Andy Vo

Graduate Certificate for Applied Data Science

UC Berkeley School of Information

Group 2 Social and Behavioral Research Investigators

CITI Program

Key Club International

Sep 2014 - May 2018 · 3 yrs 9 mos

Breakthrough Manchester

Nov 2016 - May 2018 · 1 yr 7 mos

Grand Prize Winner of Adobe Research's Code Quality Jam 2023

Issued by Adobe · Aug 2023

Associated with Adobe

AP Scholar with Distinction

Issued by The College Board · Jul 2017

Awarded to students who average a minimum of 3.5 on all their AP exams and score 3 or more on at least five of these exams.

Third Place Overall at Hoya Hacks 2021

Issued by Hoya Hacks 2021 · Jan 2021

Associated with Boston University Oversaw design system and demo of a mobile app that interactively aids users on properly disposing waste using TensorFlow Lite.

Harvard Prize Book

Issued by Manchester Central High School; Harvard Alumni Association · May 2017

"Awarded to an outstanding student in the next-to-graduating class who displays excellence in scholarship and high character, combined with achievement in other fields."

Rensselaer Medal Award

Issued by Manchester Central High School; Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute · May 2017

Awarded to "promising secondary school students who have distinguished themselves in mathematics and science."

Dean's List

Issued by Dean Buglio · Jan 2021

Associated with Boston University Students placed on the Dean's List for each semester in the College of Arts & Sciences are those who attain a Grade Point Index (GPI) of 3.5 or higher in academic coursework and earned at least 15 academic credits.

Distinguished Club President

Issued by New England and Bermuda District Key Club · Apr 2018

Associated with Manchester Central High School Awarded to three prominent club presidents throughout the New England and Bermuda District of Key Club

First Place for Best Club Video

Issued by New England and Bermuda District Key Club · Apr 2017

Associated with Manchester Central High School

AP Scholar with Distinction

Issued by The College Board · Jul 2018

Awarded to students who average a minimum of 3.5 on all their AP exams and score 3 or more on at least five of these exams.

Dean's List

Issued by Dean Buglio · May 2022

Associated with Boston University Students placed on the Dean's List for each semester in the College of Arts & Sciences are those who attain a Grade Point Index (GPI) of 3.5 or higher in academic coursework and earned at least 15 academic credits.

Second Place for Best Essay

Issued by New England and Bermuda District Key Club · Apr 2016

Associated with Manchester Central High School Prompt: "How would Key Club membership growth help us further our vision of being caring and competent servant leaders who transform communities worldwide?" Essay Submission: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1PtjbURJhY2OGJehwW0Jh5yHgAoGMJ53wf4PeL1ohXL4/edit?usp=sharing

Winner of Best Fun Hack

Issued by CalHacks 9.0 · Oct 2022

Associated with University of California, Berkeley • Delegated a team of 5 as the lead React developer to engineer a winning web application that allows the 45,000 UC Berkeley students to submit a daily mood and visualize moods across Berkeley departments and campus • Researched machine learning and natural language processing models to generate overall moods across Berkeley campus in a mobile framework

Dean's List

Issued by Dean Buglio · Jul 2020

Associated with Boston University Students placed on the Dean's List for each semester in the College of Arts & Sciences are those who attain a Grade Point Index (GPI) of 3.5 or higher in academic coursework and earned at least 15 academic credits.

Winner of IBM's Green Compute Challenge

Issued by HackMIT 2020 · Sep 2020

Associated with Boston University • Utilized Firebase and React.js to develop a web application that allows users to visualize the environmental impact of machine learning computations from 500 data centers • Identified design needs from IBM’s prototype UI, coordinated with back-end developers, and created a user-friendly UI from Illustrator and Figma to simplify carbon emissions of computational operations

Grand Prize Winner of Catalyst UI/UX Designathon

Issued by BU Forge · Oct 2020

Associated with Boston University • Led and collaborated in the development of a team-based project for people to connect for “safe celebrations” during COVID-19 by allowing users in collegiate communities to open posts of motivation, happiness, and celebration • Drove product design through Figma mockups mobile app and designed 20 interactive screens • Awarded first place overall during final presentations

First Place for Best Essay

Issued by New England and Bermuda District Key Club · Apr 2017

Associated with Manchester Central High School Prompt: "The three domains of the Key Club experience are Heart to Serve, Call to Lead, and Courage to Engage. How do these domains shape the membership experience of a Key Clubber?" Essay Submission: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1YjKl_jwEkSqC0tBT5iuEds-D4hOdVoPh0Fkq61xfCLU/edit?usp=sharing

Blanche A. Bruce Trust Scholarship

Sep 2020

Associated with Boston University Blanche A. Bruce was a civically minded individual who wanted to benefit education. This scholarship is eligible for students currently enrolled in college. 1. Must be currently enrolled as a college student. 2. Must be continuing at an accredited four year college or university program. 3. Must maintain a 3.0 cumulative GPA.

Winner of Spark! Demo Day Audience Choice Award

Issued by BU Spark! · May 2022

Associated with Boston University • Led weekly Agile sprints and oversaw code reviews of a React application to provide a platform for users to talk about a random/user-generated topic without as many filler words as possible to build public speaking confidence • Conducted research among 100+ college students and found that >64% of students expressed a struggle in public speaking and that 100% of students indicated no known solutions, validating the need for the app

Grand Prize Winner of BU CS Ambassadors Web Design Competition

Issued by BU CS Ambassadors · Jun 2021

Associated with Boston University Designed and developed a website to attract 200+ incoming computer science first-year students to a mentor-mentee program using JavaScript, Node.js, Express, HTML, and CSS. Implemented SEO-rich content, mailing list, and contact form and improved branding while maintaining to Boston University website guidelines.

Third Place Prize of Twitter #UltraHacks

Issued by Twitter · Oct 2020

Associated with Boston University • Developed an iOS application using the Twitter API, and developed a web API with Python to access the Tweepy library to analyze tweets with sentiment analysis • Focused on front-end design using Figma and SwiftUI to create an app that allows users to select preferences, receive happy/motivational tweets, and promote their own happy tweets • Attained third place over all in the final round