Varsha Thennarasu

Varsha Thennarasu

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  • About me

    Student at University of California, Davis

  • Education

    • Evergreen Valley High School

      2019 - 2023
      High School Diploma

      Activities and Societies: FBLA, International Desi Connection, EVHS Raas Dance Team, Science National Honor Society

    • University of California, Davis

      2023 - 2027
      Bachelor's degree Data Science First Year

      Activities and Societies: Aggie Sports Analytics, Data Science Club, UCD Lashkara Dance Team

  • Experience

    • 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

    • 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

    • 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

    • 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

    • 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

  • Licenses & Certifications

    • StanfordOnline: Molecular Foundations of Medicine

      EdX
      Apr 2022
    • CS50: Introduction to Computer Science by Harvard University

      EdX
      Jun 2022
  • Honors & Awards

    • Awarded to Varsha Thennarasu
      AP Scholar with Distinction Collegeboard Jul 2022
    • Awarded to Varsha Thennarasu
      AI/Cloud Computing 1st Place Winner - Dec 2021 -Prepared a business pitch on diversifying speech analysis datasets for fairer early-stage Alzheimer's detection-Collaborated with 3 team members to present in front of judges panel against 5 other competing teams
    • Awarded to Varsha Thennarasu
      Science National Honor Society - -Active member and contributed to hosting volunteering events for all-age students-Created several lab activities for 30+ elementary students in local community and went to schools to present/demonstrate activities to kids
  • Volunteer Experience

    • Chapter Founder/President

      Issued by STEMPower4Girls on Apr 2021
      STEMPower4GirlsAssociated with Varsha Thennarasu
    • Volunteer

      Issued by weEmbrace on Sept 2020
      weEmbraceAssociated with Varsha Thennarasu