RMRohan Muthukumar

Computer Science & Engineering

TU Delft · Netherlands

Rohan
Muthukumar

I build software.
And bring people together.

Second-year CSE student, hackathon teammate,
and competitive badminton player.

From collaborative applications to student communities, I like turning a useful idea into something people can use.

Explore my work Get in touch

01 / Selected work

Built with a purpose.

Software, prototypes, and the people behind them.

01 — StadKompas May 2026

StadKompasA more connected city.

A privacy-first platform helping Dutch residents discover local events and take part in real-world communities.

Built with my team for the BCG X & BCG Platinion AI for Business challenge at EURHACKNL.

  • AI for business
  • Civic technology
  • Team prototype
The story behind the project
21 hours to build our prototype
Finalist AI for Business track
The StadKompas team presenting The lonely city on stage at Erasmus University Rotterdam
Presenting StadKompas at EURHACKNL · Rotterdam, 2026
The problem & our approach

The challenge

How can a city help socially isolated residents connect without surveillance, profiling, or labelling people as lonely?

Our response

Make existing local opportunities easier to discover and participate in. We built StadKompas in a 21-hour sprint, advanced through the video submission round, and presented in the finals.

Audience and teams at EURHACKNL, with StadKompas listed on the AI in Business presentation screen
A moment from the event at Erasmus University Rotterdam.

Students for Students / 2023–2025

150+ students & tutors
Less admin. More learning.

Approximately 90% less time spent pairing students and tutors.

02 — Students for Students Co-founder & developer

Students for StudentsFinding the right tutor.

Co-founded a student tutoring initiative and built a matching tool to take the manual work out of pairing students with tutors.

  • Google Apps Script
  • Google Sheets
  • Automation
What I built

The tool uses Google Sheets data to automate matching, maintain matched and unmatched lists, and support bulk communication. Alongside development, I helped expand the programme to additional GEMS schools across Dubai.

FoodPal / Nov 2025–Jan 2026

JavaFX client JavaFX client

REST + WebSockets

Spring Boot H2 persistence
Recipes, in sync.

A distributed application built by six CSE students.

03 — FoodPal TU Delft coursework

FoodPalA shared recipe book.

A Java client-server application for real-time collaborative recipe management, built as part of a six-person student team.

  • Java
  • Spring Boot
  • WebSockets
  • JavaFX
My technical contribution

Developed REST APIs and WebSocket communication, JavaFX interfaces, and H2 persistence to support multi-user synchronisation.

Also on my workbench

Student deal discovery Hackathon winner · 2026

A community-driven deal-discovery platform for students in the Netherlands. Built in a team of three and awarded first place at the 20h University Entrepreneurship Hackathon at Unknown University of Applied Sciences, The Hague.

Sorting algorithms at scale Research · Java / SQL

For my IB extended essay, I implemented Quicksort, Mergesort, Heapsort, and Timsort in Java and benchmarked them on SQL datasets of up to one million records. My 4,000-word analysis compared runtime, CPU, and memory usage; Mergesort performed most consistently in the study.

Find me on GitHub

02 / About

A Delft student.
A wider perspective.

Germany UAE Netherlands

I’m Rohan, a second-year Computer Science & Engineering student at TU Delft. I enjoy the engineering behind good software—and the teamwork that makes it happen.

My studies and work have taken me through Germany, Dubai, and now Delft. I’ve developed software during an internship, co-founded a tutoring initiative, and pitched ideas in hackathon finals.

At TU Delft, I’m a first-year CSE mentor and a board member at Lijst Bèta, where I lead company outreach and sponsorship acquisition. The common thread: building something useful with other people.

Education

TU Delft

BSc Computer Science & Engineering
2025–2028 expected · Current GPA 8.0/10

Previously, Dubai American Academy
International Baccalaureate · 39/45

03 / Experience

Learning by doing.

Aug 2026Dubai, UAE

EMKA Middle East

Business & Technology Intern

Researched data-centre security and intelligent rack access control for a technical article being prepared for publication. Explored ERP systems and worked across sales, operations, and technical support.

Jul–Aug 2024Düsseldorf, Germany

Altares

Software Engineering Intern

Developed a Java Android barcode-scanning app with database queries under a senior developer’s guidance. Worked with Python and Raspberry Pi to interface with 4G and GPS modules.

Tools I’ve worked with

LanguagesJava · SQL · x86 Assembly · Google Apps Script

ApplicationsSpring Boot · REST APIs · WebSockets · JavaFX · H2

DevelopmentGitLab · IntelliJ IDEA · Android Studio · Raspberry Pi

04 / Beyond the screen

There’s more to the story.

Rohan holding a trophy and certificate at a badminton tournament

On the court

Competitive badminton

Competing in UAE national tournaments has been a big part of my life. Ranked #16 in UAE U19 boys’ singles in January 2025.

Around the table

Building a team.

I led a six-person team to the HULT Future Leaders Challenge semifinals in both 2023 and 2024, developing business concepts for Unilever and Dolce & Gabbana.

In 2024, we were the sole MENA team to reach that stage among 2,500+ participants from 45+ countries.

In the community

Making room for others.

From helping first-year students settle into Delft to leading a beach cleanup with 40+ volunteers as part of the National Honor Society.

I’ve also taken part in NRW Juniorakademie and received Best Delegate and Honourable Mention awards at Model United Nations.

Languages German & English native · Tamil working proficiency · Spanish basic

05 / Get in touch

Have something
in mind?

An internship, a hackathon, a project—or just a good conversation. I’d love to hear from you.

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