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I'm a Software Engineer pursuing a Master's in Computer Science & Engineering at Santa Clara University. Currently working at SCU's Frugal Innovation Hub where I assist in the coordination, development, and deployment of student-built, humanitarian software.





Hello! I'm Esai, a Software Engineer and recent graduate from Santa Clara University. I was born and raised in Portland, Oregon but moved to Santa Clara, California for college and to pursue a career in tech.

I enjoy working on all kinds of software projects, from web development to data science and machine learning. When I'm not working on code, I enjoy playing classical guitar.



Santa Clara University
Computer Science & Engineering, M.S.
June 2019
Santa Clara University
Computer Science & Engineering, B.S.
June 2018


Google
Incoming Engineering Resident
Sept 2019
Santa Clara University
Teaching Assistant
Sept 2018 - Present
U.S. Bank
Software Engineering Intern
Jun - Sept 2017
Santa Clara University
Website Technician
Jun 2016 - Jun 2017
Darshan To Divinity
Web Developer Intern
Jan 2016 - Jun 2017

Resume

News Breaking


A fake news detection and fact summarization tool. News Breaking scrapes the web for articles on a current event, compares them against each other to identify claims likely to be true, and presents a succinct, fact-based summary to the reader.

As part of my senior design project at Santa Clara University, I designed and developed the UI of the News Breaking web application. The application was developed to be responsive, scaling accordingly for enhanced readability across devices.


HTML5
CSS3
JavaScript
Python
Flask
Bootstrap





Course Equivalence Tracker


Keeps track of all advisor-approved courses outside Santa Clara University equivalent to those at SCU. Advisors can add, remove, edit, or search for previously established equivalences through a simple authentication system.

I was involved in mutliple aspects and all stages of this project - from requirement elicitation to designing the database schema to implementing the front-end for the web tool.


HTML5
CSS3
JavaScript
PHP
Bootstrap





Esai Morales Guitar


A responsive website for my music business. Designed with simplicity and minimalism in mind. Feel free to explore my guitar music here.


HTML5
CSS3
JavaScript

Movie Recommendation System

A movie rating predictor using a 200 test-user dataset with 1000 movie ratings each. Implemented collaborative filtering and ensemble algorithms.

Python

Simple C Compiler

A compiler for a subset of the C language, implemented in C++.

C++

Toxic Comment Classification

Implemented an online comment classifier to detect varying levels of toxicity.

Python
Scikit-Learn

Spam Detector

A simple spam detector that uses Logistic Regression for classifying email messages.

Python
Scikit-Learn