PRAHALAD TALUR · SAMMAMISH, WA
I'm a high school student who's into drones, aerospace, and hardware. Lately I've been spending a lot of time learning how things work once they're off the screen and on a workbench.
01 / PROJECTS
Mostly hardware and code. Nothing is ever really finished, but these are the projects I'm proud of so far.
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UAVS / ONGOING
I've been learning about drones by taking on the electronics, setup, and integration myself. There's a lot more to it than putting parts together, especially when you want something to fly reliably.
02
MACHINE LEARNING
I used NASA's turbofan data to see if a model could estimate how much life an engine had left. I wrote the code to load the data, train models, and check whether the results were actually any good.
See the code
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EXPERIMENTS / MODELS
I ran 22 neural-network models through the same tests. I wanted to know which differences mattered and which ones just looked impressive on paper.
22 models tested
02 / A LITTLE ABOUT ME
The first version is usually wrong. Figuring out why is the part I enjoy.
When I'm not sure about something, I try to build a small test instead of arguing with myself about it.
I don't have everything mapped out yet. That's why I keep starting projects.
03 / RIGHT NOW
I'm a rising senior at Eastlake High School. I'm applying to college for fall 2027 and hoping to study mechanical engineering or aerospace—somewhere I can keep making things and learning from people who know more than I do.
Find me on LinkedInAT SCHOOL
I'm part of the CS Honor Society at Eastlake.
COMPETITION
My team made the Round of 16 in the National Personal Finance Challenge.
SCHOOL
I'm also an AP Scholar with Distinction.