Featured — Projects, Recognition & Insights

The Featured.

One curated showcase: selected projects, honors and press recognition, and the AI thinking behind the work.

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Projects

IBM · AI · Social Impact
Finalist — Top 4 of 70 Teams
FoodLink
Featured · 01

FoodLink

IBM watsonx Case Competition Finalist

AI-powered surplus food distribution system built on IBM watsonx to combat food insecurity. Designed the AI chatbot for demand forecasting, route optimization, and dynamic food allocation. Finalist (Top 4 of 70 teams, 300+ participants).

  • Top 4 / 70 Teams · 300+ Participants
  • 100M+ meals projected annually
  • Demand forecasting and route optimization
  • Texas-focused community impact
IBM watsonxGenAIPythonPrompt Engineering
02
AI · Voice · Multilingual

Kotha.ai

Multilingual Voice Assistant

Conversational voice assistant designed to make AI accessible across languages, accents, and cultural contexts — built around a multilingual-first interaction model and natural speech.

  • Multilingual voice interaction
  • Accent and language-aware NLP
  • Accessibility-first use cases
  • Conversational UX research
OpenAI APISpeech-to-TextTTSNLP
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AI · Wellness · EdTech

BorderlessSupport

Mental Health Chatbot for International Students

An empathy-first mental health chatbot built for international and underserved student populations. Focused on safe conversation design, cultural context, and pathways to professional support.

  • Designed for international student wellbeing
  • Empathy- and safety-driven flows
  • Privacy-conscious architecture
  • Pathways to support resources
Chatbot DesignOpenAI APIPrompt EngineeringUX Research
04
Data · Health Analytics

Addison's Disease Prevalence Analysis

Epidemiological Data Analysis

Public health data project analyzing the prevalence and distribution of Addison's disease. Performed data cleaning, statistical exploration, and visualization to identify demographic and regional trends.

  • Public health dataset analysis
  • Statistical exploration
  • Visual storytelling with dashboards
  • Demographic and regional segmentation
SQLExcelTableauStatistics
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Data · Health Analytics

Cardiovascular Health Data Analysis

Large-Scale Health Data Project

Comprehensive data analysis using large-scale cardiovascular and public health datasets to explore trends in heart disease, hypertension, BMI, and stroke risk.

  • 43,000+ patient records
  • Tableau dashboards
  • SQL & Excel transformations
  • Public health insights
TableauSQLExcel
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Microsoft · Accessibility · EdTech

Azure Avengers — AccessAbility

Microsoft-Powered Accessibility System for UT Dallas

Led a 5-person Microsoft Student Ambassador team to tackle accessibility barriers at UT Dallas using Copilot, Teams, 365 Suite, Sway, and Outlook.

  • 30,000+ students — proposed impact
  • Copilot, Teams, 365, Sway, Outlook
  • Multilingual & accessibility-first design
  • Team Lead role
Microsoft CopilotTeamsMicrosoft 365SwayOutlook
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AI · Personal Systems · Agents

AI Twin

A Conversational Digital Twin

An AI twin trained on my own writing, work history, and thinking — able to answer questions, brief recruiters, and represent my perspective conversationally.

  • Retrieval-grounded on personal corpus
  • Voice + text interaction
  • Recruiter-facing Q&A mode
  • Guardrails against fabrication
LLM APIsRAGPrompt EngineeringWeb Speech API
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AI · Wellbeing · Product

Aura AI

Emotion-Aware Wellbeing Companion

A wellbeing companion that adapts tone, pacing, and suggestions to a user's emotional state — designed around consent, privacy, and gentle nudges rather than engagement loops.

  • Emotion-aware conversation design
  • Consent-first data model
  • Habit and reflection loops
  • Calm, low-stimulation interface
OpenAI APISentiment AnalysisProduct Design
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AI · Systems · Research

Project Symbio

Human–AI Collaboration Framework

A framework and prototype exploring symbiotic human–AI workflows: where the human sets intent and judgment, and the system handles retrieval, synthesis, and execution.

