Pawan Subedi

Professional Experience

• Teaching Assistant
  Texas A&M, College Station, TX  ·  Aug 2025 – Present
  • Taught weekly lab sections for ~60 students, guiding them in Unreal Engine and building gameplay features using Blueprint scripting.
  • Provided hands-on technical support (debugging Blueprint graphs, actors/components, gameplay events), helping teams reach milestone deliverables and playable prototypes.
  • Graded assignments/projects for 60 students using a rubric, delivering feedback on gameplay functionality, Blueprint logic quality, and completion.
• System Software Engineer
  Hewlett Packard Enterprises, San Jose, CA  ·  Jul 2022 – Apr 2025
  • Implemented robust functions leveraged by 15 team members that cut the general lengths of scripts by 40% using Python, Pytest.
  • Worked on system simulation project — defining, identifying defects and pushing the limit of the system with different test cases and automations.
• Software Engineer (Intern Co-op)
  Hewlett Packard Enterprises, San Jose, CA  ·  May 2021 – May 2022
  • Created a user-friendly GUI that facilitated more than 300 employees in executing specific CLI-based tasks efficiently.
  • Enhanced web app UI by applying Python, Django, MongoDB, Celery, and Elasticsearch, resulting in the successful achievement of project objectives.
• Software Engineer
  Neighbor Marketing, Remote, New York  ·  Apr 2020 – Jun 2020
  • Led a team of 4 to design and develop a property reviews website to impact 250,000+ people using React, JavaScript, and other relevant tools.
  • Implemented Google API to support location/auto-completion, Firebase authentication for profiles, and Mailchimp for automated emails.

Education

• Master of Science in Visualization Texas A&M, College Station, TX
  May 2027
• Bachelor of Arts, Computer Science and Data Science / Minor: Math Augustana University, Sioux Falls, SD
  May 2022  ·  GPA: 3.52 / 4.00

Skills & Interests

Projects

• AR/Game Projects (Coursework)
  Aug 2025 – Present
  • Built 3 interactive prototypes, including ScavengAR Hunt and Animal vs. Human, focusing on complete gameplay loops from setup to interaction to completion.
  • Implemented core game systems such as state-based progression, spawning/triggers, UI prompts, and interaction logic using Unity + AR stack (Vuforia/AR Foundation).
  • Iterated through playtests to debug tracking/interaction issues, refine UX clarity, and improve reliability/performance across builds.
• GAN — Generative Adversarial Network
  Oct 2023 – Aug 2025
  • Learning and reproducing different GAN papers: CycleGAN, StyleGAN, DCGAN, SRGAN.
  • Tried achieving similar result as Canny edge detector using GAN models with OpenCV, PyTorch.
• Sanford Health Hack, Runner Up — Health Memo (Team Lead/App Developer)
  Sep 2022 – Oct 2022
  • Pitched a business plan and prototyped an iOS app that helped to keep logs of users' health.
  • Earned Second place and people's choice award out of 20 teams, winning total of $9,000 prize.
  • Prototyped app using Swift, Parse, and Google API — embedded Google's Text-to-Speech and Speech-to-Text features.
• Twitter Clone, CodePath Project (iOS App)
  Oct 2020
  • Created a clone of Twitter using Swift, Storyboard where users could login and stay connected without losing credentials and tweets.
  • Implemented features like retweeting, favoriting a tweet, and infinite scrolling for a better user experience.
• Sanford Health Hack Runner Up — Pill Buddy (Team Lead)
  Sep 2019 – Oct 2019
  • Developed mobile application and presented product pitch, earned second place out of 12 teams, and won prize pool of $7,000.
  • Designed a user-friendly interface that allowed 5,000+ elderly Sanford patients to check their drug interactions to prevent overdose.

Leadership & Affiliations

• Conference Volunteer
  ACM SIGGRAPH 2024, Denver, CO  ·  Jul 2024 – Aug 2024
  • Supported conference operations by assisting attendees and staff across high-traffic areas, ensuring smooth day-to-day flow.
  • Communicated clearly with diverse attendees and organizers to resolve issues quickly and keep activities running on schedule.
  • Gained exposure to current industry/research directions in computer graphics, games, and interactive tech through on-site programming and demos.
• Communication Director
  Augustana Student Association, Sioux Falls, SD  ·  Aug 2019 – May 2020
  • Led team of 6 responsible for conducting Transparency and increasing the visibility of 100+ clubs.
  • Improved the overall experience of students and updated the Association website.
  • Organized 2019 Senate election with a successful participant count of 30+ students.

Certificates

• Deep Learning Specialization (Coursera)
  • Sequence Models — Mar 8, 2023
  • Convolutional Neural Networks — Feb 11, 2023
  • Structuring Machine Learning Projects — Jan 6, 2023
  • Improving Deep Neural Networks: Hyperparameter Tuning, Regularization and Optimization — Oct 19, 2022
  • Neural Networks and Deep Learning — Sep 23, 2022
• Broadway Course Completion
  HTML, CSS, JavaScript — 2016