Travis Higgins
  • Associate Software Engineer at S&P Global
  • First Class MComp Hons in Computer Science (Integrated Masters)
  • Graduated from Newcastle University
  • About Me

    Manchester / Newcastle

    I have graduated from Newcastle University with a first class honors in an integrated masters in Computer Science (G405). I am currently a software engineer at S&P Global as part of the Developer Academy. Through this I will rotate through a variety of teams and be exposed to a range of different languages and technology stacks. The languages I currently have experience with are as follows: Java, Python, C, JavaScript, Dart, C#. I also have experience using .NET, Flutter, Git, Docker, MySQL, Unity, Linux, MongoDB, Express, React.js, Node.js, Firebase and CSS.
    Outside of computer science, one of my hobbies includes playing the trumpet. I have achieved a grade 6 classical in the trumpet. Before I attended university I played in the finale of the music for youth proms as a part of the Boston Youth Jazz Orchestra. I previously held the role of Treasurer and Welfare officr for the Newcastle University Wind Band Society. Some other extracurricular activities I have previously undertaken include being a peer mentor for first-year computer science students at university to help guide them in starting their university journey. Also, in the summer of 2022, I studied a course at Aarhus University in Digital Business Innovation and Social Media.
    My Work / My Projects
    Secure Event Ticketing System
    March 2023
    A team project where a secure QR code ticketing solution is developed to prevent tickets from being stolen, counterfeited and also resold.
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    Cloud Computing
    December 2022
    Both a theoretical and practical module that allowed me to practise using technologies such as Azure, Docker, and Terraform.
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    Osmotic Computing (IoT)
    May 2022
    This was the topic of my third-year dissertation. I investigate and compare the effectiveness of different load-balancing algorithms to mitigate the effect of back-pressure.
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    Mobile Barbering App
    March 2022
    This was an external project outside of university. I led a small team of developers to build a cross-platform barbering application for a student start-up.
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    Stubank
    2021
    A second-year team project where my team and I build a mock banking platform to target students.
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    Plant it (HCI)
    2020
    An Adobe XD prototype for a gardening app, so users can track and grow their crops.
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