HI! I'M Vanessa Wu

ui/ux, coder, designer

My Story

I'm a senior from Duke University studying Computer Science with an interest in front-end and mobile development. I believe in the importance of actively working to discover pain points and ways to improve user experience. Ultimately, I am passionate about working on products that are simultaneously clean, functional, and beautiful. Outside of work, I enjoy cross-stitching, dancing, singing, books, martial arts, and food of all kinds.

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Personal Information

Name :Vanessa Wu

Age : 21

Phone : (919) 793-4373

School : Duke University

Address : Cary, NC

Experience

While I love dabbling in personal projects and graphic design, here is some of my more formal work. My professional interests are geared towards software development, but my passions lie in the intersection of the field with art and design.

June 2016 - August 2016

TDP Intern

Capital One

Technology Development Program Intern

Capital One

This summer I am working at Capital One to develop an internal catalog of bots that can be integrated seamlessly into communication channels to improve associate productivity using React, Node, and SASS. I primarily worked on the front end of our web application while also using design thinking principles to prototype and develop bots to populate the store.

August 2015 - May 2016

Student Technology Specialist

Duke Office of Information Technology

Student Technology Specialist

Duke Office of Information Technology

During my Junior year I held a part-time job working at the Link, a center where students and faculty could come for free technological support at Duke. My responsibilities included performing minor hardware repairs, troubleshooting software issues, and regularly assisting walk-in customers.

May 2015 - July 2015

Instructor

Duke Engage China-Zhuhai

Instructor

Duke Engage China-Zhuhai

During the summer of 2015 I travelled to Zhuhai, China as part of the Duke Engage program. Our initiative was to provide both an English and arts education to the students of No. 9 middle school for 8 weeks. I was personally responsible for coming up with an English curriculum each week, as well as teaching a dance class and working with my 15 teammates to host a school-wide performance at the end of our program.

June 2014 - July 2014

Undergraduate Researcher

Howard Hughes Research Fellows

Undergraduate Researcher

Howard Hughes Research Fellows

My freshman summer I worked in Dr. Gerard Blobe's lab to study the effects of pancreatic stellate cell-secreted CYR61 on pancreatic ductal adenocarcinomal behaviors such as migration, apoptosis, and signaling. I delivered a poster presentation of my experiment and results upon the end of the program.

January 2014 - May 2014

Office Assistant

Duke AMES Department

Office Assistant

Duke AMES Department

I designed a weekly newsletter detailing departmental events for all students and faculty in the Asian and Middle Eastern Studies major. I was also responsible for helping faculty in the department obtain materials for class.

Skills

This is a non-exhaustive list of some of the things I've picked up over the years. I am always interested in discovering new and interesting ways to create.

Photoshop

95%

Web Dev

60%

Java

90%

React

50%

Python

70%

C++

60%