1. Sierra Lincoln MSC 633 sjlincol@caltech.edu
Pasadena, CA 91126 650-380-2593
EDUCATION California Institute of Technology - Pursuing BS in CS, 9/2013 to Now
Computer Science 1- Python
Computer Science 11 - C Programming: Pointers, Data Structures, Dynamic Memory
Allocation, Virtual Machines, Structs, Using Emacs, BASH, Cygwin, VMware, Ubuntu
Computer Science 2 - C++ dynamic programming, concurrency, network programming,
source control and debugging, implementation and performance analysis of algorithms
Math/Computer Science 6 - Discrete Math: Graph Theory, Combinatorics
Math 1a, b, c - Proof-Based Calculus, Linear Algebra, and Multivariable Calculus
Math 2 - Differential Equations
Math 3 - Probability and Statistics
Physics 1a ,b, c - Mechanics, Electricity and Magnetism
Chemistry 1a, b - Introductory Chemistry, Organic Chemistry
Law 134 - Intellectual Property and Technology
Political Science 12 - Game Theory
edX - Introduction to Linux
The Harker High School - San Jose, CA - 2009 to 2013 GPA 3.8 (4-scale)
AP Computer Science with Data Structures - Java using Eclipse IDE, search trees, lists,
arrays, and arraylists, big-O notation and complexity
Discrete Math - Regular Expressions, Finite State Automata, Graph Theory
Honors Linear Algebra - Using MIT Prof. Strang Open Courseware and textbook
Stanford University Math Camp- Stanford, CA - Summers 2011 and 2012
2011: Number Theory - Group Theory, Extended research in Cryptography.
The Public-Key Encryption with Keyword Search (PEKS) system allows one to search for a
particular keyword even when the document is encrypted.
http://tinyurl.com/SLincolnPEKS
2012: Algebraic Topology - Extended research in S3 and Quaternions.
Quaternions encode 3-D rotations with less than half the data of matrix encoding, useful
in robot motion computation, linear algebra and physics.
http://tinyurl.com/SLincolnAT
AWARDS National Center for Women In Technology (NCWIT) award for Aspirations in Computing
(2010). I was the youngest awardee in the Bay Area, with a ceremony at the Computer
History Museum and a mentoring day at Google.
VEX Robotics National Tournament - 2nd Place Overall Tournament, 1st Place
Programming, 1st Place Driver’s Skills. Media labelled me the “geekiest of all.”
http://www.thedailyfetch.com/category/moreland/

2.
SKILLS &
ABILITIES
Strong verbal communication
Collaborative team member
3-D Visualization - Won National Award
Energetic and Self-Motivated
Proficient in:
Java, Python, C, C++, BASH
Mathematica and Geometer’s Sketchpad
Experience in: Autodesk Inventor
Leadership:
Lead of an all-girl robotics team
Co-captain of Water Polo team
Project Manager in FIRST Robotics Team
Interested in:
Machine Learning
EXTRA-
CURRICULAR
Patents
Contributor to two United States patent applications, 20120313854 and 20120313857.
A novel “keyboard” can be molded into any shape to easily communicate 3-D objects to a
computer. A key idea that I contributed arose from working with geometric patterns of
flexible strips of fabric, selectively adhered together with electrostatic forces.
Available at http://1.usa.gov/ZOL5tO http://1.usa.gov/R4XMx6
Robotics
I have designed and created robots and participated in competitions since 3rd
grade, with
FLL, VEX, and FIRST. I created and led an all-girl VEX robotics team (“Cylon and Friends
:]”) which qualified for the National competition and was awarded Second Place National
Tournament, First Place in Autonomous Mode, and First Place Driver’ Skills, and
participated in the International Competition.
Water Polo
Currently play NCAA D3 Water Polo at Caltech.
Played Varsity Water Polo all four years of high school. Earned best league goalie title
and voted most valuable team defensive player my senior year, when we won our league
championship.
Math Research Paper
Main contributor of unpublished paper “Decomposing Two-Dimensional Permutations:
Generalizations and Applications to Optical Routing”
http://tinyurl.com/SLincolnMathPaper