As a Cowrywise Campus Ambassador, I represent a cutting-edge fintech company dedicated to democratizing wealth management in Africa. Cowrywise offers user-friendly digital solutions for savings and investments, empowering students and individuals to achieve their financial goals with transparency and security.

Bluechip Technologies | Jul 2023 - Present

Advanced Analyst

I developed several machine learning models for financial institutions with the help of my amazing supervisors at Bluechip. These models include time- series analysis, liquidity forecasting, employee attrition prediction, flight delay prediction, and vehicle price prediction. I documented some of these projects on my Medium page. The internship was a rewarding and engaging experience.

Amazon Energy | Jul 2022 - Oct 2022

Piping/Mechanical Engineering Intern

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STEM Women | Apr 2022 - Aug 2022

Freelance

I joined the Stem Women In the Uk community through my university, Heriot- Watt University and it enabled me to join various seminars and speaking to different companies and employers . It helped with helping me narrow down what exactly I would like to do in the vast world of STEM. I spoke to amazing women and it’s such an honour to be part of such a community.

Engineers Without Borders UK | Apr 2022 - May 2022

Project Reviewer

I applied to volunteer to review student submissions for People Design Challenge helping shape the globally responsible engineers of tomorrow and I was accepted, I was elated. As I am part of the Engineers without Borders UK association , the timeline for reviewing these submissions were between 28th April 2022-12th May 2022. I attended a webinar for reviewer briefing and I was given a template on how to score and award points effectively. It was overall an insightful and amazing experience

My Education

Take a look at my formal education

Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer ScienceBowen University Iwo | 2025

Bachelor of Engineering - BEng, Mechanical EngineeringHeriot-Watt University | 2023

Certificate of Higher Education (CertHE), Foundation in Science · (MayHeriot-Watt University Malaysia | 2020

About Me

Melissa is a mechanical engineering graduate turned data scientist with a passion for uncovering data-driven insights that drive business value and societal impact. Featured on Modern Data Stack and recipient of the Ingressive for Good scholarship, s

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Melissa Onwuka

Student

Heriot watt | Lagos,Nigeria

Analytical pathfinder, blazing trails to new insights and discoveries.

My Work

Introduction to Data Visualization with Matplotlib

Introduction to Data Visualization with Seaborn

Python Toolbox

Data Manipulation with dplyr

Unsupervised Learning in Python

Data Manipulation with pandas

Joining Data with pandas

Understanding Data Science

Understanding Data Engineering

Introduction to Statistics in Python

Understanding Cloud Computing

Working with Categorical Data in Python

Data Communication Concepts

Supervised Learning with scikit-learn

Introduction to SQL

Understanding ChatGPT

Experimental Design in Python

Understanding Data Topics

Introduction to the Tidyverse

Introduction to R

Machine Learning with Tree-Based Models in Python

Intermediate R

Introduction to Python

Intermediate Python

Introduction to Data Visualization with Matplotlib

My Certifications

Data Scientist Associate

Data Analyst Associate

DataCamp Course Completion

Courses

Courses

Tracks

Projects

My Work Experience

Bluechip Technologies | Jul 2024 - Present

Machine Learning Scientist/Advanced Analyst

HNG Tech | Jul 2024 - Present

Data Analyst

Code First Girls | May 2024 - Jul 2024

Data & SQL Kickstarter

Ingressive For Good | Apr 2024 - Present

I4G X Datacamp Scholarship Recipient

Cowrywise | Jan 2024 - Present

Campus Ambassador