Vu Nguyen

About Me

Thank you for visiting my website! My name is Vu, I am currently pursuing Bachelor Degree in Computer Science at Wentworth Institute of Technology in Boston, Massachusetts.
I spent 2 years studying advanced Mathematics in Viet Nam before coming to Boston to finish high school. Realizing how much I enjoy sitting at my computer playing games and creating stuff, I decided to pursue my major and picked up Java for the first time at the age of 17. I never look back ever since.
I got hooked by the thrill of seeing my creations running on the monitor and my goal is to help others find a mean to realize their creativity the way I did. Hopefully, they would create something cool that may change the world.

Experience

CloudHealth by VMWare

Software Developer Intern

Worked as a front-end developer with the User Experience team to enhance ZingChart implementation of the CloudHealth platform using AngularJS, Ruby, and JavaScript (CoffeeScript).
Debugged, updated and created UI components for CloudHealth developing features using React.

Veracode

Software Engineering Intern

Created web components and built pattern library for the Veracode platform using Angular 6.
Assisted the User Experience team through bulding demo webpages and interactive components based on Sketch designs.

Wentworth Institute of Technology(WIT)

Teaching Assistant (Computer Science & Calculus)

Assisted Professors in classroom with teaching, note taking and scheduling.
Held lab sessions to go over lectures with students, gave additional assignments and answered course related questions.

WIT Center For Academic Excellence

Peer Tutor

Provided help with assignments and learning strategies for 8 to 12 students per week in Computer Science, Calculus and Discrete Math.

Action For Boston Community Development, Inc.

Tax Preparer

Provided free assistance for low income individuals on filing tax return and documentation.

Education

Wentworth Institute Of Technology - Boston, MA

Expected June 2020

Bachelor of Science in Computer Science

GPA 3.52 / 4.00
Wentworth Merit Scholarship
Wentworth Dean’s List
Fall 2016 - Spring 2017

The Newman School - Boston, MA

January 2015 - June 2016

International Baccalaureate Candidate

GPA 3.82 / 4.00
George H. Demers Scholarship
International Baccalaureate Program completion (37/45 test score)

Projects

Sorcerer & Dungeons

I created this little game over the summer based on a framework of my first ever programming project. You control a wizard who can throw out magic balls to destroy the monsters I doodled in Paint.

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Simple Chat Room

Networking was pretty confusing so I created a program as a way to learn. A functional chat room with 1 server and multiple clients using Java socket programming.