Welcome

IKSHVAKU SRI

Team Player, Problem Solver, STEM Educator, Servant Leader

“A life filled with helping others is a life worth living” – Favorite Quote,

Ikshvaku Sri-Kumeran, Grade 9, Bellarmine College Prep

Academics

  • Bellamine College Prep ( Fall ’24 – )
    • PreCalc Honors, Physics, French-2, English, Rhetoric, Ethnic studies
    • Member of the Leadership Corp – Represent Bellamine College Prep in community events ; Instill STEM in neighborhood schools.
  • Mission College
    • Intro to Biology ( Summer ’24)
    • Intro to Neuroscience ( Winter ’25)

Favorite subjects : precalculus , AP Environmental Science , Biology

2022-2023 – Honor roll Grade 7

2022- Present

Ambassador at Basis Independance Silicon Valley

  • Represent our school & school spirit for future prospects
  • Help Organize school events
    • Middle School Dance
    • Spring and fall carnival

Volleyball – Mountain View Valley Club

League : 13 National Power League

Season : 2023-2024, 2024-2025

Position : Primary Setter

Below are some of the clips of my performance

Location : Chicago
Tournament Name : Chi-Town Boys

Description : Ikshvaku Sri-Kumeran serving the ball

Winning Record : Quarter finals

Location : Sacramento
Tornament Name: Roseville Power League Qualifier

Description: Ikshvaku Sri-Kumeran scoring

Winning Record : Quarter Finalist

Location : Sacramento

Tournament : NCVA ( Northern California Volleyball Association) Roseville Power League Qualifier

Description: Setter ( Ikshvaku Sri-Kumeran) positioning
Winning Record : Quarter finalist

Location : Sacramento
Tournament : NCVA ( Northern California Volleyball Association )

Description : Serve (Ikshvaku Sri-Kumeran) to score
Winning Record : Quarter Finalist

Location : Sacramento
Tournament: NCVA PL Championship

Description: Serving to win ( Ikshvaku Sri-Kumeran )

Winning Record: Quarter finals

Location : Southern California
Tournament Name: SoCal Cup

Description: Doubling up as a utility player ( middle position)

Winning Record : Quarter finals

Location : Southern California

Tournament : SoCal Cup

Description: Setter & Server ( Ikshvaku Sri-Kumeran )

Winning Record : Quarter finals

Location : Sacramento
Tournament Name : NCVA PL ( Northern California Volleyball Association Power League )
Description: Playing Setter role ( Ikshvaku Sri-Kumeran)

Winning Record : Quarter Final Match

First Tech Challenge ( FTC ) Robotics Team (2024-)
Software lead : Develop motor control in JAVA

2024 – VEXIQ Finals (State Qual)

Robotics

VEX Robotics : Educational Robotics for everyone. I have been in the VEX Robotics since grade 6.
Our team is made up of three of us: Builder, coder, journalist (primary driver).
My primary responsibility is to code the robot and my secondary responsibility is to build. Every year VEX releases new challenge. Based on the challege, we build the robot to complete unique tasks.
I code in Python ( can be convered to blocked coding as well):

1. Autonomouns Drive (50 Points)

2. Drivetrain (80-150 Points)

I am responsible for coding both 1 & 2.

VEXIQ Finals for state qualificaitons:

Excellence award (2023-2024) – Top All Around Team (Robot Performance and Judged)

[VEX SITE ] The Excellence Award is the highest award presented in the VEX Robotics competition. This award
is presented to a team that exemplifies overall excellence in building a high-quality robotics program.
This team is a strong contender in numerous award categories.

Key Criteria

  • Engineering Notebook must be submitted (usually at team check-in)
  • Ranking for Design Award
  • Ranking for Qualification Matches
  • Ranking for Robot Skills
  • Ranking for other judged awards
  • Quality of the team’s interview with the Judges
  • High-quality robotics program
  • Team conduct


Off to the state tournament in March 2024 !!

2022-2023 Season

Problem Statement and Solution : During the autonomous time, the robot was not abel to move forward in a straighline due to a structural issue with the wheel. Since we running against time to rebuilt the robot, I decided to find an alternate solution with created an algorithm, created a forumula to recalibrate every cm.

2021-2022 Season

My first VEXIQ tournamet

  • My primary task was coding the drivetrain

Problem Solving : ( Drive train efficiency and extentendign the battery life ).
The motor we had was not as efficient as the regular VEXIQ. I came up with an idea to maximize the energy output from the motor using my code so that it would not overheat.

2022 – Sacramentor State Tournament

State Championship -2021-2022

Wildfire Project

  • My brother and I are involved in a multi year project to predict wildfires.

    We have been talking the Captains in our neighborhood; We have visited about 15 fire stations in Santa Clara County and

COMMUNITY - VOLUNTEERING

Empower and Excell

Preseident’s Volunteer Service Award 2021-2023

  • Developed Chess Curriculum
  • Palm Valley Apartments, San Jose
  • Coach Chess for

Silicon Valley Youth Climate Action

State Advocacy Team

  • Climate literacy in Schools AB285
  • Corresponded with Gov.Gavin Newsom regarding AB285

STEM Tutor

  • General admission and member discounts for two adults
  • Five free tickets per special exhibition
  • Six single-use guest passes per year

AI CLUB

Objective: Learn AI algorithm by doing. So far we have learned Linear Regression, Logistic Regression

Award : First Place Award for Project Blood Transfusion Classification

AI CLUBWINS

Games

Game 1

Developed last week (01/06/2024)

  • Saul Jump is about avoiding lawsuits.

Game 2

  • Developed in Dec 2023
  • This is a Xs and Os game for two players who take turns marking the spaces in a three-by-three grid with X or O. 

Game 3

  • Develop in during summer 2023
  • This game tests your vocabulary by guessing letters one at a time to solve the word puzzle