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Navya
Rawal

I build products that leave the lab and my ideas outgrow my computer.

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The Work

Four projects, four different ways I've turned an idea into something real.

A concise selection spanning product, research, hardware, and community-scale programs — each with a full case study if you want to go deeper.

Product & Entrepreneurship

Sunny

Role
Co-Founder
Dates
March 2026 — June 2026

An alarm app paired with NFC technology that forces you out of bed to defeat habitual snoozing — built and tested with real users across UCLA's campus.

  • Product experimentation
  • NFC / hardware-software integration
  • User research
  • Go-to-market testing
  • Founder-led growth
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Launchedand tested across the UCLA campus
Iteratedon the product through direct user feedback and repeated testing rounds
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Entrepreneurship & Global Impact

Rookie Robotics

Role
Founder
Dates
December 2022 — December 2025

Founded an initiative to build sustainable robotics programs at schools in Nepal — raising and deploying equipment, training instructors, and establishing programs built to last.

$5,000+ in robotics equipment raised and deployed

Permanent programs established at 4 schools

Girl Scouts Gold Award recipient

  • Fundraising
  • International program building
  • Curriculum development
  • Logistics
  • Technical education
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Artificial Intelligence & Research

Diagnosis of Osteosarcoma Through CNN

Role
UCSB SRA Researcher
Dates
June 2023 — July 2023

Developed and trained a convolutional neural network to classify osteosarcoma from histopathology images, reaching roughly 82% accuracy.

~82% classification accuracy on histopathology image data

  • Convolutional neural networks
  • Image classification
  • Research methodology
  • Model evaluation
  • Healthcare AI applications
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Environmental Engineering & Hardware

Phosphody

Role
Lead Hardware Developer
Dates
August 2024 — June 2025

A three-tier wastewater filtration system that removes phosphorus using duckweed, biochar, and bacteria — first place at CCCSEF and the UC Berkeley Bioengineering Competition.

  • 1st place — CCCSEF
  • 1st place — UC Berkeley Bioengineering Competition
  • ~$3,000 in lab equipment and $1,000+ in grants secured
  • Hardware prototyping
  • Environmental & biological systems engineering
  • Experimental design
  • Interdisciplinary research
  • Competition & pitch presentation
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Additional Experiments & Projects

Smaller in scope, same bias toward building and testing.

Artificial Intelligence & Environment

Forest Health Assessment Through CNN

A drone-based NDVI imaging system for environmental health monitoring, integrating a Raspberry Pi with CNN-based analysis.

Lead Software DeveloperJune 2023 — August 2024

Environmental Engineering & Hardware

BioBark & MethanBotics

A methane-absorbing synthetic bark paired with probiotic digestion solutions — state finalist for Samsung Solve for Tomorrow.

Lead Hardware DeveloperAugust 2024 — June 2025
Leadership & Impact

Leadership measured in what actually got built, and who it reached.

$10K+raised in corporate partnerships
$30Kin donations & fees managed
100+students taught
4schools with sustained robotics programs
6large-scale competitions organized
800+volunteers coordinated
13member technical team led

Tri-Valley Robotics

Director of Outreach & Coach

June 2024 — December 2025
  • Built corporate partnerships that raised more than $10,000 for FLL and FTC teams
  • Organized STEM outreach events
  • Expanded community robotics programs
  • Coached three FIRST robotics teams

First Tech Challenge

President & Captain

October 2021 — June 2024
  • Led a 13-member robotics team through hardware design, CAD, fabrication, and Java programming
  • Became Gold Division Finalists and Connect Award winners at the NorCal Regional Championships

California Scholarship Federation

Co-President & Treasurer

December 2022 — September 2025
  • Managed approximately $30,000 in donations and fees
  • Tracked volunteer hours
  • Created community events for more than 1,000 students

VEX Robotics Tournaments

Judge, Emcee & Field Staff

December 2022 — September 2025
  • Helped organize six large-scale competitions serving more than 100 teams
  • Coordinated operations involving more than 800 volunteers
  • Evaluated robot design and performance
  • Received the President's Volunteer Service Award, Gold level
Experience

Where the technical work happens day to day.

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NeuroLeap Corp

Data Engineering Intern

January 2026 — Present

Developed and maintained data pipelines integrating diverse data sources, improving data accessibility and supporting machine-learning workflows for AI-driven neurodevelopmental assessment tools.

  • Data engineering
  • ML infrastructure
  • Healthcare technology
  • Interdisciplinary systems
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Amplify Analytix

Data Analytics Consulting Intern

June 2023 — June 2024

Developed pricing-optimization and product-performance dashboards for multiple clients, translating large datasets into decisions that shaped pricing and product placement.

  • Developed pricing-optimization and product-performance dashboards for multiple clients using data-visualization tools
  • Analyzed large datasets to identify trends and deliver actionable insights that improved pricing strategies and product placement
  • Analytics consulting
  • Data visualization
  • Client communication
  • Business decision translation
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Magikid Robotics

Lead Coach & Curriculum Developer

December 2022 — September 2025

Coached competitive robotics teams and taught over 100 students robotics, coding, and engineering design, while building the standardized curriculum used across programs.

  • Coached two competitive VEX teams
  • Taught more than 100 students ages 4–14 in robotics, coding, and engineering design
  • Designed standardized curriculum used across multiple programs
  • Managed instructor scheduling and coordinated team operations
  • Coaching
  • Curriculum development
  • Program operations
  • STEM education
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Capabilities

What I actually work with, grouped by function.

No proficiency bars — just what I've applied directly through the work above.

Software & Data

Building and maintaining the pipelines and systems that move and make sense of data.

  • Data pipeline development
  • Data accessibility & integration
  • Analytics dashboards
  • Data visualization
  • Machine learning workflows
  • Java

Artificial Intelligence & Research

Designing, training, and evaluating models — and communicating what they find.

  • Convolutional neural networks (CNNs)
  • Image classification & computer vision
  • Model training & evaluation
  • NDVI / remote sensing analysis
  • Experimental design
  • Quantitative analysis
  • Technical writing & presentation

Hardware & Engineering

Turning a system on paper into a working, testable prototype.

  • Robotics design & fabrication
  • CAD
  • Raspberry Pi / embedded systems
  • NFC integration
  • Sensor integration
  • Rapid prototyping
  • Biological & environmental engineering systems

Product & Entrepreneurship

Getting an idea in front of real users, then acting on what they say.

  • Product experimentation
  • User research & feedback loops
  • Go-to-market testing
  • Fundraising
  • Partnership development
  • Pitching & competition presentation
  • Startup execution

Leadership & Communication

Building the teams and programs that make the work possible — and keeping them running.

  • Team leadership
  • Coaching & mentorship
  • Curriculum development
  • Public speaking & emceeing
  • Event & operations management
  • Consulting
  • Community outreach

This list grows with every new project — not a fixed checklist.

Contact

Building something
ambitious?

I'm up for conversations about technical opportunities, AI and data projects, early-stage startups, research collaborations, product experimentation, and mission-driven technology.

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