Current Mailing Address Permanent Address

SMC 1217, 5032 Forbes Ave

Pittsburgh, PA 15289-6236
NISCHAL GULLAPALLI 22480 Maison Carree Square
Ashburh, VA 20148
412.759.1944 (Cell) nischal@cmu.edu 412.759.1944

OBJECTIVE To obtain an internship utilizing my skills in electrical and computer engineering and
computer science.

NATIONALITY Indian, US Resident with a US Student F-1 Visa

EDUCATION CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY Pittsburgh, PA

Double Majoring in Electrical and Computer Engineering and
Computer Science. MAY 2012

VIJAYA RATNA HIGH SCHOOL / BETHANY HIGH SCHOOL, India

High School Diploma MARCH 2008
Overall GPA: 3.72/4.00 Rank: 21/193

RELEVANT Electrical and Computer Engineering:

COURSES Intro to Electrical & Comp. Engineering Electronic Devices and Analog Circuits
Structure and Design of Digital Systems Intro to Mechanical Engineering
Mathematical Foundations of Electric Engineering Fun with Robots

Computer Science:
Fundamental Data Structures and Algorithms Advanced Programming
Great Theoretical Ideas in Computer Science Effective Programming in C & UNIX
Principles of Programming

Mathematics:
Concepts of Mathematics Linear Algebra
Combinatorics

Miscellaneous:
Interpretation and Argument Analysis Cognitive Psychology

SKILLS Programming Languages: Java, C, Shell Scripting, Perl Scripting, Verilog, Basic, HTML,
Logo, LateX, SQL
Operating Systems: Windows 3.1/95/98/NT/ME/XP/Vista/7, Mac OS Tiger/Leopard,
UNIX, Red Hat/Ubuntu/Fedora Linux
Software: Matlab, Microsoft Office, Adobe Acrobat Reader, Adobe Dreamweaver,
Adobe Photoshop

WORK Teaching Assistant, Computer Science Department 1/2010 – Present

EXPERIENCE Course: Intermediate Programming in Java
 Helped a class of 20 students understand programming in Java
 Hold weekly office hours
 Developed course material

Tutor, Computer Science, Mathematics and Physics 4/2007 – 5/2008

 Instructed students and helped them understand the material in greater detail

Data Handling and Manager’s Assistant, U.A.N.R Construction Limited 3/2006 – 1/2007
 Handled all types of data given by various departments and maintained them in MS
Excel from various work locations
 Scheduled and coordinated meetings

Coordinator, Annual Science Fair 2005

 Coordinated and organized the Annual Science Fair, Bethany School
PROJECTS Robot, Electrical and Computer Engineering and Computer Science Fall 2008
 Constructed smaller circuits using a protoboard to power a beeper, LED, clock,
memory chip, and two motors
 Combined these circuits to create a mini programmable robot
 Programmed the robot in C to successfully complete a test course and navigate
through a maze

AC to DC Converter, Electrical and Computer Engineering Fall 2008

 Constructed an AC to DC voltage converter using resistors, capacitors, and
inductors on a protoboard. Sinusoidal input voltage was transformed to a virtually
constant output voltage.

Virtual A.I Chess Bot, Computer Science Spring 2009

 Wrote a program in Java which acts as a computer bot and plays chess
 The bot looks for 10 moves ahead and chooses the best move possible
 The bot looks for best possible moves with the help of alpha-beta search

Virtual Games, Computer Science Fall 2008, Spring 2009

 Created games such as Blackjack and Minesweeper using Java which could be
played by the user with the help of mouse clicks

Mouse Trap Car, Mechanical Engineering Spring 2009

 Constructed a mechanical car which can propel itself with nothing but a mousetrap,
some scrap metal and rubber bands
 The car could propel itself a distance of 10 meters forward and backwards
 The car was constructed with the mouse trap’s spring as its main mechanism

Microprocessor Vending Machine, Electrical and Computer Engineering Fall 2009

 Wrote Verilog programs to control a microprocessor board to make it behave like a
vending machine
 Used Flip-Flops and Finite State Machines

Photo-Fetcher, Computer Science Fall 2009

 Wrote a program using Perl and Shell Scripts, so that when the program is run and
an input is given the program goes online and searches for pictures in flickr which
have the given input as a tag and downloads them into the specifies folder

ACTIVITIES Active Member of College Radio (WRCT), Carnegie Mellon University, 2010 – Present
Active Member of the Carnegie Mellon University Mathematics Club, 2008 – Present
Active Member of the Carnegie Mellon University Tennis Club, 2008 – Present
Intramural Soccer, Vijaya Ratna High School: June 2006 – 2008
Varsity Tennis, Bethany High School: June 2004 – March 2006
All India Tennis Association Tennis Tournament: Singles Quarter Finalist, 2005
All India Tennis Association Tennis Tournament: Doubles Semi Finalist, 2005
Captain of the Intramural Cricket Team, Bethany High School; 2004 – 2006
Member of the Winning Team in the Math Olympiad, Bethany High School; 2005, 06

HONORS Ranked 7th in the city in National Cyber Olympiad, 2005

Accepted into IIT Study Circle after ranking in the top 150 out of 12000 students