Mohammed Rashad is a versatile software engineer with eight years of experience blending embedded systems, backend and full-stack development with a growing focus on VR/AR/MR research and applications. Currently a Graduate Research Assistant and Lead VR Developer at the University of Illinois College of Veterinary Medicine, he bridges academic research and practical systems engineering to deliver immersive solutions. His background includes embedded software roles at CNH Industrial and John Deere, and hands-on DevOps work—containerizing research platforms to cut storage by 40% and build times by 30%—at the Electronic Visualization Laboratory. Comfortable shipping production code and prototypes, he also advocates for the VR community at UIUC and brings a software-engineering grounded CS education from UIC and UIUC.
8 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science with Software Engineering Concentration, 3.72 / 4.00, Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science with Software Engineering Concentration, 3.72 / 4.00 at University of Illinois at Chicago
Indian Central School Kuwait
Master's degree, Computer Science, Master's degree, Computer Science at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
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