Summary
Vishal Vijayakumar is a mechanical engineering senior at the University of Vermont with a strong interest in hardware design and a current focus on developing a next-generation mechanical heart valve. He pairs technical rigor—supported by minors in Pure Mathematics and Theatre—with hands-on leadership as founder and president of the club sport table tennis team and as an experienced production assistant and director in theatre. With a decade of varied experience that includes frontline customer-facing sales at UPS and student housing operations, he blends practical logistics knowledge with engineering problem solving. Vishal has taught technology skills to youth as a longtime summer Technology Area Director for Boy Scouts, reflecting a talent for translating complex concepts into teachable lessons. Based in New York, he seeks roles that merge physical product development, multimedia storytelling, and rigorous analytical thinking. An uncommon mix of stagecraft and math-driven engineering gives him a creative edge in human-centered hardware design.
9 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Engineering and Mathematics: BSME, Mechanical Engineering, Engineering and Mathematics: BSME, Mechanical Engineering at University of Vermont