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Hello and Namaste, I am Disha Sawant

Computer Engineering Graduate Student & AI Application Engineer

Passionate about AI, automation, and full-stack development. Currently pursuing M.S. in Computer Engineering at San Diego State University.

Disha Sawant at SDSU
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Education

Disha Sawant at her San Diego State University graduation

Master of Science in Computer Engineering

San Diego State University

Aug 2024 – May 2026 GPA: 3.5/4

Currently pursuing my M.S. in Computer Engineering at San Diego State University, where my graduate work centers on artificial intelligence and autonomous systems. I've earned an A in AI for Unmanned Systems, Data Mining & Analysis, and Reinforcement Learning — coursework that directly fuels the applied-AI and automation work I do today, and keeps me at a 3.5/4 GPA.

Disha Sawant receiving her University of Mumbai engineering degree

Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering

University of Mumbai

Jul 2018 – Jul 2022 GPA: 3.7/4

Completed my B.S. in Computer Engineering at the University of Mumbai, graduating with a 3.7/4 GPA. These formative years built my core computer-science foundation — with perfect 10/10 scores in Java OOP, Python, Data Mining, and Data Structures, plus 9/10 in Operating Systems — and gave me my first experience leading a machine-learning team.

Technical Skills

Programming Languages

PythonExpert90%
JavaScript / TypeScriptAdvanced85%
SQLAdvanced85%
JavaAdvanced80%
C++Intermediate70%

AI/ML & Frameworks

Pandas / NumPyExpert95%
Scikit-learnExpert90%
TensorFlow / KerasAdvanced85%
FastAPIAdvanced85%
React / AngularAdvanced80%

Tools & Platforms

MongoDB / MySQLAdvanced85%
DockerAdvanced80%
TableauAdvanced80%
AWSIntermediate75%
ROS / GazeboIntermediate75%

Certifications

Professional Experience

AI Application Engineering Intern

Ema Unlimited

June 2025 - Aug 2025Mountain View, CA
  • MSIG: Improved operational efficiency by 90% implementing AI-powered insurance claims triage for Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Group.
  • Ticket Management: Streamlined Zendesk/Freshdesk automation with robust workflows. Reduced manual effort by 82%.
  • Expense Management: Designed Expensify workflows for user/policy/expense creation with modular architecture.
  • HR Management: Architected Ashby API recruiting workflows with intelligent filtering, reducing 75% turnaround time.

Data Engineer

Image Computers

Dec 2022 - Aug 2024Mumbai, India
  • ETL Pipeline Development: Architected scalable ETL processes using Python, Apache Airflow, and SQL to handle 500,000+ daily records with 99.5% data accuracy.
  • Predictive Maintenance: Engineered ML models achieving 17% increase in system uptime and 40% reduction in unplanned downtime, saving $50K+ annually.
  • Real-time Dashboard: Developed interactive analytics dashboard using Angular, D3.js, and Tableau.

Data Analyst Intern

Saint Louis University

Jan 2022 - Feb 2022St. Louis, MO (Remote)
  • Campaign Analytics Leadership: Led analysis of Facebook ad performance analyzing 50,000+ data points across 13 international markets.
  • Performance Optimization: Delivered recommendations achieving projected 15% improvement in campaign efficiency and 10% reduction in advertising costs.

Data Science Intern

PlotMyData

Jun 2021 - Jul 2021Remote
  • Parkinson Disease Detection: Built early diagnosis model achieving 94% accuracy using Random Forest and XGBoost.
  • Academic Performance Prediction: Developed regression model with 89% R² score.
  • Fake News Detection: Implemented NLP classifier achieving 92% F1-score using TF-IDF and Naive Bayes.

Artificial Intelligence Intern

Beat The Virus Startup

Jun 2021 - Jul 2021Remote
  • Object Recognition: Built CNN-based image classifier achieving 91% accuracy on CIFAR-10 dataset.
  • Handwritten Digit Classification: Developed model achieving 98.5% accuracy on MNIST images.
  • News Classification: Implemented multi-class text categorization achieving 88% accuracy using LSTM networks.

Data Science Intern

GreatAlbum LLC

Apr 2021 - Jul 2021Boston, MA (Remote)
  • Photo Clustering Algorithm: Developed logic to recognize "clusters" of photos based on date/time metadata using K-Means.
  • Metadata Processing: Engineered data pipeline to import and process photo metadata enabling automatic event creation.

