Objective

Pursue undergraduate studies in biomedical engineering. Special interests include image analysis and robotic manipulation. Career goal – Biomedical Engineering with minor in Computer Science,  leading to Medicine

Academic Experience 

Harvard Secondary School Program (Summer 2012)

Class: Intensive Introduction to Computer Science with Java CSCI S – 111
Professors: Dr. Henry H. Leitner and Dr. David G. Sullivan
8 Credit Course,
This course was a serious, fast-paced first course in computer science, designed for students who plan to work extensively with computers (for example, engineers, biologists, physicists, and economists), as well as future concentrators who plan to take more advanced courses in the field. Using Java programming language, I learned problem-solving strategies through the development of algorithms that emphasize modern, object-oriented designs (including encapsulation and abstract data types). Related topics covered included recursion and recursive backtracking, file I/O, exception handling, and graphical-user interfaces. Also covered fundamental data structures, including lists, stacks, queues, trees, and graphs, and examined classic algorithms that use these structures for tasks such as sorting, searching, and data compression. Techniques for analyzing the efficiency of algorithms were also taught. Problem sets required a minimum of 30 hours of programming each week in a Unix environment. Graduate-credit students were expected to complete additional work, which I did nevertheless. This course provided complete coverage of the syllabus for the advanced placement examination in computer science, which I will challenge in Spring 2013.

Roswell Park Cancer Institute Research Internship (Summer 2011)

Mentor: Professor Andrei Gudkov. Evaluated the role of Toll like receptors in the senescence and death of Mouse Embryonal Fibroblasts. This highly selective summer program accepts rising Seniors and, rarely, rising Juniors for a 6-week intense research experience with a research mentor in their laboratory, with the intent to produce a complete research project.
See RPCI tab.

The Eric Pitman Annual Summer Workshop in Computational Science 

Center of Excellence in Computing Resesrch (June 28-July 9, 2011)

Director:    Dr. Bruce Pitman, Dean, College Of Arts And Sciences; Adjunct Professor Department College Of Arts And Sciences; Mechanical And Aerospace Engineering, University at Buffalo.
Selects 20 High School Students to undergo a two week introduction to pHp, HTML and database design using real world scenarios such as cancer registry dataset, traffic databases etc.

Superintendents Student Advisory Group (Fall 2012)

Selected by Superintendent Clarence Schools Mr. Geoffrey M. Hicks  to his Advisory Board and appointed Rapporteur of the group.

Science Olympiad  (Fall 2012)

Elected President of the Club and Team Captain.

Science Olympiad (Spring 2012)

Gold Medalist in Robotic Arm at regional competition
School placed first in region
Robot was designed to perform object manipulation, under user control. Developed a prototypical arm with programming to support inverse kinematics using a Basic Atom Pro based controller.

Science Olympiad (Spring 2010)

Bronze Medalist in Mousetrap Vehicle at regional competition
School placed second in region
First freshman to go to State Finals from Clarence High

Volunteer at Roswell Park Cancer Institute (Summer 2009)

Summer project designing teaching website with Apache server over Ubuntu host for ResidentTraining Program in Radiation Medicine

University at Buffalo Gifted Math Program (GMP) (Fall 2006 – to present)

Director: Dr. Julie Sarama Professor and Chair, Department of Learning and Instruction
Selected to the prestigious UB GMP program at 7^th Grade level. Program selects approximately 60 rising 7^th graders out of nearly 400 applicants to receive instruction in Mathematics at the University at Buffalo 6 hours per week, with College credits both from GSE and the Department of Mathematics. Have completed GMP I-V. Details year by year under education and UB transcript.
 

Education

Senior                                                                         Current

Clarence High School, Main Street, Clarence NY
AP Physics C, AP Literature, AP Psychology, Public Affairs 101(with Syracuse University Credits), GMP – VI Calculus 241 and MTH -309 Introduction to Linear Algebra, AP Computer Science (Challenge), AP Government and Politics (Challenge)

Junior                                                                          2011-2012

AP Chemistry, AP U.S. History, AP Language and Composition, AP Biology, UB Math – GMP V (Calculus 141 + 142), Principles of Engineering (Rochester Institute of Technology Credits)

Sophomore                                                                 2010-2011

AP Physics B , AP World , GMP IV (GSE123 Relations and Functions), Digital Electronics (PLTW)

Freshman                                                                   2009-2010

GMP III (GSE 122 : Introduction to fields)
Special emphasis on Engineering Design and Web Design and 3D Design in the Project Lead the Way Curriculum, with additional instruction on personal level in pHp, mySQL and introductory Java over Netbeans IDE.

Grade VIII                                                                   2008-2009

GMP II (GSE 121 : Logic and Sets)

Grade VII                                                                    2007-2008

GMP I (GSE 120 : Introduction to logic)

Skills

Laboratory:

Protein assays

Radiolabelling of luciferase gene

Photoluminescence testing of metabolic activity

Flow Cytometry

Cell culture techniques and cell line passaging.

Computer Programming:

Data Structures and Algorithms – Intensive study of Linked Lists, Binary Trees, Huffman Encoding, and graphs via Java course

Java – Full knowledge of the programming language through 8 credit course

HTML – Dreamweaver with spry Java script framework

Autodesk Inventor 2010

Virtus

mySQL & pHp –relational databases, queries, record types

Grant Funded Research Participation

Automated segmentation, inverse planning and informatics integration with dose plan data and clinical parameters for enhanced delivery of radiosurgical treatments and outcomes research for Gamma Knife Radiosurgery in the treatment of brain tumors.

Funding Source: Roswell Park Alliance Foundation

Total project funding: 100, 000 USD

Role: Student researcher involved in the development of the Data dictionary component for the outcomes database.

Publications:

1. Paying the toll to bypass senescence. Prasad Samendra;  Zhong, Kai; Natarajan, Venkatesh and Gudkov, Andrei. Proceedings of the RPCI Summer Internship Program, 2011 pg 81
2. pHp based MySQL queries in deriving age distributions in a cancer database. Prasad, Samendra & Jeremy. CCR Summer Workshop Proceedings 2010 Online at: http://www.ccr.buffalo.edu/download/attachments/39780697/samjer.pdf?version=1

Extracurricular activities:

1. Founded TransLearn – Nonprofit organization intended to provide technical support to the elderly residents in my community through an internet based remote access portal.
2. National Honor Society , inducted to membership 2011
3. Certified Soccer Referee, NY State. Referee for Clarence Soccer League 2009-present
4. Clarence High School Rifle team 2010 -2011
5. New York State Junior Music Festival for Piano – Six years Superior Rating with Honors 2005-2011
6. Scholastic Bowl 2009-present
7. Volunteer for Triveni – a nonprofit organization promoting art and culture from India in Western New York 2010-present