Avaneesh Kad

Year in Review

A journey through milestones, achievements, and growth

Reflecting • Learning • Growing

2026

Highlights & Achievements

🎓 Academic Achievements

  • ▸ Expanded horizons as a University Honors Program student, focusing on real-world impact.
  • ▸ Transitioned from a quiet CS freshman to a collaborative team player.

💻 Projects & Research

  • ▸ Built a fraud detection system using Graph Neural Networks.
  • ▸ Trained a 12-layer AI text model from scratch on Kaggle using a multi-GPU setup.

🌟 Leadership & Involvement

  • ▸ Won 2nd prize in the P&G Crest Innovation Challenge pitching Oral Pods & Aligner Mists.
  • ▸ Secured leadership roles as ACM Treasurer and CubeCats Director of Sponsorship.
  • ▸ Placed 21st out of 68 teams in the Capture Ohio '26 cybersecurity CTF.

🚀 Personal Growth

  • ▸ Self-taught Rust to build large-scale cloud data pipelines.
  • ▸ Traveled to Savannah, GA with UC International and iPALS, embracing diverse perspectives.

"Coding is not just about talking to machines. It's about stepping away from the screen, learning from the people around you, and building things that actually matter in the real world."

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2027

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By The Numbers

5+
Projects Completed
21st
CTF Contest Rank
2
Officer Roles
50+
Driving Practice Hours