Recommendations

"I would highly recommend Disha for any project or job role in which she seems qualified. She will be a delight to any team! During this project, Disha worked really well independently when assigned tasks and also as a team member, collaborating with others."

Erik Britt-Webb

Founder & CEO, GreatAlbum LLC

"Given Disha's success with demanding problems in short time frames, I would work with her again and highly recommend her for future opportunities. She played a major role in building an Expensify integration completed on a tight deadline for a customer demo."

Jay Lowe

Supervisor, Ema Unlimited

"I sincerely believe Disha will bring her unique energy, optimism, passion, and tireless creativity to your class and University as a whole. I appointed her as the head of the ML team, and her knowledge of deploying models using FlaskAPI, Django and TensorFlow.js enabled her team to deploy live on the internet."

Dr. Mahendra Pawar

Associate Professor, VPPCOEVA College Mumbai

"Disha is really intellectual, attentive and possesses a positive attitude towards academics. Her fantastic research and presentation skills saved the day and made her project stand out. She gracefully accepted recommendations and constructive criticism, which helped improve her work for the best."

Prof. Atul Shintre

Associate Professor, VPPCOEVA College Mumbai

Featured Projects

Disha Chat — AI avatar chatbot interface

AI Avatar Chatbot

A production AI avatar that answers questions about my background and work — built with Groq function calling, voice input/output, and deployed on Cloudflare Pages.

GroqFunction CallingVoice I/OJavaScriptCloudflare Pages
Excel AI Agent — test evidence report cover

Excel AI Agent

An AI spreadsheet agent evaluated across 10 real tasks — a test-evidence report with before/after screenshots, methodology, and verified results for each operation.

AI AgentSpreadsheetsLLMAutomationEvaluation
Agentic Recruiting — AI hiring flow interface

Agentic Recruiting

An end-to-end AI hiring flow — resume screening, interview simulation, voice Q&A, and candidate scorecards, built with Next.js on Cloudflare Workers.

Next.jsTypeScriptGroqVoice Q&ACloudflare Workers
Multi-agent trading floor dashboard

Multi-Agent Trading Floor

An autonomous paper-trading simulation of independent AI traders with live portfolios, execution logs, and MCP traces — built with the OpenAI Agents SDK and MCP servers on a Gradio dashboard.

OpenAI Agents SDKMCPMulti-AgentPythonGradio
Quadrotor Flight Control Simulation

Quadrotor Flight Control Simulation

Developed quadrotor flight control system using PX4 SITL, ROS Noetic, Gazebo, and MAVSDK-Python for autonomous flight operations.

PX4 SITLROSGazeboPythonPID Control
Tarangeeta — Flask blogging CMS homepage

Tarangeeta — Blogging CMS

A full-featured Flask blogging platform with block-based rich-text authoring, Cloudinary media uploads, Google OAuth, post scheduling, and an admin dashboard.

FlaskPythonGoogle OAuthCloudinaryJavaScript
MathUI Handwritten Digit Recognition

MathUI - Handwritten Digit Recognition

Interactive handwritten digit recognition website with real-time feedback, ideal for banking and postal services.

HTML CanvasJavaScriptOpenCVPythonTensorFlowNumPy
VoiceUI Voice Recognition Interface

VoiceUI - Voice Recognition Interface

Voice recognition website enhancing accessibility and productivity through hands-free interaction.

HTMLCSSJavaScriptjQueryWeb Speech API
ClimateUI World Viewer

ClimateUI - World Climate Data Viewer

Interactive 3D world viewer for visualizing climate data including vegetation, temperature, pollution, and precipitation.

Three.jsWebGLJavaScriptClimate Data3D Visualization
AI in Business & AutoML

AI in Business & AutoML

Exploring automated machine learning techniques and their applications in business decision-making.

PythonAutoMLJupyterMachine Learning
AI in Marketing

AI in Marketing

Leveraging AI for marketing analytics, customer segmentation, and predictive consumer behavior modeling.

PythonMachine LearningData AnalysisJupyter
Creative AI

Creative AI

Exploring generative AI techniques for creative applications including content generation and style transfer.

PythonGenerative AIDeep LearningJupyter
Emotion AI

Emotion AI

Building emotion recognition systems using machine learning to detect and analyze human emotions.

PythonComputer VisionNLPDeep Learning
Healthcare AI

Healthcare AI

Applying AI to healthcare challenges including disease prediction and medical imaging analysis.

PythonMachine LearningMedical DataJupyter

Get In Touch

Let's Connect

I'm always open to discussing new opportunities, interesting projects, or just having a chat about technology and innovation.