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AREEJ AL MEDINAH
Aspiration Statement
With an interest in multiple fields including engineering design, machine learning, power systems, social innovation and technology entrepreneurship, I am inclined to work in holistic, challenging environments to implement diverse projects and learn through experience.
Core Skills
- Computer Vision, MATLAB, Simulink Machine Learning
- NI LabVIEW, OrCAD PSpice
- Siemens PSS®E (Power System Simulator)
- Arduino, FPGA
- 3D printing, SolidWorks
- Python, Verilog, HDL, C++
- Technology Entrepreneurship
- Social Innovation
- Sustainable Design
- Market Research
Academic Awards / Achievements
- UCL - MSc Prosperity, Innovation & Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies
- Dean’s List - Fall 2019
- Yohsin Scholar
- Resolution Project Social Venture Challenge Winner and Fellow 2019-2022 • Diana Award Recipient 2019 for Young Social Innovators
Experience
Leadership / Meta-curricular
- OYW Summit 2019 - One Young World Ambassador and Leading Pakistan Scholar
- Attended Silicon Valley Innovation Academy at Stanford University, USA 2018
- US Summer Sisters Exchange Alumna 2016
Internship / Volunteer Work
- Product Manager - SadaPay (Jan 2022 - Present)
- Researcher - Playground: Transdisciplinary Design & Innovation Lab, Habib University
- Service Design Intern - Designist
- Co-founder & Chief Strategist - Connecthear, Incubated at The Nest I/O
- Marketing Intern - Wavetec 2016
- Volunteer - Sindh Institute of Urology and Transplantation
Publications / Creative Projects
- ConnectHear: a social startup promoting deaf inclusion (2017-2019).
- Design Research for Karachi Electric’s bill recovery system for low income areas.
- COVID-19 face mask detection in crowds through computer vision and deep learning.
Final Year Project
Project Title
Shape of Water
Description
Karachi City, my hometown, is a city of over 15 million. Unplanned, chaotic, with stubborn citizens and civic issues at all levels, Karachi is unfortunately the sixth most water scarce city in the world. Water management issues are a bigger concern than water supply, since 35-40% of the water is lost, stolen or unaccounted for between the main distribution line and the residents. With a multidisciplinary team, we conducted field research to understand the social, economic and political issues as well as research technological feasibility of water management interventions through the world. Shape of Water is currently developing a scalable, automated machine learning algorithm to map the underground water utility infrastructure on the maps of Karachi through the Ground Penetrating Radar. The venture won the Resolution Project Social Venture Challenge at the One Young World Summit in London, 2019. (Group Project-Interdisciplinary)
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