Hi! I'm Fadhil
I'm a senior at Seven Lakes High School who enjoys playing chess, eating Cheerios, and sleeping. I also like to read dystopian novels when I have the chance. I speak 4 languages: English, Spanish, Arabic, and Yoruba.
Fadhil Lawal
Aspriring Electrical Engineer &
Computer Scientist
Phone:
+1 (346) 257 - 9097
Email:
Education:
Weighted GPA: 4.75
Unweighted GPA: 4.00
Seven Lakes High School Class of 2024
9251 S Fry Rd, Katy, TX 77494
ENGINEERING, COMPUTER SCIENCE, & TECHNOLOGY EXPERIENCE
MARCH 2023 - PRESENT
Lead Instructor
SUMMER 2023
Co-Founder
SUMMER 2023
Research Intern
JANUARY 2022 - PRESENT
Co-Founder
SUMMER 2021 & 2022
Intern & Device Repair Technician
AUGUST 2021 - PRESENT
IT Assistant
iCode COMPUTER TRAINING SCHOOL
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Teach students how to develop and debug their own computer programs using different programming languages and libraries.
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Teach important algorithms, concepts, and principles along with the fundamentals of robotics.
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Assess, record, and report on the academic progress and development of students.
GENIUS TERMINAL
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Developed free 8-week curriculum with Mumineen Relief to teach 24 teens in Houston Nigerian Muslim community C++ and Arduino project creation.
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Modeled after UT Austin Computer Science Academy For All.
UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON
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Built routing policy that considers individual vehicle deadlines and compared it against Dijkstra’s in Simulation of Urban MObility (SUMO) using TraCI real-time decision making.
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Developed Convolutional Neural Network trained on the CIFAR-10 data set to identify images with 85%+ accuracy.
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Real Time Systems Research program/lab ranked 35th in the nation, 69th in the world.
CYBER WISE SENIORS
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Initiative to help increase cyber threat awareness in senior homes.
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Deliver lectures and interactive discussions to 125+ elders to combat digital exploitation and enhance their cyber security.
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Collaborate with co-founder to develop slide deck and cold-call 20+ senior homes to enhance outreach.
INFINITY PHONE REPAIR
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Hands-on training at a device repair shop, regarding how to fix mobile devices as well as laptops, computers, and handheld gadgets.
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Gained experience in customer-relations and conflict resolution.
MUMINEEN RELIEF CHARITY NON-PROFIT
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Handling of the Mumineen relief website as well as volunteering at the various opportunities provided to help those in need.
LEADERSHIP
AUGUST 2023 - PRESENT
Senior Class President
AUGUST 2020 - PRESENT
President (2023)
Varsity Captain (2022)
Member (2020 - Present)
AUGUST 2020 - PRESENT
Digital Coordinator
AUGUST 2020 - PRESENT
Treasurer (2022)
Member (2020 - Present)
SEVEN LAKES HIGH SCHOOL
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Student-elected class officer position.
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Collaborate with four class officers to plan, organize, and run school sponsored activities for 851+ students.
SEVEN LAKES SPEECH & DEBATE
President
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Organize & facilitate team-wide activities, tournament signups, practices, and middle school development efforts. Run tournament with 700+ competitors.
Varsity Congressional Debate Captain
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Organize and lead weekly practices for both the varsity and the novice squad.
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Plan in-class activities and socials with other captains.
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Volunteer at local junior highs teaching speech and debate to students.
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Collaborate with 16 club leaders to run logistics, security, data tracking for tournament with 700+ competitors.
Member
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Gained state points through victories to qualify for state-wide competition and participated in national competitions.
MOSQUE YOUTH STEERING COMMITTEE
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Tasked with designing flyers, video production, online game organization, and technological coordination during in-person events for youth programs for the Nigerian Muslim community.
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Helped raise $4,000 dollars for Muslim Youth Convention Program consisting of career panels & sport competitions with 250+ attendees.
MUSLIM STUDENTS ASSOCIATION
Treasurer
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Organize weekly prayers and occasional lectures by guest speakers.
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Management of club funds, outings and fundraising activities.
Member
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Participate in weekly Friday prayers and Islamic volunteering opportunities.
COMPUTER SCIENCE / ENGINEERING COURSES & CLUBS
AUGUST 2021 - PRESENT
AUGUST 2021 - PRESENT
SUMMER 2023
SUMMER 2022
SEMPTEMBER 2021 - APRIL 2022
MARCH 2021 - APRIL 2021
COMPUTER SCIENCE CLUB
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Participate in weekly meetings and discussions relating to fascinating computer science tools and concepts.
TECHNOLOGY STUDENTS ASSOCIATION
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Prepared and helped others to prepare for the regional and state tournaments.
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Compete in prepared presentation, extemporaneous speaking, software development, tech debate, and video creation.
