alison
waterman
waterman
home
about me
leadership
projects
about me
Welcome to my portfolio website, and thanks for taking a look around. I’m Alison
Waterman, a current Electrical Engineering undergraduate student at New York
University Abu Dhabi. I spent my childhood living in Chandler, Arizona, and later
relocated to Folsom, California for high school. After high school, a desire for fast-
paced innovation and global perspectives led me to move to the United Arab
Emirates for my undergraduate degree. While the majority of my undergraduate
education has been completed in Abu Dhabi, I also spent one semester in Shanghai
and one semester in New York City, as well as short-term academic work in Ghana,
India, and the Philippines.
I believe the future will need people who can work to translate between different
interests and forge relationships across cultures and disciplines, and this has been
the guiding theme of my involvement in the NYU Abu Dhabi community. I am
interested in policy topics related to nanosatellites, autonomous systems, and the
future of human space exploration. My undergraduate thesis project focuses on
using deep learning for control of robotic vehicles and drones. I believe that space
projects can be a powerful platform to promote STEM education and international
collaboration and to create global solutions for communications infrastructure and
environmental challenges.
I am also interested in STEM education and gender equality in education access. As
the president and founder of the Aerospace Club and president of the Women
Empowered in STEM organization at NYU Abu Dhabi, I have experience planning
and leading educational workshops and events. I believe that knowledge-sharing,
interdisciplinary collaboration, and open communication are important when
solving problems as a team. By working together, engineers and researchers can
achieve positive social change and push the boundaries of human technological
capability.
Waterman, a current Electrical Engineering undergraduate student at New York
University Abu Dhabi. I spent my childhood living in Chandler, Arizona, and later
relocated to Folsom, California for high school. After high school, a desire for fast-
paced innovation and global perspectives led me to move to the United Arab
Emirates for my undergraduate degree. While the majority of my undergraduate
education has been completed in Abu Dhabi, I also spent one semester in Shanghai
and one semester in New York City, as well as short-term academic work in Ghana,
India, and the Philippines.
I believe the future will need people who can work to translate between different
interests and forge relationships across cultures and disciplines, and this has been
the guiding theme of my involvement in the NYU Abu Dhabi community. I am
interested in policy topics related to nanosatellites, autonomous systems, and the
future of human space exploration. My undergraduate thesis project focuses on
using deep learning for control of robotic vehicles and drones. I believe that space
projects can be a powerful platform to promote STEM education and international
collaboration and to create global solutions for communications infrastructure and
environmental challenges.
I am also interested in STEM education and gender equality in education access. As
the president and founder of the Aerospace Club and president of the Women
Empowered in STEM organization at NYU Abu Dhabi, I have experience planning
and leading educational workshops and events. I believe that knowledge-sharing,
interdisciplinary collaboration, and open communication are important when
solving problems as a team. By working together, engineers and researchers can
achieve positive social change and push the boundaries of human technological
capability.
I believe that education and technology are powerful tools to create a more
equitable world. Read more about my involvement in international social impact
initiatives, including College Admissions Mentors for Africa.
equitable world. Read more about my involvement in international social impact
initiatives, including College Admissions Mentors for Africa.
My hobbies and side projects include:
Maintaining my travel blog
Learning Mandarin Chinese
Ukulele Covers
Hiking and Outdoor Sports
Maintaining my travel blog
Learning Mandarin Chinese
Ukulele Covers
Hiking and Outdoor Sports
Conducting field research in rural Philippines during a Community-
Driven Development course
Driven Development course
hobbies and travel