Hi, my name is

Het Patel

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I study Systems Design Engineering at the University of Waterloo & mainly focus on software development.

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About Me

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Hi, I'm Het, a Systems Design Engineering student at UWaterloo hoping to develop a career in software development. I focus mainly on back-end development; however, my growing interest in front-end development has encouraged me to try and build new things (like this website!).

Recently, I’ve been working with HTML/CSS, JS, C++, Python, and SolidWorks. I am always looking for opportunities to apply my skills to create innovative projects that help solve real-world issues.

Some of my interests:

  • Playing/watching basketball
  • Riding motorcycles
  • Hackathons
  • Painting
  • Cooking
  • CrossFit

 

Experience

President & Founder @ Castlebrooke Computer Science Club

October 2019 - May 2021

  • Supervised weekly Python lessons/tutorials to 100+ students on Google Classroom and MS Teams
  • Hosted and lead school’s first hackathon and other coding competitions to prepare for UWaterloo’s CCC
  • Analyzed monthly reports of student engagement to find ways to further develop the club
  • Revised teaching aids and lessons to better help students grasp fundamental Python concepts

Admissions Associate @ Canada's Wonderland

May - August 2019, May - August 2021

  • Completed parking tolls, ticket sales, and season pass transactions on a computer-based cash system
  • Worked alongside Guest Services to resolve guest complaints and arguments
  • Kept organized records of each transaction and completed required paperwork on a timely basis

Captain of Innovation Challenge Team @ FIRST Robotics

October 2020 - April 2021

  • Lead school’s FIRST Innovation Challenge team for rookie year debut
  • Ensured project for challenge was completed on time with best effort by holding weekly team meetings, planning out project deadlines, assigning tasks to members and providing support to team
  • Coached team in Python, AutoCAD and SolidWorks to complete project

Flight Sergeant @ 283 Royal Canadian Air Cadets

September 2015 - October 2019

  • Managed and directed a flight of 24 cadets under my immediate supervision
  • Responsible for instructing weekly aviation lessons and ensuring cadets have up-to-standard uniform
  • Assisted staff in managing the squadron and participated in organizing squadron activities
  • Cut down parade drill sequence completion time by 13s (23%)

Treasurer @ CBSS Athletic Council

Oct 2019 - May 2021

  • Planned how to use school funds most efficiently and establish budgets for school events throughout the year
  • Generated balance sheets/income statements and create monthly/annual financial reports for the council
  • Responsible for sorting and collecting money and keeping track of the deposit box during ACE events

 

Projects

Foodify (Food Tracker)
  • Built and hosted a CRUD web app on Heroku to track daily nutrient intake and dietary goals
  • Developed a Flask backend to manage app routes and process HTTP requests through REST API
  • Set up an SQLAlchemy database to store food logs and track user progress/goals
  • Implemented an engaging user-friendly frontend compatible and responsive on all devices using HTML/CSS/JS
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Block Buddy (Social Media Blocker)
  • Developed and launched a web extension on the Chrome Web Store to increase productivity by blocking social media websites during study/work hours
  • Integrated Chrome Storage Sync API within a JavaScript backend to save and sync user schedule and preferences across all devices
  • Designed an appealing practical frontend using HTML/CSS/JS

Wellmatic (Water Well System Schematic Planner)
  • Built an app to create customizable schematics of water well systems for a hydrogeologist consulting firm
  • Implemented an option to export individual water well data and schematic plan to Excel and Notepad using File I/O
  • Integrated ability to individually include drawdown values (flow rate, transitivity, aquifer storage coefficient) for each well
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Sorting Algorithm Visulizer
  • Programmed a visual/teaching aid to demonstrate 8 most common sorting algorithms (bubble, merge, quick, etc.)
  • Implemented sliders for sorting speed and min/max data values to visually see how bars of different height are being sorted in ascending order
  • Designed a user-friendly GUI using Python Tkinter that anyone can use to learn about sorting algorithms