Kody Rogers
Box 308, Melfort, Saskatchewan S0E 1A0
Email: kodyrogers21(at)gmail.com
Seeking a position in the technology field requiring strengths in programming, problem-solving, and data analysis.
Preferably relating to an industry such as agriculture, research, health care, or business.
Relevant Skills & Accomplishments
Technical
Programming
- Two years of experience programming in python for various applications
- C++ programming skills from university classes.
- Experience in Javascript, PHP, HTML, and CSS.
Data Analysis
- Experience working with data during two work terms.
- Currently enrolled in the Junior Lab at the University of Regina.
The lab requires the collection and analysis of data
Research & Projects
Personal Website, 12/2019 - present (Individual, Maintenance Phase)
- Building a website from scratch to store reports on personal projects and blogs from my travels.
- Built with Flask, Python, and Jinja
- It is this website!
- The Github
Travel Planning Website, 03/2020 - present (Individual, Specification Phase)
- Forming an idea for a travel planning app/website that will make use of the WikiVoyage API
- The development will be done using either PHP or Flask for the website, and Kivy will
probably be used for the mobile app.
Bin Temperature Sensor, 2018 - present (Individual, In Development)
- Building a grain temperature monitoring system using an Arduino as the 'brains'.
- Using an Arduino and making the project public will decrease the cost of setting up
grain monitoring systems
- The hackaday page
Agriculture
Family Farm
- Experience driving farm machinery at the family farm.
- Knowledge of general farm operations from working at the family farm.
Research
- Experience collecting and analyzing data related to the development
of new varieties of crop at the Melfort Agriculture Research Station.
Communication, Team & Self-Management
- Collaborate effectively and respectfully with group members to ensure completion of tasks (Junior lab, two group projects in Morocco)
- Communicated research through technical reports (Junior lab, and three work term reports).
- Presented research and data using powerpoint (one work term, and senior research)
Technical Work Experience
Trainee - OCAS/ArcelorMittal
Ghent, Belgium
Duties:
- Performed heat treatments on various samples of steel
- Studied kinetics using Dilatometry and Differential Scanning Calorimetry of various samples
- Analyzed the data collected with input from my Supervisor
June 2018 - November 2018
Co - Op Student - Morden Research and Development Centre
Government of Canada
Morden, MB Canada
Duties:
- Made improvements to database applications developed using Flask, and MySQL
- Added comments and improved documentation of existing code
- Took various web pages written in HTML and CSS to make a workable website
January 2018 - April 2018
Co – Op Student – Melfort Research Farm
Government of Canada
Melfort, SK Canada
Duties:
- Collected various forms of data from different crops
- Cleaned the samples of seed and weeded the plots
- Assisted Cecil Vera with his research on the relationship of Pasmo disease and lodging in flax
Other Experience
- Customer Service Representative (part-time), Canadian Tire, Melfort, SK (2010 - 2012)
- Yard Personnel (full-time), Prairie North Co-Op, Melfort, SK Summer (2015)
- Newspaper Deliverer, Saskatoon Star Phoenix, Melfort, SK (2008 - 2010)
- Newspaper Deliverer, Melfort Journal, Melfort, SK (2005 - 2008)
Membership and Activities
Memberships
- Rotaract (2015 - 2017)
- Computer Science for Innovation, Morocco (2017)
Volunteer
- Rotary/Rotaract Activities (2012 - present)
- Engineers Without Borders (2015)
Interests
- Travel (e.g., Rotary Exchange to Brazil, Exchange semester in Morocco, work term in Belgium)
- Working on technical projects (e.g. building websites, building helpful devices with Arduino, etc.)
- Homebrewing, hockey, reading, swimming, running, etc.
Education
Bachelors of Science
Applied Physics
University of Regina
2014-2020
Certificate in Economics
University of Regina
2017-2019
References
Available upon request.