Varsha Thennarasu

Experience

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  Future Business Leaders of America, Inc. (FBLA)

  Sept 2020 - Jun 2023

  President

  -Executed Shark Tank style competitions with 150+ student turnout, 10+ guest speaker events from local business professionals, stock market exercises-Recruited new active members and increased reach of the club by 344.44%-Handled designing of social media flyers, wrote/revised/edited news updates -Planned socials for bonding and encouraged members to be more comfortable with public speaking

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  Pioneer Academics

  Feb 2022 - Jul 2022

  Student Researcher

  -Mentored 1:1 by a Wake Forest University professor, Dr. Gibson, on the topic of SARS-CoV-2 Molecular Cell Biology-Completed a 15-page research paper on the Impact of Cigarette Smoking On The Expression Of The ACE2 Gene Through Epigenetic Regulation Of Its Promoter-Created presentation on findings and presented research to scholars and professors in research cluster

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  Aspiring Scholars Directed Research Program (ASDRP)

  Jun 2022 - Aug 2022

  Student Researcher

  -Designed a machine learning model to detect Alzheimers using MRI scans from patients -Delegated tasks to team of 3, obtained ADNI imaging datasets, collaborated on developing code-Programmed using TensorFlow software, Sci-kit Learn Libraries, MATLAB, and Python -Streamlined/tested model to detect severity of Alzheimers in 5000+ patient scans with 90.2% accuracy

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  Aggie Sports Analytics

  Mar 2024 - now

  Finance Team

  -Currently working with a project team to develop a user-friendly website to connect high school players with college coaches/ provide personalized coaching at a low cost with easy accessibility-Raise money for the club through grant applications, creative fundraising partnerships/opportunities-Budget money for the club, learning club expenses, and allocating necessary funds for events, projects, dues

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  HackDavis

  Apr 2024 - Apr 2024

  Back End Developer

  -Project enables 3 groups of people to match with each other to reduce food wastage: Volunteers, Donors, and Receivers. Donors will post about extra food that they have, Receivers will request for that extra food, and Volunteers will help deliver that food between the Donors (which could be supermarkets or just ordinary people with extra food) and Receivers(people of less fortune)-Used Flask alongside PostgreSQL, OpenCV, and Sockets to communicate with our database of users/food requests alongside helping communicate between people who are giving/delivering/and receiving food from each other-Developed computer vision model to detect damaged poor quality vs clean and packaged high quality food with both video/single capture and user file import pictures of food Show less