Vignesh Nagarajan

Brown Scholar studying honors CS/econ at Texas A&M, simultaneously building AI systems bridging both fields.

Applied AIAutomationEconometrics
Cognitive ModelingEntrepreneurship
Vignesh Nagarajan
Education
Texas A&M University, College of EngineeringExpected May 2029
Bachelor of Science — BS, Computer Science (Focus: Econometrics)
  • Brown Foundation Scholar, President’s Endowed Scholar, Engineering Honors Program
  • Minors in Economics and Statistics; Certificates in Business Technology and Management Consulting
BASIS Phoenix High SchoolGraduated May 2026
High School Diploma
  • 3.95 GPA with 4 Post-APs, 16 APs, 5 Honors, and 2 Dual Enrollment Courses
  • National Merit Scholar: Perfect 36 ACT and 1520 PSAT/NMSQT
Research Club (Founding President & Inaugural Science Fair Host) · Mu Alpha Theta Honor Society (President) · Speech & Debate (Captain) · Arizona Tamil Sangam (Graduate & TA) · Gators Club Swim
Experiences
Tech Consulting ExternJun 2026 – Aug 2026 · 3 mos
Deloitte
Technology & Implementation Consulting, Tempe Office
Founder & DeveloperMay 2025 – May 2026 · 1 yr 1 mo
Chronos
  • Built full-stack cross-calendar scheduling platform using React, Firebase, Vercel, and Python. Chronos ↗
  • Published white paper and secured 2 signed LOIs worth $3,500+ across 42 users in <2 mo post-launch.
  • Presented at the US Capitol for #HouseOfCode 2026, including 1:1s with Hack Club CEO Zach Latta, Senator Mark Kelly, Rep. Abe Hamadeh, and Rep. Nancy Pelosi. Congressional App Challenge ↗  GitHub ↗
Founder & PresidentAug 2023 – May 2026 · 2 yrs 10 mos
Prepworks EDU
  • Filed for and received 501(c)(3) nonprofit status. Managed 20+ students across 5 institutions and 6 teams.
  • Facilitated creation of >300 pages of review sheets spanning 15+ academic areas incl. APs. Google Drive ↗
  • Lobbied for education funding via a slate of 40 policy memos directly to AZ DoE. Policy Database ↗
Data Analyst InternApr 2023 – Dec 2025 · 2 yrs 9 mos
STEM·E Youth Career Development Program
  • Analyzed 4K+ social posts to ~5× engagement in ~2 years. Presented findings to 50+ incl. CEO. STEM·E ↗
  • Automated 3 processes and expedited data processing by +340%. Taught 4 Python lessons to 20+ students.
  • Leveraged Wix Analytics to surface key insights via Python (Pandas & Matplotlib). GitHub ↗  PDF ↗
Founding Team MemberAug 2024 – May 2025 · 10 mos
ScienceFair.io
  • DBA Qurios Ventures, successfully acquired by a unicorn through a 7-figure exit in May, under NDA.
  • Authored “Research Guide” and 20+ blogs incl. a sponsored article in Harvard Crimson. ScienceFair.io ↗
  • Finetuned and deployed a MoE LLM for marketing on Quora and answered 250+ relevant Q&A forums.
Awards & Recognitions
Craig & Galen Brown Foundation Scholar (Website ↗)
Associated with Texas A&M University
Congressional Command Coin (Special Commendation by Rep. Hamadeh)
US Congress · Apr 2026
Mu Alpha Theta National Scholar (1 of 27 Recipients, First-ever AZ Winner)
Mu Alpha Theta · Mar 2026
National Merit Scholar (Top 2,500 of 15,000 Finalists; Received $2,500)
NMSC · Mar 2026
Congressional App Challenge Winner & House of Code Invitee @ US Capitol
US House · Dec 2025
Academic All-American & NDCA National Qualifier, Varsity PF Debate
NSDA · Dec 2024
1st Place, AreteLabs/AMC Mini-Math Madness National Championship (410+ Teams)
AreteLabs · 2024, 2026
2024 National Cyber Scholar & SANS-GIAC Cybersecurity Scholarship ($3,400)
NCSF · Feb 2024
CyberStart America National Hackathon Winner (~2.8% Selection Rate)
SANS · Dec 2023
Co-Author, The Future is STEM (Amazon #1 New Release & 2× Bestseller)
Samyak Science Society · Jul 2023
Research
CANVAS: Captioning Art with Narrative Visual-Audio AI Systems
Exploring How AI Automations Can Bring Artwork to Life for BLV Audiences Through Voice Generation
arXiv cs.HC [Cross-Listed in cs.AI and cs.CL]  ·  June 2026
Social Science Research Network (SSRN)  ·  May 2026
AIAutomationHCIAccessibility↗ arXiv↗ SSRN
PEBSA: Predicting Economic Behavior via Sentiment Analysis
Constructing a ML Model to Analyze Public Outlook on US Economic Performance to Predict Market Behavior
International Journal of Engineering and Computer Science (IJECS) — Best Paper Award  ·  Dec 2024
AIMLEconometrics↗ IJECS
Projects
Portable Arthropod Detection on a Host via Multi-Modal Sensors
Mar 31, 2026
System and Method for Portable Arthropod Detection on a Host Using Multi-Modal Sensors
Provisional Patent Application #64/024,033
Affiliated with DeTICKtor LLC and Cornell University
BiotechMLSensors
↗ deticktor.com
Algorithmic, Real-Time Group Scheduling Engine
Aug 8, 2025
System and Methods for Algorithmic and Real-Time Group Scheduling in Applications like Google Calendar
Provisional Patent Application #63/860,731
Affiliated with Chronos
AIScheduling
↗ usechronos.live
Agentic AI System Trained on MRD for Virtual Healthcare Applications
Jul 10, 2025
Systems and Methods for Virtual Healthcare by Agentic Artificial Intelligence Models Trained on Medical Reasoning Data
Provisional Patent Application #63/841,355
Affiliated with Claisen Inc. and Harvard University
HealthcareAILLM
Modular, HIPAA-Compliant Adaptive Health Data-ML Pipeline
Jun 23, 2025
System and Method for a Modular, HIPAA-Compliant Health-Data Pipeline Enabling Adaptive Therapeutic Recommendations through Continuous Learning
Provisional Patent Application #63/828,926
Affiliated with Claisen Inc. and Harvard University
HealthcareMLPrivacy
Real-Time Economic Forecasting via Sentiment Analysis
Apr 2, 2025
System and Method for Real-Time Economic Forecasting Using Machine Learning-Based Sentiment Analysis of Public Data from Social Media
Provisional Patent Application #63/782,567
Affiliated with PEBSA
AIMLEconometrics
Contact
Email vigneshn26@tamu.edu LinkedIn linkedin.com/in/vignesh-nagarajan-vn GitHub github.com/vignesh-nagarajan-vn