Hi! I’m Colin Strout, an undergraduate at Vanderbilt University majoring in Electrical and Computer Engineering, with a Computer Science minor. My academic focus is on embedded systems and machine learning, and I’m passionate about building efficient, scalable solutions at the intersection of hardware and software.

Experience

MetaIncoming Software Engineer Intern

2025 — Now

Menlo Park, CA

Core Ads Growth Engineering Team

Vanderbilt Aerospace Design Laboratory (VADL)Embedded Systems Engineer

2025 — Now

Nashville, Tennessee, United States

Contributing to Embedded Systems, Hardware In The Loop Simulation, and Electronic Payload Integration as part of the 2025 NASA University Student Launch Initiative (USLI)

Vanderbilt University School of EngineeringUndergraduate Teaching Assistant

2026 — 2026

Nashville, TN

Served as an Undergraduate TA for Digital Systems Lab (ECE 2123L)

Assisted students in their understanding of digital logic design, EDA tools, and assembly programming within lab sessions

Vanderbilt University School of EngineeringUndergraduate Teaching Assistant

2025 — 2026

Nashville, Tennessee, United States

Evaluated student performance on homework to measure a student's mastery of the content taught in ECE 2112 (Circuit Analysis) and ECE 2123 (Digital Systems)