Zubin Mehra

Second-Year Student

• Introduction to Electrical & Computer Engineering
• Introduction to Experimental Physics
• Fundamentals of Programming & CS
• Concepts of Mathematics
• Physics 2
• Introduction to Mechanical Engineering

SAT: 1530 (Superscore)

• Math: 800 (Dec 2022)
• English: 730 (Oct 2023)

Selected to attend Yale Summer Session; explored concepts such as mathematical modeling and engineering analysis fundamentals in credit-bearing program & secured final grade A.

Studied course on fundamentals of computer science, information technology & software development.

Gained exposure to principles of rocket science, orbital mechanics & risk management.

Explored topics including general relativity, cosmology & special relativity.

Studied concepts such as dark energy, dark matter, expansion of the universe; scored a final grade of A.

Authored research paper under mentorship of IIT Delhi Professor Dr PV Madhusudhan Rao.

Achievements: Shortlisted finalist S.T. Yau High School Science Award (Asia) (2022) & participated IRIS National Fair (2022).

• Assisted in building an AI assistant that analyzes startup companies for venture capital firms.

• Built reproducible ML baselines; in one backtest, observed ~78% direction accuracy.

• Developed a tower defense game with advanced algorithms like A* pathfinding and Bézier curves for enemy movement using Python.
• Implemented dynamic gameplay with real-time updates, interactive instructions, and sound effects.

github.com/zubinmehra

• Designed circuits for electrical measurements, logic, signal generation, amplification, and analog to digital conversion.
• Implemented I²C communication and cryptographic schemes via wireless communication.

• Selected as School Prefect of the student body of The Doon School after multistage selection process.
• Responsible for acting as a liaison between the students and faculty; providing academic & interpersonal support to student body & organizing events.

Responsible for training 40+ students for intra-school swimming competitions and events.

Volunteered as a mentor to help students in grades 8 and 9 understand how to develop independent projects focusing on experimental physics.

• Developed initiative to expand learning opportunities in astronomy & astrophysics for underprivileged.
• Created series of educational materials, including short videos on astronomy concepts in Hindi and English, comprehensive curriculum and children's book (donated 400 copies to NDMC Schools in Delhi).
• Fundraised over 1 lakh INR (USD 1,300) & launched astronomy lab at Nirmal Primary School, Delhi.
• Led astronomy sessions with students at lab, led educational field trips to Nehru Planetarium & Camp Junga.

• Gained hands-on experience in system architecture and backend development workflows at BonusHub.
• Acquired working knowledge of relational database systems and data flow within the platform.
• Assisted in testing and validating POS terminal systems to ensure performance and reliability.

• Gained mentorship from CEO Arpit Sahu on Additive Manufacturing, worked in Aerospace Quality Department, assisted in design development using CAD, worked on camera module for ISRO satellite.
• Contributed research to report on the use of technological interventions such of 3D Printing in manufacturing.

• Used Proteus, Arduino, and Eagle to design rocket circuits, introduced to softwares like Fusion 360 and OpenRocket.
• Submitted 2 problem statements and gained exposure to astrophysics and quantum computing concepts.

Working on avionics systems for rockets designed for the NASA Student Launch competition.

• Competed in a team of 12 to design a space settlement; worked as head of the automation department.
• Awarded Runners Up in the ISSDC global finals held at The Kennedy Space Centre, Florida, USA.

World Mathematics Invitational - India rank 9.

Worked with a team of 6 students from across the world to develop innovative project for improving energy efficiency | Used IoT and 5G to assess feeder stock for biofuels; designed capacitor sensor to measure quality.

• Competed for Conrad Challenge and presented an invention to provide electricity access to rural communities.
• Participated in Beamline for Schools Competition, submitted a particle physics experiment on the halo produced by firing a proton beam at a mineral.
• Competed in the Earth Prize with a team of 4; developed a model to ease the process of harnessing solar energy in rural areas, qualified to second round.