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% FTC, TEG, GaitGuardian, AIME + Contributing Solutions to AOPS, ACE, Full Server Setup, Hacking?, Science Bowl?, Debate Congress APp, MIDI technology??,
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In the last three years, STEM activities have been the focus of my high school experience, both through and outside of school.
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I have had a strong passion towards STEM activities since middle school, and I believe that these experiences have prepared me
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to fully utilize the research platforms and opportunities provided by AFRL.
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\item From 9th to 11th grade, I have been an active member of my community First Tech Challenge (FTC) Robotics team, serving as
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Co-Captain and Software Lead. I started in my freshman year from square one, knowing no programming languages or
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concepts. Slowly, I picked up Java through the FTC SDK, and I eventually started writing functional code for our robot. As the
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season had progressed, I had become a decent programmer, and our team was able to win as a State Finalist alliance team and
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Area Innovate Award Winner for a unique fully-automated hang mechanism. In the following two years, I ramped up my
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time commitment and progressed my skills. By applying the Calculus knowledge I was learning in the classroom, I was
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able to implement a fully custom autonomous pathing system for our robot, using trigonometry, inverse kinematics, and
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PID control to achieve precise movement. In addition, I tinkered with computer vision, developing a custom TensorFlow model
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for failsafe object detection (with 100\% match success). Our team went on to champion our league, become an Area Finalist
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captain, and place in the global top-30 for autonomous performance.
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\item In my 9th grade, my independent research project for Science Fair qualified as a finalist project for the
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International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF). My project started from a very simple idea of utilizing available thermal energy
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in a cooking pot to also stir the contents (to save energy for cooking). From here, I learned about the world of
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thermoelectric generators (TEGs) and the Seebeck effect. Applying the CAD and simulation concepts I learned from my
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Engineering class in school, I designed an aluminum enclosure that used a TEG, a heat sink, and a motor to convert heat
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energy into mechanical stirring. I also learned about electrical circuits as I used a voltage and current sensor to effectively
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graph my TEG's performance relative to the temperature differential. My final prototype, although simple, was able to win
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1st in Engineering Technology at my regional science fair, where I also won a special awards through the US Metric Association and
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the US Air Force Certificate of Recognition. At ISEF, I was able to present to domain experts and professors from
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around the world, gaining valuable insights and feedback to later improve my prototype and project.
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