Taylor Murray

East Lansing MI 48823

murratay@umich.edu  517-974-9679  Github username: murraytay

EDUCATION
University of Michigan, Bachelors of Science in Engineering in Computer Science Ann Arbor, MI
GPA: 3.873/4.00 Dec
2021
 Minor in Math
 Member of Engineering Honors Program
WORK EXPERIENCE
Menlo Innovations Ann Arbor, MI (Remote) / East Lansing, MI
Developer May 2021-August 2021
 Created a web app for a large furniture company that enabled them to correctly allocate each purchased item on a
specific purchase order to an invoice that ordered that SKU, by synchronizing their DB2 system with our postgres
database, to create transparency and to control expectations for customers
 Employed test-driven development as well as pair programming, daily stand-ups, and weekly show-and-tells with the
customer to ensure a quality product that fits the changing needs of the company
University of Michigan Comparative Literature Department Ann Arbor, MI (Remote) / East Lansing, MI
Research Assistant January 2021-April 2021
 Developed an interdisciplinary, Black/Indigenous-pedagogically focused curriculum to be used with an artificial reality
lens, centered on the question “Should we continue to use synthetic indigo or go back to using real indigo?” to
encourage cross-discipline critical analysis, especially amongst non-white students
 Researched social-data platforms such as Are.na to develop a model of what an Are.na essay may look like, and to
create mini-assignments that ask students to think about how context and form are shaped through non-traditional
writing practices like data aggregation
PROJECTS
A Walk in my Shoes Feed June 2021
 Manipulated Twitter API to create a Twitter “List” that includes all of the people a certain indicated user follows,
which the subject user can then view, with the goal of breaking down the silos and echo chambers of the Internet and
redefining how much control a user should have over what they see in their feed.
VOLUNTEERING
Break ‘n Make East Lansing, MI
Facilitator August 2019
 Coordinated with the East Lansing Public Library Teen Specialist and other community members to put on the two-day
workshop for 6 students between the ages of 10-13 to give them the tools and skills they need for the modern maker
space and to spark a curiosity about how things work.
INvent Bogotá, Colombia
Arduino/Project Team Member May 2018
 Taught 120 students from 6th to 12th grade the fundamentals of computer-aided design (using Fusion
 360) and Arduino by guiding them through hands-on projects and lessons to ignite a life-long interest in
technology and its many capabilities
TECH SKILLS
 JavaScript, HTML, CSS, React Native, Python, Jupyter Notebooks, C++, Objective C, Arduino, Git
EXTRACURRICULARS
 Tech for Social Good Member, Co-founder and former President
 Michigan Pops Orchestra, Violist
 Nones and Dones, Member
 Global Scholars Program Alumnus