Vatsal Chandel

About me

I'm Vatsal Chandel

Hello there! My name is Vatsal Chandel, and I am a fourth year student and TA at the University Of Washington. I am currently studying Human Centered Design Engineering with plans on minoring in Data Science, TAing CSE 163, and looking to continue my Undergraduate Research.

In my free time, I love to bike, watch TV shows, code, and play video games. As of recently, I have started getting into F1 and all the cool engineering that happens behind the scenes! I also love meeting new people and trying new things.

My Experiences

Software Engineering Intern at Starbucks | (June 2023 - September 2023)

At Starbucks, I got to develop a Slack bot that monitored our marketers offerings and reach our users/customers. I also got to enhance user experience using Cheetah API services to provide users with their personalized recommendations. I also got to work with Microsoft Azure and understand how our APIs work, as well as how to be a barista for a day!

Undergraduate Researcher at UW HCDE | (January 2023 - Present)

Working as an undergraduate researcher at the University of Washington taught me how to conduct research and how to come an idea, and nurture it and watch it become an actual thing. On this research team, I helped a lot in the development stages so that we would have something to show to potential buyers and have something to improve/work on.

You can checkout our research/work here

Software Engineering Intern at T-Mobile | (June 2022 - September 2022)

At T-Mobile, I learned the innerworkings of a big company and how code gets shared and worked on, teaching me how to work as a team. Here I also learned some new technologies such as SpringBoot and Kafka and got to work on some cool projects using them.

CSE 163 (Python) TA at University of Washington | (March 2022 - Present)

Working as a TA taught me how to plan for the now and the later. As course material changed on the fly, so did our plans as TAs. As a TA, I delivered weekly lectures, walked through coding problems and provided assistance through office hours. Through TAing, I have also been able to improve my Python skills.