  • Human-in-the-loop task decomposition
  • Intent and judgment boundaries
  • Workflow prototypes
  • Evaluation heuristics
Systems ThinkingAgent DesignResearch
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AI · Sustainability · Social Impact

WasteLess AI

AI for Food & Resource Waste Reduction

An AI concept that forecasts surplus and waste across food and resource supply chains, then routes it to demand before it spoils — extending the FoodLink thesis to broader systems.

  • Surplus forecasting models
  • Routing and allocation logic
  • Sustainability impact modeling
  • Nonprofit and retail use cases
PythonForecastingOptimization
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AI · Security · Hackathon

MistralShield

AI Safety & Threat-Filtering Layer

A guardrail layer built on Mistral models to detect prompt injection, unsafe requests, and data-exfiltration attempts before they reach a downstream application.

  • Prompt-injection detection
  • Policy-based response filtering
  • Latency-conscious architecture
  • Built for hackathon delivery
MistralLLM GuardrailsPythonSecurity Design
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AI · Accessibility · Assistant

Aunt May

Warm AI Assistant for Everyday Support

A deliberately warm, plain-language AI assistant for people who find technology intimidating — older adults, newcomers, and first-time users of AI tools.

  • Plain-language interaction model
  • Accessibility-first interface
  • Patient, non-technical tone
  • Task guidance over jargon
LLM APIsConversation DesignAccessibility
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AR · Games · Interactive Media

SliceRush AR

Augmented Reality Arcade Experience

A fast-paced AR slicing game built to explore spatial interaction, motion feedback, and how playful mechanics can teach new interface paradigms.

  • Spatial gesture interaction
  • Real-time scoring and feedback
  • Mobile AR prototyping
  • Playful onboarding design
ARUnityInteraction Design
02

Recognition

Featured In
Business Insider

Perspective on AI in Higher Education

Featured commentary on AI, learning, and the future of universities.

UT Dallas News

AI, Innovation & Student Leadership

Coverage of campus AI initiatives and student impact.

UT San Antonio News

Voice on Responsible AI

Quoted in regional coverage on responsible AI adoption.

UTD Mercury

Campus Innovation Coverage

Student newspaper feature on AI, ambassadorship, and projects.

Honors & Awards

Selected honors.

  • 01Finalist — IBM GenAI Case Competition
  • 02Finalist — Amazon Product Case Competition
  • 03Finalist — Texas Instruments Supply Chain Case Competition
  • 04Microsoft Student Ambassador — Competitive Selection (UT Dallas)
  • 05Academic Excellence Scholarship (AES) — UT Dallas
  • 06Finalist — Microsoft Imagine Cup / Hackathon Track
  • 07Finalist — UTD Big Idea Competition
  • 08Champion (1st Place) — School Table Tennis Tournament, 2020
Publications & Features

Breaking Barriers for International Students at UTD

Interview / feature contribution.

AI Integration in Higher Education — Research & Innovation Project

Research and innovation initiative.

Desktop Support Campaign — "Not All Superheroes Wear Capes"

OIT awareness initiative.

JSOM Undergraduate Leadership Conference — Inaugural Interview

Featured interview.

"It's Not a Bug; It's a Feature" — OIT Awareness Campaign

Campaign feature.

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Insights

Focus Areas

Where I spend my attention.

01
Generative AI
02
AI Agents & Chatbots
03
Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG)
04
Responsible & Ethical AI
05
AI in Higher Education
06
Prompt Engineering
07
AI-Powered Product Design
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Knowledge Assistants for Institutions
Highlights — AI Work

Selected applied work.

01

FoodLink — IBM watsonx

Surplus-food distribution concept and IBM GenAI case competition finalist project.

02

Knowledge Assistants

Exploring retrieval-grounded assistants for institutional information and support.

03

Human-Centered AI

Designing AI experiences around clarity, accessibility, consent, and responsible use.

"AI should not just automate tasks. It should expand access, reduce friction, and help people make better decisions."
Applied AI — Use Cases I Care About

Where this work lives.

  • 01AI tutors and learning assistants
  • 02Campus resource navigation
  • 03Mental wellness support systems
  • 04AI-powered student success tools
  • 05Knowledge assistants for institutions
  • 06IT support automation (RAG)
  • 07Creative AI workflows
  • 08Accessible AI for underserved communities