# Eric W.

> Computer Science at University of California, Berkeley

Location: San Francisco Bay Area, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/ericw1

I'm an undergraduate student at UC Berkeley studying computer science. Facebook SWE Intern Summer 2021.

On campus, I'm a researcher at the FHL Vive Center for Enhanced Reality, a ballroom dancer, and part of Berkeley Model United Nations.

## Work Experience
### Software Engineer @ Benchling
Jan 2023 – Present | San Francisco, California, United States

### Software Engineer Intern @ Benchling
Jan 2022 – Jan 2022 | San Francisco, California, United States

### Undergraduate Researcher, Network Engineering @ FHL Vive Center for Enhanced Reality
Jan 2020 – Jan 2022 | Berkeley, California
Immersive Semi-Autonomous Aerial Command System (ISAACS) Research Team.
- Develop a ROS network with a Web Sockets layer to stream real-time data to AR/VR devices such as the Microsoft HoloLens and the Oculus Rift.
- Rewrite a Unity (C#) mixed reality interface for 3D mesh visualization, improving frame rate by 5x.
- Implement a novel VR interface enabling beyond line of sight control of unmanned aerial systems. 
- Developed an aerial radiation detection and visualization platform in collaboration with the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.

### Undergraduate Researcher @ FHL Vive Center for Enhanced Reality
Jan 2019 – Jan 2020 | Berkeley, CA
AR Rehabilitation Research Team.
- Design and develop an Augmented Reality app to increase patient mobility and improve the hospital experience for children.
- Adapted into a game to keep children active during the Coronavirus Shelter-in-Place order by extending the AR framework and game play mechanics.
- Leading the development team through weekly check-ins, code reviews, and workshops.
- Developing clinical study prototype with RealityKit Spring 2020. Proof of concept developed in Unity Fall 2019.
- Conduct user research to examine the impact of the AR experience upon patients at the UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital Oakland.
- Engaging visitors of the Lawrence Hall of Science via AR experiences, promoting conversation between children and parents by delivering content in a novel form.
- Designing the application through a user centered, iterative approach.

### Software Engineer Intern @ Facebook
Jan 2021 – Jan 2021 | Menlo Park, California, United States
Facebook AI Applied Research Text to Speech Team
Developed a full stack internal tool

### Course Tutor @ UC Berkeley Electrical Engineering & Computer Sciences (EECS)
Jan 2020 – Jan 2021 | Berkeley, California, United States
- Taught multiple sections 5 students in an introductory CS course in Python, Scheme and SQL.
- Instruct problem solving techniques, adapting to each student's prior experience and learning style.
- Develop software infrastructure regularly used by 2000+ actively enrolled students each semester.

### Software Engineering Intern @ NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Jan 2020 – Jan 2020 | Mountain View, California, United States
- Developed a full-stack platform with React and Express to manage a fleet of small aerial vehicles.
- Simulated potential collisions and airspace bottlenecks, visualizing results with Google Maps API.
- Integrated into an existing Single Sign-On (SSO) service and automatically deployed onto AWS.

### Academic Intern @ UC Berkeley Electrical Engineering & Computer Sciences (EECS)
Jan 2020 – Jan 2020
- Co-led lab sections in CS 61A, Berkeley's Intro to CS course taught by John DeNero.
- Collaborated with course staff to create an optimal learning environment for students.
- Gained valuable experience adapting to each student's experience and learning style.
- Taught in a variety of situations (both in person and online as the semester fell victim to COVID-19).
- Awarded the Outstanding Academic Intern Award.

### Intern at BU Robotics Lab @ Boston University College of Engineering
Jan 2018 – Jan 2018 | Greater Boston Area
- Modified an off-the-shelf quadrotor to track and follow a target using ROS and Python in a Linux environment.
- Implementing a state machine and proportional-derivative controller to conduct the quadrotor’s motion. 
- Used OpenCV and AprilTags fiducial markers for image manipulation and pose estimation.
- Part of Boston University's Research in Science and Engineering program.

### Lead Software Engineer @ Valkyrie Robotics
Jan 2016 – Jan 2017 | San Francisco Bay Area
- Led and trained fellow software engineers to design and construct C++/Java robot code.
- Coordinated with a team of 6 through standardized Linux dev environments and Git version control.


## Education
### Bachelor's degree in Computer Science
University of California, Berkeley

### Concurrent Enrollment
De Anza College

### Nanodegree in Computer Science
Udacity

### High School Diploma
Monta Vista High School


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/erwang01
- GitHub: https://www.github.com/erwang01

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Last updated: 2026-04-11