Kush Bandi
Winchester Thurston, 12
Parent(s)/Guardian(s):
Archana Bandi
Academic Achievement
Dean’s List Award, Award Winner – 1 Year
Extracurricular Activities
FIRST Tech Challenge, Captain – 4 Years
NXT Innovations LLC, GENIXUS Intern, Intern – 1 Year
Human Engineering Research Lab (HERL) Cueing Kitchen Intern, Intern – 1 Year
MySTEM Academy STEM Classes, Class Teacher – 4 Years
United States Tennis Association (USTA) Player, Player – 4 Years
Community Involvement
Under-resourced Student Mentoring and Crowdfunding Assistant, Lead Organizer – 2 Years
BrainSTEM Learning Inc. Class Volunteering, Volunteer – 4 Years
FIRST Lego League (FLL) Mentoring, Lead Organizer – 7 Years
FIRST Transition Course, Lead Organizer – 3 Years
FLL Event Hosting – Ref and Judge Volunteer, Head Ref and Judge – 3 Years
Plans
Through the end of the school year, I plan to continue mentoring within the FIRST program, coaching a FIRST Tech Challenge team and several FIRST Lego League Teams in the area. This summer, I also plan to shadow and intern at a local robotics organization, Argo AI. Finally, I plan on improving my engineering skills by working on a robotics project: a differential swerve-driven robot – a complex mechanism involving countless parts, cumulating my ten years of robotics.