Sheela Ahmed, BS

On a Jamaat level, Sheela serves as the local Lajna General Secretary for the Boston Jamaat. She has also served in the past as the local Lajna Ishaat, Finance, Tehrik-e-Jadid and Waqf-e-Jadid secretaries for the Rochester, NY Jamaat.

On an academic level, Sheela Ahmed currently works as an Associate Data Scientist at Frontier Technology Inc. in Beverly, MA, centering her work in the field of space and defense, outlining and implementing various image analysis algorithms for space satellites and camera sensors. Sheela received her Bachelors of Science in Imaging Science from the Rochester Institute of Technology and was awarded a Research Scholar Award for her research in algorithm development for object detection in eye tracking experiments. She also spent time mentoring a year-long project to develop an imaging system for 3D Modeling of living organisms for augmented reality use. From the optical sciences at university to astronomy in the workplace, Sheela has had the honor of utilizing her knowledge in both physics and technology in both fields and hopes to pursue further education in the field of astronomy.