Elisabeth Yap

Distribution Co-op

Atlantic City Electric · May 2026 – Present · Glassboro, NJ

• Analyzed condition and performance data for transformers, reclosers, and other distribution equipment to flag reliability concerns.
• Reviewed feeder maps and cross-referenced GIS and utility databases to verify network design and asset information.
• Built and updated recloser maps so operators can navigate the system and coordinate settings across feeders.
• Worked with a senior engineer on recloser settings tied to CAIDI, SAIDI, and SAIFI.
• Set kVA/ft² load multipliers for schools, malls, and other property types used in electrical service planning.
• Pulled operational data in Excel and utility software to back engineering decisions.
• Field inspections and load studies on distribution projects, including switching and outage work.
• Equipment evaluation and the engineering documentation that goes out with the work.

Vice Chair

Rowan IEEE · Dec 2025 – Present

• Lead chapter operations and manage 8 committee members across service, PR, and event planning.
• Plan member engagement and the next slate of programs with the executive board.
• Held the chapter lead role for the 2026 Student Activities Conference and ProfHacks.
• Workshops, industry panels, competitions, and the regional IEEE Student Activities Conference.
• Event logistics, outreach, sponsorship coordination, and member engagement for the chapter.

Lead Organizer

ProfHacks · Dec 2025 – Present

• Lead Rowan’s annual 24-hour engineering hackathon from concept through event day.
• Cross-functional planning: timelines, team communication, and the logistics of a full weekend.
• Coordinate 20+ student teams, industry judges, sponsors, volunteers, and on-site operations.
• Helped secure $40K in sponsorship across 8 sponsors for ProfHacks 2024–2026.
• Own programming, workshops, sponsorships, marketing, and volunteer coordination.
• Work with industry professionals, faculty, and student organizations on what participants experience.

Co-Founder

LaundryIQ · Aug 2025 – Present

• Co-founded an IoT product for non-invasive laundry monitoring in homes, laundromats, campuses, and other shared laundry rooms.
• Wrote embedded C++ on ESP32-S3 for board bring-up and real-time signal processing, current sensing at ±0.01A.
• Took a custom analog front-end and PCB through 5 prototype revisions, reworking the front-end each round to hold that resolution.
• Classification logic that separates idle, running, and done from current-draw patterns alone.
• End-to-end IoT platform for live machine monitoring, notifications, and cycle and fault detection at about 90% accuracy.
• Designed an IP20 PLA enclosure in SolidWorks so the board can sit in a commercial or residential laundry room.
• Ran 20+ customer discovery interviews through NSF I-Corps to test product viability and market demand.
• Own the product vision, early prototyping, business planning, and go-to-market.

Founder

KainKitchen · Jun 2025 – Present

• Founded an AI cooking assistant: photograph what’s in the kitchen and get recipes matched to diet and the ingredients on hand.
• Built the mobile app in SwiftUI, with Firebase behind it.
• Produce recognition so a photo of the counter becomes the ingredient list.
• Shipped the backend that serves the recipes, plus the interface people actually cook from.
• Own product direction, UI and testing, and early business development. Live at cookwithkain.com.

Lead Coordinator

Rowan IEEE · May 2025 – Mar 2026 · Glassboro, NJ

• Organized the 2026 IEEE Student Activities Conference for 250+ attendees across Regions 1 and 2.
• Coordinated logistics on a $50K budget, including technical workshops and industry networking.
• Programmed the Brown Bag Competition, Project Showcase, ProfHacks, and the WIE panel.

Barista

7 Brew Coffee · Apr 2025 – Jul 2025

• High-volume drive-thru service at 7 Brew, taking orders and handing drinks out the window.
• Beverage prep on a line that stays moving through a full shift.
• Worked the window with teammates and stayed with customers in a fast-paced shift.

