Curious Cardinals Mentor

Akshay J.

PRO TIP:

When evaluating whether a mentor would be a good match for your student keep in mind that the greatest leading indicator of success is how well a mentor and their mentee get along.

Questions to ask yourself:

Would the student find this person inspiring?
Do they share any interests, hobbies, or lived experiences?

EDUCATION

- Present • Worcester Polytechnic Institute • Worcester, Massachusetts

I am passionate about mentoring students in the areas of Business / Entrepreneurship, Precalculus / Trigonometry, Robotics / Electronics / CAD, Coding / Programming, Visual Arts / Graphic Design, Aviation / Aerospace, Architecture, Literature, Calculus, Film / Theater, Philosophy, Computer Science, Journalism, Product Design, and Video / Photography.

Akshay J. (IN A NUTSHELL)

Akshay has wanted to invent since the fifth grade. What had started as doodles of cool futuristic inventions and mechanisms has evolved into grant-winning projects, like LLAMA-Q --- a way to control non-standard robotic mechanisms. This penchant for invention has let Akshay present different projects all over the country, from the Bay Area Maker Faire to MIT. He once spent three nights in a row printing and re-printing objects on his 3D printer to get it just right for a presentation. Akshay has also spent countless nights working on robots. Sometimes working for competitions like FIRST, in which his team held the top ten highest scores in Texas one year, and sometimes working on his projects, like RouXY --- a low-cost, low-stress router. He has worked in education as the director of projects for STEMpump --- a platform for student STEM education. Now, with Curious Cardinals, he hopes to influence young minds to invent and to make.