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I'm Katie Wang,
a student @ Georgia Tech
majoring in CS.

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About Me

I am a student at Georgia Tech pursuing a B.S. in Computer Science. I am very passionate about solving problems and making an impact in the world with the skills I gain through hackathons, internships, extracurriculars, and personal projects.

I'm currently looking to further challenge myself with a summer 2025 internship.

Experience

  • Google, Inc. Summer 2024 STEP Intern
  • FIRST Robotics Competition Referee, Team Captain, Lead Programmer
  • CodeHers Collective Content Team Co-Lead, Instructor
  • Viasat, Inc. Mechanical Engineering Intern
  • Kode With Klossy Summer Camp Scholar Data Science, App Dev, Web Dev

Awards

  • National Cyber Scholarship Scholar 2022 $500 Award; among top 20 individuals in Georgia, 1152 nationally
  • ChezyCode Hackathon Winner 2021 $100 Award
  • National Merit Scholarship Finalist 2023
  • NCWIT Award for Aspirations in Computing 2021
  • 1st in Systems Software at Gwinnett Science Fair; T-Mobile $500 Scholarship 2021

Skills

  • Object Oriented Programming
  • Teamwork & Collaboration
  • Problem Solving
  • Frontend Development
  • Working Under Pressure
  • Research

My Personal Projects

CodeHers Collective Lessons

CodeHers Collective is a student-led non-profit that teaches girls ages 12-18 coding concepts and languages for free.

  • Collaborated with my co-lead to delegate assignments to 28 members, brainstorm and design classes, and help with administrative processes, like interviewing or advertising.
  • Since our founding in 2020, we have released 7 virtual lessons over topics such as Java, Python, GitHub, and Unity, which have reached over 500 students!
  • Conducted a hackathon with over 100 participants; Co-organized logistics and mentored girls to help them create websites, games, and apps.
  • In 2022, led a free, 1 week long HTML/CSS/JS summer camp for middle school girls in the metro Atlanta.

    • State Machine Framework

    See the GitHub repo.

  • Designed new code structure, evolving from Subsystem-Command to a custom state machine framework in Java.
  • Made possible implementation of complex auto routines that used a hand-drawn path.
  • Robot won Innovation in Control Award and Autonomous Award.
  • Pinpointing bugs and troubleshooting code was easier throughout robot refinement.

    • PID Control of Flywheel Shooter

    See the GitHub repo.

  • Using Java, implemented a PID control loop to decrease the amount of time it took for the RPM of the shooter to mitigate the disturbance from the ball that was shot.
  • Used Ziegler-Nichols method to calculate PID after finding a p-value where the shooter motor began to oscilate.
  • Robot won Innovation in Control Award and qualified for the Worlds Championship after placing 5th overall in the state.

    • EnviroMap: Trade Carbon Credits and Calculate Footprint via a Mobile App

    See our summary video.

  • Co-developed an app that incentivizes people to change their carbon footprint and better the environment.
  • Applied skills in React Native app development, and learned to use TypeScript, npm, and the Google API Library.
  • Conducted a statistical p-test to analyze the data gathered on calculated carbon emissions.

    • The Packing-Coloring Problem

    See our paper here.

  • Co-developed a JavaFX program that outputs a packing-coloring grid for a user-specified dimension using a backtracking algorithm and discrete math.
  • Co-wrote a paper exploring the packing coloring problem, an existing proof method, and applications of SAT-solvers.

    • Kode With Klossy Final Project: Mindful

    See our website here.

  • Collaborated with summer camp partner at the 2021 Kode With Klossy web-dev summer camp to create a mental health website that combats post-COVID-pandemic anxiety.
  • Learned how to incorporate animations, music, language translations, journaling, chatbot, and a nearby mental health services feature.
  • Technologies used: HTML/CSS/JS, npm, Dialogflow, Mapbox, Google Translate API, Repl.it

    • My Activities

    GT Solar Racing Team
  • Current powertrain subteam member
  • Responsible for firmware that reads from and writes to the motor.
  • Current project is to mentor recruits who are interested in powertrain firmware, and to address comments made on pull request to merge to main.
  • Learned how to code in C, perform bit manipulation using masks, and execute makefiles.
    • First-Year Activities Board
  • First-Year Activities Board advisor; previously a member
  • Collaborated in group to organize free social events for GT students, such as an Italian charm bracelet making tabling with tiramisu cake.
  • Most recent recruitment event had 173 attendees enjoy a cup of free thai tea with boba while creating a bead or crochet flower bracelet.
  • Applied planning, communication, and marketing skills.
    • FIRST Robotics Competition: 1261 RoboLions
  • Volunteer Referee, Captain, Drive Team Technician, Lead Programmer
  • Design, fund, build, and program a robot in less than 3 months
  • Developed a custom state machine framework to better organize code
  • Learned to read documentation, implement closed-loop feedback, apply vision tracking with April Tags and Limelight, write clean code, use GitHub pull requests and issues
  • At regional competitions, won Innovation In Control Award in 2022 and 2023, Autonomous Award in 2023
  • Qualified through merit for the World Championship in 2022
    • CodeHers Collective
  • Managed the creation of 7 lessons about various coding languages and computer science concepts over 150 volunteer hours
  • Personally instructed over 100 middle and high-school girls virtually
  • Led in-person web development summer camp for 10 middle-school girls in the metro-Atlanta area
  • Co-organized CodeHers hackathon with workshops for 100 girls to create games, apps, and websites
    • GeorgiaFIRST Robotics Website Redesign
  • 10 volunteers from various robotics teams updating website
  • Self-taught & utilized Next.Js to prototype
  • Presented to Board of Directors weekly and implemented current website
    • Girls Who Code Club
  • Vice President
  • Taught HTML/CSS/JS, Python, and Java with Sisterhood & Women in Tech activities
  • Instructed 17 middle school girls HTML/CSS
  • Managed social media & club flyers