Avash Kusle

My 11th grade project for the 2024 - 2025 science fair was a chatbot that was able to read PDF files given to it and extract information from the files. It would then use the information as its knowledgebase and would answer prompts given to it using the information. This project was made to replace the old, outdate chatbots that some websites, like the Plano ISD website, use. Plano ISD used an old form of chatbot that uses a database with predefined possible questions and answers to those questions. This kind of chatbot is very inefficient and can very often be given a question that it does not have an answer to, and so it will just give a generic answer that does not help the user.

My 9th grade project for the 2022 - 2023 science fair was a hybrid software and hardware project. I made a website that could detect bluetooth tags and send the information to a website. The website would them display information that is tied to the bluetooth tag, like the name of the student(s) that the tag is assigned to. The aim of this project was to remove the need for a teacher to be outside in the carpool lane in schools. My 10th grade project for the 2023 - 2024 science fair was an extension of my 9th grade project. I added some quality of life features and more UI elements to the website to make it more user friendly. I also presented this project at the Texas Junior Academy of Science in late 2023 at Texas A&M at College Station.

I made another game not as a science fair project, but as a school project. It was the first time I did a programming project with a team of around 20+ people. There were two teams, the art team and the programming team. I was on the programming team and we had to make a game in Unity over the course of nine weeks. We had to set up a GitHub repository in order for the all of us on the programming team to effectively collaborate on a single Unity project, and so that we had version control. Even though I wasn't the designated team leader, I still spearheaded the ideation and development of the game. I was the main person behind the graphical design of the game.

The 2020 - 2021 science fair was the first ever serious science fair that I did. For it, I also did my first ever Unity project. It was a simple game where you had to click on chickens that flew out of a box, making sure to click on all of them before they went back into the box and take some of your health points. It was like an aim trainer, and a similar game mode can be found in the game "Aimlabs". Most of the models that I used were from free asset packs, but I also made some myself.

I currently work as an instructor at iCode, where I teach many tech related subjects like robotics to kids of many different age groups.

I am a member of the marketing subteam on the FIRST Robotics Competition team 5431 Titan Robotics. I run the Instagram account and the YouTube account for the team, posting photos and videos to increase outreach. I also make a special video called the Impact Video every competition season in hopes of winning the biggest award in FRC, the Impact Award.

In my freshman year of highschool, I helped found the main media and news club at my school called AHS Titan Weekly. For most of the first year, we were just setting things up and getting ready to start recording videos for the school. In my sophomore year, we ramped up our video production and started producing weekly videos detailing the events that happened and will happen in the school. Not long after that, I was assigned as the technology lead of the club, overseeing the audio and video production of the videos. In this club, I learned how to use semi-professional camera, lighting, and audio equipment to produce high quality videos.

Plano ISD Academy Highschool

• GPA: 3.9 Unweighted
• Participate in yearly science fair
• Won grade-wide "Kching" project
• Company simulation project
• Objective was to make the most money while competing with other groups of students (other companies)
• Co founded media production club
• Sub-lead the marketing sub-team on our FRC team Titan Robotics

Titan Robotics

During my time with 5431 Titan Robotics since my freshman year of highschool, I have accumulated many volunteer hours through many different events, such as visiting elementary schools, volunteering at the NTX off-season competition, local teddy bear drive, local trunk or treat, balloon festival, and much more. At these events, I either teach kids about robotics and the values of FIRST, help set up and take down events, or take photos for the team. Just in the 2024 - 2025 season, I have accumulated over 45 volunteer hours.