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<span style="font-size:large;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Murad Abduselam is currently a junior majoring in Computer Engineering at the University of St. Thomas. He hopes to pursue a career in patent law.</span></span>
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Murad Abduselam is a Software Engineer at Google Cloud in New York, specializing in large-scale distributed systems, sovereign cloud infrastructure, Kubernetes, and Go.  
  
<span style="font-size:large;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">As a student at the University of St. Thomas, Murad has served in numerous leadership roles. Murad has been the Vice President of the Mechanical Society of Mechanical Engineers, Apartment Coordinator in Flynn Hall, , and a Page scholar. Other leadership roles he has served in include: BUSN200 Facilitator, Journey for justice student assistant, as well as &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;Outside of school, Murad enjoys volunteering at the Boys & Girls Club of the Twin Cities. Murad is very passionate about issues pertaining to education and civil rights.</span></span>
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He graduated from the University of St. Thomas in 2018 with a Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering. During his undergraduate career, Murad was named a University Innovation Fellow by Stanford University’s Hasso Plattner Institute of Design (d.school) as part of the Spring 2017 cohort.
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===Leadership & Campus Involvement===
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While at the University of St. Thomas, Murad served in numerous leadership and academic roles:
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*'''Vice President''', American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
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*'''Teaching Assistant''', Microprocessor Architecture (School of Engineering)
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*'''Research Scholar''', Excel! Research Scholars Program (focused on machine vision for autonomous vehicle navigation)
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*'''Facilitator & Assistant''', BUSN200 & Journey for Justice
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*'''Apartment Coordinator''', Flynn Hall
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*'''Page Scholar'''
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===Community & Mentorship===
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Passionate about education, technology access, and social equity, Murad has dedicated time to community mentorship through:
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*Teaching web development (HTML/CSS) to high school students with the '''BDPA Twin Cities Foundation'''.
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*Mentoring youth in STEM programs at the '''Boys & Girls Clubs of the Twin Cities'''.

Latest revision as of 02:40, 14 August 2026

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Murad Abduselam is a Software Engineer at Google Cloud in New York, specializing in large-scale distributed systems, sovereign cloud infrastructure, Kubernetes, and Go.

He graduated from the University of St. Thomas in 2018 with a Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering. During his undergraduate career, Murad was named a University Innovation Fellow by Stanford University’s Hasso Plattner Institute of Design (d.school) as part of the Spring 2017 cohort.

Leadership & Campus Involvement

While at the University of St. Thomas, Murad served in numerous leadership and academic roles:

  • Vice President, American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
  • Teaching Assistant, Microprocessor Architecture (School of Engineering)
  • Research Scholar, Excel! Research Scholars Program (focused on machine vision for autonomous vehicle navigation)
  • Facilitator & Assistant, BUSN200 & Journey for Justice
  • Apartment Coordinator, Flynn Hall
  • Page Scholar

Community & Mentorship

Passionate about education, technology access, and social equity, Murad has dedicated time to community mentorship through:

  • Teaching web development (HTML/CSS) to high school students with the BDPA Twin Cities Foundation.
  • Mentoring youth in STEM programs at the Boys & Girls Clubs of the Twin Cities.