Hello, I'm Saimouli Katragadda


PhD Student

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I am working on advancing Visual Inertial Perception. In my spare time, I can often be found fixing and building robots, learning guitar, watching movies, playing tennis, chess, or table tennis.

Robotics Science and Systems - Best Student Paper Award Finalist

Organization: Robotics Science and Systems
Date: 2023-07-14
Description: Finalist for the Best Student Paper Award at the prestigious Robotics Science and Systems conference for the paper "Fast Monocular Visual-Inertial Initialization Leveraging Learned Single-View Depth".
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NIST USV Fast Find Challenge Award & Finalist

Organization: National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
Date: 2022-06-29
Description: Led the Guardian Angels team through the proposal to the final stage of the FastFind Challenge, competing against 20 teams and securing $10,000 in funding. Developed a prototype to assist firefighters in search and rescue operations.
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Gemstone Best Thesis Award

Organization: Gemstone Honors Program, University of Maryland
Date: 2019-05-15
Description: Awarded for the best undergraduate thesis within the Gemstone Honors Program for the project "Stereoscopic Mixed Reality in Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Search and Rescue".

AIAA Best Team Student Paper Award

Organization: American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)
Date: 2019-01-10
Description: Winner of the Best Team Student Paper Award at the AIAA SciTech Forum for the paper "Stereoscopic Mixed Reality in Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Search and Rescue".
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MAV Competition First Place

Organization: The Vertical Flight Society (VTOL)
Date: 2019-05-10
Description: Winner of the Best team in fully autonomous micro aerial vehicle category.
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GHS Academic Scholar

Organization: Gaithersburg High School
Date: 2014-05-13
Description: Recognized as the top scholar in the senior year for outstanding academic performance and dedication to excellence in education.

Science Montgomery Science Fair - 3rd Place Physics

Organization: Science Montgomery
Date: 2012-05-13
Description: Secured third place in the county-wide science fair under the physics category, demonstrating excellence in scientific research and presentation.
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