Research Intern

BioDome Inc. · Feb 2025 – May 2025 · Hybrid

• Technical research on greenhouse automation, IoT control systems, and precision agriculture.
• Benchmarked 8 companies’ PLC, IoT, AI, and cloud control platforms across LoRa, Zigbee, and Wi-Fi.
• Wrote the evaluation criteria for scalability, integration, and environmental monitoring.
• Ran the comparisons side by side so a purchasing decision could be made off the results.
• Researched environmental sensors and communication protocols for controlled-environment agriculture.
• Authored 6 technical reports on the tradeoffs.
• Presented engineering recommendations for the prototyping and research that would follow.

Volunteer Chair

Rowan IEEE · Dec 2024 – Dec 2025

• Service chair for the chapter: recruited, organized, and managed volunteers for events.
• Built the volunteer roster that staffed chapter events.
• Worked with the executive board on member engagement and how service events were covered.

Organizer

ProfHacks · Dec 2023 – Dec 2025

• Helped run ProfHacks 2024 and 2025, a 24-hour hackathon with 20+ teams each year.
• Planning and execution with the organizing team, from the first schedule through event day.
• Registration, judging, programming, technical workshops, and what participants experienced on site.
• Worked with industry judges, sponsors, faculty, and student teams through the weekend.
• Part of the organizing group that secured $40K in sponsorship across 8 sponsors for 2024–2026.

Assistant AI Researcher

Rowan College of Engineering · Jan 2024 – Feb 2025

• Ported and optimized Python object-detection classifiers into C++ for low-latency decisions on embedded targets.
• Trained models to about 90% accuracy for real-time acoustic pattern recognition on the hardware.
• Board bring-up, data acquisition, and the preprocessing pipeline for 150+ audio samples.
• Supervised learning pipelines for the classification tasks, including gathering, labeling, and annotation.
• Checked timing and accuracy in the lab before the models ran on the target.
• Tuned inference on resource-constrained hardware, trading latency against accuracy.
• Prototyped the algorithms in Python and C++ for edge deployment and real-time decisions.
• Research on human-machine perception and signal-driven classification, plus programming support as the work moved.

Distribution Engineering Intern

Atlantic City Electric · Jun 2024 – Aug 2024 · Glassboro, NJ

• Inspected and validated 20+ smart grid devices in the field, checking installation and connectivity.
• Cross-checked GIS against 50+ feeder maps and cleared 13 discrepancies so crews were not sent to the wrong place.
• Developed 30+ recloser maps across 30+ feeders, used for settings coordination.
• Updated 25+ sections of an engineering manual, correcting procedures engineers were still treating as current.
• Reviewed designs against field conditions before crew dispatch and flagged conflicts to prevent rework.
• Analyzed electrical load and system reliability data for safety-critical infrastructure decisions.
• Evaluated sensor-driven health metrics on transformers and reclosers for predictive maintenance.
• Interpreted electrical measurements and engineering standards in system-level design reviews.
• Reported technical risk and performance to multidisciplinary engineering teams.
• Distribution system design, planning, field inspections, data analysis, and safety-standard compliance.

Learning Assistant

Rowan Physics & Astronomy · Jan 2024 – May 2024 · Glassboro, NJ

• Tutored students in Introductory Mechanics through the semester.
• Sat in course meetings with the professor and the other learning assistants.
• Kept the help consistent with what the class was actually covering that week.

Public Relations Chair

Rowan IEEE · Dec 2023 – Dec 2024

• Ran PR and marketing for chapter events and initiatives through the year.
• Made promotional materials for workshops, competitions, and the larger chapter programs.
• Managed social campaigns aimed at attendance and chapter visibility.
• Kept branding consistent across posts and print.

Federal Work Study

Rowan College of Engineering · Oct 2023 – Apr 2024 · Glassboro, NJ

• Sorted mail and packages for the College of Engineering, then distributed them.
• Ran campus deliveries between offices.
• Tracked office-supply inventory and placed reorders so the engineering office did not run out.