilities among them
• Organized and led club meetings
• Conducted volunteer recruitment campaigns
• Organized and led volunteer service activities
• Reached out to service organizations in the community that needed help. Service organizations we collaborate with include, Meals By Grace, Keep North Fulton Beautiful, and Cumming Home Ministries.
• Used Objectives and Key Results  (OKRs), a goal management framework, to better focus on the results that matter.

Break Bags for Children, Project Leader

Summer 2022

I successfully led the Break Bags for Children project. The goal of the project was to provide Break Bags to children who mainly get their meals from school and receive less food during long school breaks such as the summer break. We collected over 4000 non-perishable food items such as cereal, canned meat, canned ravioli, canned soup, mac & cheese, peanut butter, jelly, fruit cups and shelf stable milk. These food items were assembled into 100 break bags, each containing over 39 food items, for delivery to the children in need. The beneficiary of this project is Meals By Grace, a non-profit organization in North Georgia.

• Created a detailed project plan and estimated project expenses
• Raised funds to cover  project expenses
• Obtained necessary permits for the food collection sites
• Led 23 youth and adult volunteers, grouped into smaller teams, to complete the project
• Collected over 4000 non-perishable food items
• Assembled 100 Breaks Bags for the children in need

Volunteer Team Lead, Meals By Grace

July 2022 - present

Meals By Grace is a non-profit organization with a mission to bring food, hope and transformation to children and families in need, so that children can go to bed happy, not hungry. As a Volunteer Team Lead, I lead teams of volunteers organizing groups of food for dozens of families. Bags and boxes of food assembled are loaded for delivery in the vehicles of volunteer delivery drivers. I work as the Volunteer Team Lead every Sunday.

MineRL Machine Learning

July 2022 - present

I am working on a project that teaches bots to play Minecraft video game through Reinforcement Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence.  This project uses MineRL, a rich Python 3 library which provides a OpenAI Gym interface for interacting with Minecraft, accompanied with datasets of human gameplay. I started work on this project with the help of a professor at Kennesaw State University.

Application Development Intern, OEWARE

August 2022 - present

My internship work at OEWARE involves assisting with application development using Python and Flutter/Dart. Job duties include writing  scripts to access and manipulate data in Cloud Firestore database, writing queries and generating reports, and writing Cloud Functions to monitor system activities.