Muaaz Nisar

Whitby,Canada

Summary

Skilled engineering student with proven expertise in driving continuous improvement in all operational areas. Assists senior manager with needs while overseeing teams and enhancing performance. Excellent understanding of engineering design practices with good strategic planning and result oriented mindset.

Overview

year of professional experience

Work History

Store Co-Manager

Little Caesars

Whitby, ON

10.2021 - Current

Maximized sales and minimized shrinkage through excellent customer service and adherence to standard practices.
Met or surpassed business targets of $2500 sales per day regularly through employee engagement and forward-thinking planning.
Assisted with hiring, training and mentoring of over 5 new staff members.
Skills learned: team-work, work under pressure, management

Classroom Assistant

University Of Toronto, St. George Campus

Toronto, ON

01.2022 - 05.2022

Prepared reports and maintained administrative records.
Documented student behaviours, interventions, and outcomes to enable lead teacher to address pertinent issues.
Skills acquired: Management, Communication.

Education

Bachelor of Science - Electrical And Computer Engineering

University of Toronto

Toronto, ON

06.2026

Skills

Programming: C/C, Python (Numpy, PyTorch, TensorFlow, Scikit-learn, Pandas, Matlpotlib), MATLAB, Microsoft Excel
Hardware: Intel FPGA Quartus, ARM A9 Assemble Language, Verilog/System Verilog, ModelSim, Altium Designer, NI Multisim

Systems: Windows 2022, Mac OS X, Linux, Virtual Machine (SSH)
Soft Skills: Team-work, Problem Solving, Staff/Project Management, Self-starting Attitude, Communication, Quick Learner

Projects

Flexible Software Defined Radio Transceiver

Team Member (01/2023 - Present)

In the processes of designing the digital demodulator of a Radio transceiver capable of demodulating multiple modulation formats
Implementing RTL digital hardware on an FPGA, that interfaces with main radio via PMOD ADC and DAC.
Learning PCB design to interface with various components.
Skills acquired: System Verilog (and test benches), ModelSim, Altium, Multisim, Intel FPGA Quartus.

Disney Character Classification Model

Team Leader (05/2022 - 09/2022)

Designed a machine learning model aimed to map 224x224 images to 10 correct character labels, in order to address copyright issues. Used data augmentation to gather 30,000 training images.
Implemented transfer learning via self trained Auto-encoder, as well as architectures like AlexNet.
Achieved 96% test accuracy in unseen data.
Skills acquired: Google Colab, Python, machine learning libraries, Google Colab, project management, Quick learning.

Reversi Algorithm

Course Project (01/2023 - Present)

Wrote an algorithm that plays Reversi (Othello) against humans or another AI; simulated game board on terminal.
Implemented mini-max algorithm that looked 5 moves ahead, and used weighted tiles to inform an optimal move.
Achieved top 40th position in course leaderboard.
Currently working to simulate the game environment on VGA display via an FPGA.
Skills acquired: C programming language, ARM A9 Assembly, problem solving, self-starting attitude.

Robotic Tanks

Team leader (02/2020 - 03/2020)

Designed and built Arduino based Bluetooth controlled robotic tanks similar to those found in robot wars.
Organized an LDR-array to act as targets for the opponent tank to hit on using a laser.
Project earned runner up position in national science and technology competition (NEXUS).
Skills acquired: C++ programming, Arduino coding, design and debugging, team-work, communication.

Timeline