Hey! I'm Ria.
Ria Saheta is an earnest and impassioned student with a mission to utilize the powers of STEM to make a positive difference.
Her enthusiasm and dedication on her FIRST Robotics team, the TerrorBytes, have created a great deal of learning opportunities for students throughout their community, both within and outside of school. An active innovator and problem-solver, she builds various devices to find solutions to meaningful issues she is passionate about resolving, and employs her programming prowess to create and refactor all sorts of code projects.
My Blog
https://riasaheta.com/
- Robot Perception
- Computer Vision
- Deep Learning / Machine Learning
Programming Languages
- Java
- Python 3
- C++
Software Tools
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Tensorflow, Raspian
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HTML, CSS, React, NodeJS, MySQL, Android
- Web: HTML, CSS, React, NodeJS, MySQL, Android.
- Git
- Linux, Security
Professional Experience & Internships
Programming Team Leader
June 2023 – Present | Durham, NC, USA
Member of the Robotics team since 2021 and Programming lead since May 2023. Learnt on Fabrication & Controls.
Computational Science | NCSSM
Aug 2023 – Dec 2023 | NCSSM Durham, USA
Student and Researcher
Computational Science, Programming with R, Modeling Gun Control Data. Please email me for a copy of my final project paper.
Summer Intern at NC State, Raleigh, NC. June 2023 – Aug 2023 | Remote
Designed/programmed customized digital curriculum software to tutor students from local charter middle schools and remote learners in India. Utilized technology to provide quality education to students globally
Student at Biogen-MIT Biotech in Action. Summer 2022 | Remote
Participant. Gained exposure to biotechnology through participation in the program.
Intern at Cisco Systems, RTP, NC Summer 2019 |
Participant. Gained exposure to Networking and Cyber Security via participation in the program.
Volunteering & Extra Curriculars
Crochet Club at RTHS | Founder and President – Since 2022
Initiated and led the Crochet Club, fostering a creative and inclusive environment.
Tennis team | Our team won the State tournament in Fall 2023
August 2023 – December 2023 | Durham, NC
Getting exercise
YOTA Swim team | Summer 2021, 2022
Swim Competition and having fun
Keywords: Swimming at the Y.
Won 6th place at Odyssey of the Mind Worlds competition (Problem #4 Balsa Limbo)
Aug 2019 – March 2020 | Cary, NC
Problem #4 Balsa Limbo
Went to Odyssey of the Mind Worlds Competition
Aug 2018 – March 2019 | Cary, NC
Problem #4 Balsa
Coach and Organizer of Toastmaster for Middle school students Summer 2022, Summer 2023 | Cary, NC
Volunteered for Tata Youth Projects. Trained a group of high school students to conduct the Toastmasters program for over 50 middle school students from the Triangle area.
Volunteer at Terrorbytes Mini-FRC and School Outreach program 2021-2023 | Durham, NC
Organized and Participated in multiple Outreach programs as part of the RTHS Terrorbytes Outreach program. Spread STEM through under-privileged schools and larger RTP and Durham community.
Varsity Debate member – 2 years
2021-2022 |
USACO Computing Olympiad – Silver
2022-2023 |
Academic Projects
Learning Basics of Pytorch and Tensorflow (Self guided)
May 2023 | Personal
Keywords: Laguage Detection, Spectral Imaging, Computer Vision
3rd place in Internet of Things Summer Project (TATA Cary, NC)
Summer 2021 | Built a light, temperature and humidity sensor based on Arduino circuit board
Temperature sensor, Humidity Sensor, Gyroscope
2nd place in Internet of Things Summer Camp (TATA Cary, NC)
Summer 2022 – Built an IoT sensor based on Arduino
Education
Research Triangle High School (ETA Graduation 2025)
High School Diploma GPA 4.0
Math: Machine Learning, Computer Vision, Artificial Intelligence, Calculus AB, BC, AP Statistics
ELA: AP Lang
Sciences: AP Chemistry, AP Biology, AP Physics.
NCSSM Online School
Online Certificate in Computational Science, Aug 2023 – Dec 2023
Key Courses: Computing for Everyone,