UT AUSTIN COMPUTER SCIENCE ACADEMY FOR ALL
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Developed an interactive AI tic-tac-toe game with Arduino microcontroller, LEDs, and other electronic components.
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Studied C++, Natural Language Processing, and attended interactive entrepreneurial and career sessions.
DELOITTE TEAM TECH CHALLENGE
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Collaborate with 5 members to develop and present slide deck surveying potential of drone tech to optimize medication delivery channels in rural areas with problem-solving strategies taught by industry professionals.
IBM QUBIT BY QUBIT INTRODUCTION TO QUANTUM COMPUTING
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Studied quantum computation, measurement, algorithms, and mechanics in course taught by IBM developers.
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Developed research paper on quantum cryptography utilizing lessons learned throughout the course.
BIG DATA AT BERKELEY
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Improved upon understanding of Python and explored various statistical concepts.
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Learned data visualization, classification, types of simulations, and A/B testing.
DEVICE & PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE SPECIALTY
Python
JavaScript, HTML, CSS
Java
Django
Raspberry Pi
Arduino
ACADEMIC AWARDS
SEPTEMBER 2023
Semifinalist
JULY 2023
Recipient
AUGUST 2022
Recipient
APRIL 2023
Recipient
NATIONAL MERIT SCHOLARSHIP
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Selected as part of 16,000 students in the U.S. to advance to the Semifinalist stage based on PSAT score of 1470.
COLLEGE BOARD AP SCHOLAR WITH DISTINCTION
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Granted to students who receive an average score of at least 3.5 on all AP Exams taken, and scores of 3 or higher on five or more of these exams.
NATIONAL AFRICAN AMERICAN RECOGNITION PROGRAM
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Academic honors to sophomores and juniors who take eligible administrations of AP®, PSAT/NMSQT®, or PSAT™ 10 exams, have a GPA of 3.5 or higher and identify as African American or Black.
SEVEN LAKES HIGH SCHOOL LEGACY CERTIFICATE OF HONOR
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Awarded upon recommendation of Administration and Faculty for demonstrating strong performance in all classes, with exceptional performance in at least one area to students who continuously raise the bar and set the standard for achievement.
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Awarded to fewer than 25 out of 875+ juniors.
DEBATE AWARDS
APRIL 2023
3rd Place Finalist
JUNE 2022
6th Place Finalist
FEBRUARY 2023
1st Place Finalist
JANUARY 2023
5th Place Finalist
DECEMBER 2022
2nd Place Finalist
NOVEMBER 2022
1st Place Finalist
MARCH 2022
1st Place Finalist
MAY 2023
Recipient
TOURNAMENT OF CHAMPIONS - CONGRESSIONAL DEBATE
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3rd Place Finisher in Congressional Debate at nation-wide Tournament of Champions (TOC) out of 140 competitors across the nation that qualified to the TOC after receiving 2+ bids at tournaments such as Harvard and Emory.
NATIONAL SPEECH AND DEBATE ASSOCIATION NATIONAL TOURNAMENT - CONGRESSIONAL DEBATE
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6th Place Finisher in congressional debate at the highly competitive National Speech and Debate Tournament out of 400+ competitors from across the country who qualified to the tournament out of competitive regions.
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Placed 3rd at Space City District's regional tournament out of 50+ students to qualify for the national tournament.
UIL 6A DEBATE TOURNAMENT - CONGRESSIONAL DEBATE
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1st Place Finisher at the state-wide University Interscholastic League (UIL) 6A Congressional Debate Tournament after qualifying for the tournament through a 3rd place finish at regionals out of 90+ competitors.
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Received certificate from Katy Independent School District Board in recognition of the accomplishment.
BARKLEY FORUM AT EMORY UNIVERSITY - CONGRESSIONAL DEBATE
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5th Place Finisher in congressional debate at the prestigious Barkley Forum High School Congressional Debate Tournament out of 152 competitors from across the country.
LONGHORN CLASSIC AT UT AUSTIN - CONGRESSIONAL DEBATE
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2nd Place Finisher in congressional debate at the highly regarded Longhorn Classic Congressional Debate Tournament out of 91 competitors.
GLENBROOKS HIGH SCHOOL (IL) - CONGRESSIONAL DEBATE
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1st Place Finisher in congressional debate at the prestigious Glenbrooks High School Congressional Debate Tournament out of 179 competitors from across the country.
WOODWARD ACADEMY NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP - PUBLIC FORUM
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1st Place Finisher in online public forum at the National Championship Tournament at Woodward Academy, ranking amongst the best debaters in the country in 10th grade.
NATIONAL SPEECH AND DEBATE ASSOCIATION DEGREE OF PREMIER DISTINCTION
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Awarded Degree of Premier Distinction for continued involvement in the speech and debate space as well as outstanding performance at tournaments.
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Awarded to less than 2.5% of the 130,000+ students registered with the National Speech and Debate Association.