Mehul Paparaju
CS @ UCLA
Completed Projects
Backyard Intelligence
Cal AI Hackathon 2026 Submission; uses Three.js to turn natural language output into shed + Gemini to create bill-of-materials of necessary parts with links + SwiftUI, ARKit, and ArUco to create a to-scale tutorial for shed construction
ClassPulse
Build it Break it 2026 3rd Place Overall; transforms Google Meet transcripts into real-time semantic graph through Neo4j; implemented Google OAuth for security
Robot Programming Lead @ FRC Team 1678
Led robot programming team for the 2024-25 season, seeding first and winning three regionals and placing 3rd in division at world championship; created trajectory generation and following system through lookahead calculation, Pure Pursuit Controller, and PIDF feedback loop; implemented pose estimation methods through an OpenCV/AprilTag vision system
AllergenDetect
BSE Mentorship Project - Web App built through React Router & Google's Cloud Run API that scans labels/ingredients and highlights contained and possible allergens
EmotionToMusic
CruX Team Project - Web App that takes in EEG data, processes it to determine user's emotion, and plays different self-produced music tracks to create closed feedback loop for music therapy applications
Current Endeavors
Partnerships Lead
Bruin Software Engineers
Director of Immersive Development
IMMERSE (Formerly High-Tech and Neurological Disorders)
Hacker Operations & Experience
LA Hacks
Core Competencies
Education & Awards
B.S. in Computer Science
UCLA
In Progress