M. Jafar Rizvi
Undergrad Student
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Email: mrizvi5@illinois.edu
Personal Email: j.rizvi@live.com
Former SWE Intern at Mastercard
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Hello World!
I am senior at UIUC. My three major interests and passions are Coding, Maths and Music, and I believe that there is a creative fusion between all these disciplines.
Relevant Coursework
- Analog Signal Processing
- Computer Systems Engineering
- Digital Systems Laboratory
- Data Structures
- Discrete Structures
- Power Circuits and Electromechanics
Projects
Basic Operating System (Dec 2019): Worked in a team of 4 people. Developed a basic working Operating System using C and x86.
Financial Literacy Application (Aug 2019): This application was designed at Mastercard to allow users to have instant access to financial knowledge, it takes the stress out of money, budgeting, debt, and about their personal financial decisions so they can be more intentional about their money.
Brick Breaker Game (Dec 2018): Utilized (System Verilog, C) to design an interactive game based upon the classic game brick breaker. The object of brick breaker is to break the bricks that are distributed around the top of the game screen. The bricks are broken after coming in contact with a ball that bounces around the screen.
Basic Arduino RC Car (Jun 2017): Designed and tested a vehicle using the following elements: Arduino, DC motors, mechanical bumpers, and line follower. Programmed Arduino using (C) to monitor signals from bumpers and line follower to help the vehicle navigate through a course.
MiPie, Mhacks 9 (Hackathon) (Mar 2017): Co-created a micro investing slackbot to allow users to buy pieces of stock by using slack API (Python, C++). Won the best hack prize by 1517, an early investor that funds ideas of young makers.