High School Interns

Adonay Mahatsente-Tewelde

Northridge High School, Tuscaloosa, AL
CI4R Intern, Summer 2024
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Project: Occlusion-Resilient Learning: A Novel Application of Synthetic Radar Data and the Orthogonal Matching Pursuit for Search and Rescue

• 2025 Alabama Science and Engineering Fair (ASEF)
  • 2nd Place in Robotic Systems & Communication Technology
  • Special Award: Auburn University ECE Award

Adonay will be studying at the University of Pennsylvania starting Fall 2025

Arnav Gupta

Northridge High School, Tuscaloosa, AL
CI4R Intern, Summer 2022
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Project:  Radar-based measurement of heart rate

Arnav is currently studying Neuroscience at the University of Alabama, Birmingham, AL and is an early medical school admittee.

Catherine Kung

Indian Springs School, Birmingham, AL
CI4R Intern, Summer 2021

Project:  “Recognition of American Sign Language (ASL) Trigger Words Using RF Sensors in Combination with Deep Neural Networks” (mentor:  Dr. S.Z. Gurbuz)

• 1st Place in Engineering Category, Central Alabama Regional Science Fair (CARSEF), March 2022
• 3rd Place in Cybersecurity by NSA Research Directorate Special Award, Regeneron International Science Fair (ISEF), April 2022

Catherine is currently studying at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) with an interest in pursuing Biomedical Engineering.