PURDUE UNIVERSITY · CLASS OF 2028

Resume.

Congyu Zhao · Product engineering, game development and technical design.

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01 / EDUCATION

Purdue University

B.S. Computer Graphics Technology · Minor in Management

West Lafayette, Indiana · Expected May 2028 · Major GPA 3.6 / 4.0

Relevant coursework: Game Development, Computer Graphics, Computer Science, Management, Accounting and Economics.

02 / TECHNICAL PROJECTS

Aspire 101

Founder & Technical / Product Lead

Sep 2026 – Present
  • Lead development of a student-focused marketplace for web and React Native / Expo using JavaScript and Supabase.
  • Build and debug email verification, listings, search, messaging, notifications and reporting workflows.
  • Integrate and test Stripe sandbox payments and webhooks; investigate authentication, navigation and database permission issues.

Fish and Ships

Unity Game Development

Aug 2026 – Present
  • Program C# character and boat movement, interactive objects, and a procedural mesh ocean with animated sectional waves.
  • Prototype terrain and environmental interactions, tune collisions and iterate on gameplay from feedback.

Tempus Lineus

Game Programmer · Purdue University

Jan 2025 – May 2025
  • Program gameplay, narrative interactions and player mechanics using Unreal Engine Blueprints.
  • Playtest, debug and integrate features with teammates across programming, design, art and audio.
03 / WORK EXPERIENCE

ERP Systems and Web Design Intern

Belong Automotive Technology, LLC

Mar 2026 – Sep 2026

Researched ERP platforms for U.S.–China operations; assisted with module configuration, migration and cross-system troubleshooting.

Undergraduate Data Researcher

Purdue Data Mine

Aug 2024 – Dec 2025

Analyzed 100K+ agricultural data rows using R, data.table and Jupyter; contributed research findings for Corteva Agriscience.

Graphic Designer Intern

Narb

Jul 2025 – Oct 2025

Created 15+ digital assets with Figma and Adobe tools; tracked social media content and campaign performance.

Marketing Research Intern

AXENTRA OS

Jun 2025 – Aug 2025

Analyzed market trends, Shopify comparisons and competitor activity in Excel; prepared reports and recommendations.

04 / SKILLS

Tools I work with.

Programming: Python, Java, JavaScript, C#, R, HTML, CSS; SQL exposure.

Product & engineering: React Native, Expo, Supabase, Stripe sandbox integration, GitHub, functional and regression testing.

Creative & data: Unity, Unreal Engine Blueprints, Jupyter, R data.table, Tableau, Figma, Adobe Creative Cloud.

Languages: English and Chinese.