FencingTime
WIPA full-stack tournament management app, allowing users to manage fencers and events, track scores, and view results, with a PostgreSQL backend and a React frontend.
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Abdelrahman AbdelgawadFull Stack Software Engineer · Brooklyn, NY
Hi there! I'm a software engineer and CS Master's student who's all about building full-stack applications (even if it involves twice as much head scratching). When I'm not coding, I'm probably out fencing, enjoying a good book, or deep in a video game.
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Stack
Languages
- Python
- C/C++
- Java
- JavaScript
- TypeScript
- SQL
Frameworks & Libraries
- React
- Next.js
- Node.js
- Tailwind CSS
Tools & Platforms
- Linux
- Git
- Docker
- AWS
- Google Cloud
- PostgreSQL
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Projects
NASA APOD
CompleteBrowse NASA's Astronomy Picture of the Day through their public API, wrapped in a simple React interface.
Particle Simulator
CompleteAn interactive 2D particle system built using PyGame, exploring forces and emergent behavior through adjustable simulation parameters.
Java Drawing Application
CompleteA lightweight desktop drawing application with shape and color tools, built to get hands-on with OOP and GUI development.
More projects coming soon.
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Experience
June 2025 — August 2026
Professional Services Consultant · Bright Brains IT
Brooklyn, NY
- Configure, customize, and deploy Nexthink DEX (Digital Employee Experience) solutions for business clients, ensuring optimal system performance and scalability.
- Develop collectors and automation workflows to integrate Nexthink with ITSM platforms, streamlining incident detection, and improve endpoint monitoring.
- Analyze large-scale endpoint and user experience data, building queries and dashboards that surface actionable insights for IT teams.
- Troubleshoot technical issues across distributed environments, collaborating with engineering teams and documenting solutions for client environments.
January 2024 — May 2024
Undergraduate Research Assistant · Pennsylvania State University
University Park, PA
- Co-authored a research paper on training visual transformers, helping develop and clarify deep learning topics including CNNs, gradient descent, and image classification using MNIST and Fashion-MNIST datasets.
- Collaborated with faculty and TAs to write and revise 15+ textbook questions and sections, ensuring clarity, technical accuracy, and accessibility for students.
- Reviewed and formatted 20+ mathematical equations and theoretical explanations using LaTeX to support future versions of the course textbook.
June 2023 — August 2023
Coding Camp Tutor · Girls Who Code
Brooklyn, NY
- Led coding lessons for 20+ middle school students, introducing programming fundamentals (variables, loops, conditionals, and functions) through interactive Scratch projects.
- Assisted in designing and delivering 12 engaging lesson plans with instructors, fostering creativity and computational thinking.
- Provided one-on-one support to students, helping them debug code and understand programming concepts, resulting in improved problem-solving skills.
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Education
2025 — 2027
Georgia Institute of Technology
M.S. in Computer Science
Atlanta, GA
- Specialization in Computational Perception & Robotics
2021 — 2024
Pennsylvania State University
B.S. in Computer Science
University Park, PA
- Minor in Mathematics
- Minor in Cybersecurity Foundations