{"id":254,"date":"2025-05-18T03:49:31","date_gmt":"2025-05-18T03:49:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/research.ece.ncsu.edu\/ci4r\/?page_id=254"},"modified":"2025-05-18T03:50:07","modified_gmt":"2025-05-18T03:50:07","slug":"high-school-interns","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/research.ece.ncsu.edu\/ci4r\/high-school-interns\/","title":{"rendered":"High School Interns"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"686\" height=\"894\" src=\"https:\/\/research.ece.ncsu.edu\/ci4r\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2025\/05\/Adonay-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-255\" style=\"width:251px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/research.ece.ncsu.edu\/ci4r\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2025\/05\/Adonay-1.png 686w, https:\/\/research.ece.ncsu.edu\/ci4r\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2025\/05\/Adonay-1-230x300.png 230w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 686px) 100vw, 686px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Adonay Mahatsente-Tewelde<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Northridge High School, Tuscaloosa, AL<br>CI4R Intern, Summer 2024<br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/adonay-mahatsente-tewelde-010656264\/\">LinkedIn<\/a><br>\u200b<br>Project:\u00a0Occlusion-Resilient Learning: A Novel Application of Synthetic Radar Data and the Orthogonal Matching Pursuit for Search and Rescue<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>2025 Alabama Science and Engineering Fair (ASEF)\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>2nd Place in Robotic Systems &amp; Communication Technology<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Special Award: Auburn University ECE Award<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Adonay will be studying at the University of Pennsylvania starting Fall 2025<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"536\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/research.ece.ncsu.edu\/ci4r\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2025\/05\/arnav-gupta_orig-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-256\" style=\"width:250px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/research.ece.ncsu.edu\/ci4r\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2025\/05\/arnav-gupta_orig-1.png 536w, https:\/\/research.ece.ncsu.edu\/ci4r\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2025\/05\/arnav-gupta_orig-1-279x300.png 279w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 536px) 100vw, 536px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Arnav Gupta<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Northridge High School, Tuscaloosa, AL<br>CI4R Intern, Summer 2022<br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/arnavgupta2005\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">LinkedIn<\/a><br>\u200b<br>Project:\u00a0 Radar-based measurement of heart rate<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Arnav is currently studying Neuroscience at the University of Alabama, Birmingham, AL and is an early medical school admittee.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"456\" height=\"547\" src=\"https:\/\/research.ece.ncsu.edu\/ci4r\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2025\/05\/catherinekung_orig-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-257\" style=\"width:251px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/research.ece.ncsu.edu\/ci4r\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2025\/05\/catherinekung_orig-1.png 456w, https:\/\/research.ece.ncsu.edu\/ci4r\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2025\/05\/catherinekung_orig-1-250x300.png 250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 456px) 100vw, 456px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Catherine Kung<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Indian Springs School, Birmingham, AL<br>CI4R Intern, Summer 2021<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Project:&nbsp; &#8220;Recognition of American Sign Language (ASL) Trigger Words Using RF Sensors in Combination with Deep Neural Networks&#8221; (mentor:&nbsp; Dr. S.Z. 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