YAQI ZHAO

869 W Buena Ave, PHONE: (219) 218-8404

Chicago, IL 60613 EMAIL: yaqi.zhao@elementbars.com

OBJECTIVE
Seeking a challenging, full time position as a web developer
EDUCATION
Purdue University Calumet | Hammond, IN Summer 2010
M. S. E. in Computer Engineering | GPA 3.91/4.00

Beijing Institute of Technology | Beijing, China 2004 - 2008

B. E. in Software Engineering | GPA 3.54/4.00
Completed 4th year at PUC

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS
Critical thinker who engineers creative solutions to business problems
Work experience in web based software development with ASP.NET/C#.
Skilled in SQL, proficient in creating T-SQL scripts and stored procedures.
Expertise in JQuery and JavaScript
Experience with CVS and other project management tools
Knowledge of software testing with NUnit and Selenium.
Experience in a startup environment
Good communication skills.

COMPUTER SKILLS
ASP.NET, C#, SQL, JQuery, CSS3, HTML5, Photoshop, NUnit, Selenium
EXPERIENCE
.Net Application Developer, Element Bars INC, Chicago, IL, December 2010 – present
Working in an e-commerce start-up company as a programmer, collaborating with CEO, Marketing and
Sales. Designing and implementing new features (recommendation system, subscription plan, etc) in
elementbars.com website to expand market penetration.

Software Developer/Intern, Balanced IT Solution, Crown Point, IN, Summer 2009 – December 2010
Comply365
Collaborated with manager and co-workers; designed, developed, and implemented a multi-tennant SaaS
application for learning/document management which enables companies to deliver e-courses, as well as
create, maintain, and distribute compliance documents.
Graduate Research Assistant, Computer Graphics Lab, PUC, Fall 2008 – Summer 2010
Physically Based Simulation for Soft Body Dynamics
Developed a unified framework for soft body dynamics to be used as a tutorial for game developers.
Implemented various physically based modeling techniques: particle system, rigid body, mass-spring
system, free form deformation; compared several integration schemes: Euler, Mid-point, Runge-Kutta,
Leapfrog, Backward Euler; also conceptualized collision detection among soft bodies.

ACTIVITIES
Member, Association of Computer Machinery Summer 2008 - present
Member, Society of Women Engineers Fall 2007 - present
Volunteer, Association of SIGGRAPH Summer 2009, Summer 2010