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Kaush Mendonca
Education
▸ Redlands High School (August 2019 - June 2023)
▹ Involvement: Chamber Strings Orchestra (Concertmaster, 2021-2023), JV Swim (Captain, 2023)
▹ Awards: AP Scholar with Distinction, CSF Lifetime Member & 100% Honors Recipient, Redlands Rotary Club Benjamin J. Rabe Scholarship, Bobby Kaura Award
▸ University of California, Santa Cruz (September 2023 - Present)
▹ Major: Computer Science B.S.
▹ Involvement: Tech4Good, Fish Rap Live!, Newman Club, University Orchestra
▹ Awards: Dean's List Honors
Skills
▸ Programming Languages: Python, C, C++, HTML, CSS
▸ Libraries/Frameworks: FastAPI, Flask, PyTorch, Pandas, Numpy, Matplotlib, NLTK
▸ Tools: Git (Github/Gitlab), Bash/Linux CLI, Vim, VS Code, Python Notebooks
▸ Soft Skills: Public Speaking, Communication, Collaboration, Customer Service
Research Experience
▸ Tech4Good GenAI Team (January 2026 - Present)
▹ Skills: Prompt Engineering, Prompt Workflows
▸ Neuromorphic Computing Group (January 2024 - March 2025)
▹ Projects:
▸ Training snnTorch framework on DVSLip dataset (2024)
▸ Using snnTorch to predict stock market data (2025)
▹ Skills: Building Machine Learning Models, Google Colab, Collaboration
▸ Undergraduate Research on Active vs. Passive Learning (March 2024 - June 2024)
▹ Project:
▸ Using ANN models to find the outcomes of active vs passive teaching methods (2024)
Work Experience
▸ Learning Technologies Consultant (November 2024 - Present)
▹ Company: UCSC Information Technology Services
▹ City: Santa Cruz, CA
▹ Skills: Communication (Slack, Email), Customer Service, Computer instruction, Troubleshooting Hardware/Software
▸ Lifeguard/Swim Instructor (June 2022 - August 2024)
▹ Companies: Redlands Swim Team, The Amazing Kid Company
▹ City: Redlands, CA || Los Angeles, CA
▹ Skills: Customer Service, Instruction