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Projects

🏆 Science Fair Winner 🏆

Earth & Space Science Research

3rd place winner in the Jersey Shore Science Fair and the Deleware Valley Science Fair for a project making a correlation between increasing surface temperatures and the albedo of common building materials.

Autonomously-Controlled RC Plane for Agricultural Surveyal

Created a 5ft working RC plane out of foam board and soldered electronics based on the Storch aircraft. Additionally, I created a machine learning model based on the YOLO-v8 architecture, that takes in footage from a drone/plane and can highlight objects on the surface (Fire, weeds, animals, humans, etc.)

🌎 Governor's STEM Scholars

Albedo Research

A research project done through the Governor's Stem Scholars Program. An analysis of the albedo of the Earth and it's relation to weather events.

Interests

Aerospace Engineering

Currently purusing a degree in aerospace engineering at MIT. Active member of the Rocket Team and Design, Build, Fly.

⚙️Currently Working On⚙️

Machine Learning Research

A self-study project focusing on the implications of machine learning and how to use it effectively.

Finance/Business

As the Director of Logistics of Youth Social Venture Capital (YSVC), I helped manage a grant opportunity for new sustainabilitly-focused companies around the world. Sourcing $20,000 through fundraising and partnering with a entrepreneurialship-focused company name YEFA, we hosted a grant competition for new companies with a environment focus. I also enjoy competing in competitions relating to finance and the analysis of stocks.

🎵Music🎵

Playing the Cello

For the past 9 years, I have been playing the cello. I am the first chair cell of the Manalapan Youth/Regional Orchestra and have made my own ensemble to volunteer in my area.

Hi, my name is

Aleksander Garbuz