Sean Abraham
297 Jedburgh Road Toronto, Ontario, M5M 3K5 Cell: 416-648-0550 [email protected] www.seanabraham.com
Education
Queens University Kingston, ON Masters of Engineering Sept. 2010 - Aug. 2011 M.Eng. in Applied Sustainability; an interdisciplinary program focused on sustainable engineering and government policy. Masters project on the future of electrication of the transportation sector in Ontario. Graduated in Fall 2011 with a 3.86 cumulative GPA. Course highlights: Resources and Sustainability; Issues in Health, Safety and Environment; World Trade Policy; Energy Policy; Environmental Policy. Queens University Kingston, ON BSc Engineering Sept. 2006 - Apr. 2010 Degree in Mathematics & Engineering, with a Computer & Communications focus. Fourth year project on facial recognition using customized Eigenface techniques. Graduated with Honours (rst class), and a 90% cumulative average. Course highlights: Information Theory, Stochastic Processes, Modern Control Theory, Fourier Analysis, Computer Databases, Computer Graphics, Microeconomics, Macroeconomics.
Work Experience
Queens University Teaching Assistant Sept. 2009 - Apr. 2010 Graded assignments for Math334 (Mathematics of Engineering Systems). Led weekly tutorials for Apsc172 (Calculus II). Awarded Education Excellence T.A. Award by Queens Engineering Society Windermere House Resort Night Auditor Summer 2008, Summer 2009 Manned front desk and balanced hotels ledger and revenues each day. Engineering Society at Queens University Computer Manager Sept. 2006 - Apr. 2008 Served as a member of a team of students who developed and maintained the Societys Debian-based LAMP servers and Windows-based workstations. Provided technical support for members of the Society.
Volunteer and Extracurricular Experience
Math & Engineering Discipline Club Vice-President Sept. 2009 - Apr. 2010 Elected to represent the approximately 70 students in Math & Engineering. Brought forward students concerns to professors. Helped organize events and merchandise purchases. Vote SDL Campaign IT Manager Dec. 2010 - Feb. 2011 On 16-member campaign team to promote Team SDL for Alma Mater Society (student government) President, VP (Operations), and VP (University Aairs). Responsible for creating and maintaining VoteSDL.com along with email accounts on the domain. Helped other teammates with campaigning and graphic design (Photoshop). Queens Action for Active Transportation IT Manager Feb. 2011 - Apr. 2011 Collaborated with a group of fourth year students to create and manage QueensActionForAT.com, a site devoted to increasing the role of active transportation for commuters to Queens. Queens Sustainability Oce was impressed and plans to migrate the site onto their servers.
Awards
Annie Bentley Lillie Prize in Mathematics ($160) . . . . David Parkes Scholarship in Applied Science ($3,070) . . Helen and Ralph Cleland Prize ($340) . . . . . . . . . . . Nellie and Ralph Jeery Award in Mathematics ($2,000) Principals Scholarship ($10,000) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2008 2005 2010 2009 2009 2009 2006
Skills
Software: Experienced with Windows, Linux, Microsoft Oce (Excel, Access, Word, Powerpoint), Maple, Matlab, Mathematica. Languages:
A Working knowledge of Java, L TEX, C, C++, Visual Basic, SQL, Assembly (68HC11) Basic knowledge of Unix shell scripting, Ruby, Perl, HTML, XQuery
References
Available upon request.
