RyanPurakal
Ryan Purakal

Where I've worked

Undergraduate Research Intern

Rutgers WINLAB

May 2026–Aug 2026

  • Working on CARLA-based autonomous vehicle simulation for the CityOS project.
  • Simulated user interaction traces for an 8-person integrated research stack.
May 2026–Aug 2026

Research Assistant (Incoming)

Aresty Research Program / CAIT

Sept 2026

  • Focused on AI for safe and intelligent transportation systems under PI Xiang Liu.
Sept 2026

AI Engineering Intern

Rutgers University Life

March 2026–Present

  • Built Project S.E.E.R., a Discord-based LLM agent with a FastAPI backend.
  • Implemented OpenAI RAG pipeline over scraped GetInvolved listings.
  • Designed DynamoDB schemas for clubs, events, and user preferences; scheduled AWS EventBridge digests.
March 2026–Present

Technology Director

Health Decoded

Dec 2025–Present

  • Lead frontend architecture for a Next.js platform.
  • Built interactive React/Vite/TypeScript workshop tools deployed in school sessions.
Dec 2025–Present

Student Community Manager (Incoming)

CS Coding and Social Lounge (CSL)

Aug 2026

  • Role begins August 2026.
Aug 2026

Frontend Developer

RUMAD

Oct 2025–Present

  • Built cross-platform React Native apps with TypeScript.
  • Architected a reusable component library of 15+ typed primitives.
Oct 2025–Present

Outreach Chair

CS Coding and Social Lounge (CSL)

Present

  • Leads industry partnerships and student engagement.
Present
Ryan Purakal — portrait
Presenting a technical session on version control and Git
Classroom workshop with slides on screen
On campus with friends
Health literacy case study presentation to a group
Ryan Purakal — portrait
Presenting a technical session on version control and Git
Classroom workshop with slides on screen
On campus with friends
Health literacy case study presentation to a group

Open to
opportunities.

I'm a sophomore at Rutgers studying CS and Data Science, currently doing research at WINLAB and interning across AI/ML and software engineering roles. Reach out if you're building something interesting.