About

Prashant Panta

Texas State University · Public Address

KTM27.7172° N · 85.3240° E
11h 45m
SMX29.8833° N · 97.9414° W

I am a rising senior at Texas State University studying Computer Science with a minor in Applied Mathematics. My work sits at the intersection of high performance computing infrastructure and research accessibility.

Current Research

Undergraduate HPC Intern

Division of IT, Texas State University · with Dr. Damian Valles

Benchmarking the LEAP2 cluster and establishing performance baselines as Texas State prepares for R1 research classification.

Previously

NSF Research Translation Accelerator Intern

Lehigh University · 2025

Built an autonomous underwater vehicle — 6-thruster AUV on NVIDIA Jetson Nano. Ranked 2nd of 103 projects at the Lehigh Summer Research Symposium.

Automation & Robotics Lab

Texas State University · Dr. Heping Chen

IMU-based gait analysis for construction safety. Published at IEEE CYBER 2024, Copenhagen.

Research Interests

HPC InfrastructureSystems PerformanceParallel ComputingResearch Accessibility

Research

HPC Internship
HPC Research

HPC Internship

Present

As the first undergraduate HPC intern in the Division of Information Technology, benchmarking the LEAP2 cluster as the university prepares for R1 classification.

First undergraduate HPC intern at Texas State University

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NSF Lehigh ROV
Robotics

NSF Lehigh ROV

2025

Built an autonomous underwater vehicle through the NSF Research program — 6-thruster AUV running on NVIDIA Jetson Nano.

2nd place out of 103 projects at Lehigh Research Symposium

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NSF I-Corps Northeast
Entrepreneurship

NSF I-Corps Northeast

2025

Customer discovery program on underwater wireless communications — completed 25+ interviews with researchers and industry experts.

25+ customer discovery interviews across industry and academia

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Projects

Chautari
Education

Chautari

Pashupatinath Digital Archive
Heritage

Pashupatinath Digital Archive

Team Conclave
CalHacks · UC Berkeley

Team Conclave

Leadership

Texas State

San Marcos, TX
Director of International Student Affairs
Student Government

Director of International Student Affairs

TXST Student Government

2025–26

Presidential Ambassador
Honors

Presidential Ambassador

Texas State Gold Star Society

2025–Present

Founding Father
Greek Life

Founding Father

Sigma Phi Epsilon

2026–Present

Nepal

Kathmandu
Executive Board Member
Social Impact

Executive Board Member

The Squad of ChangeMakers

2022–23

STEAM Facilitator
Education

STEAM Facilitator

Karkhana

2022–23

Executive Board Member
Education

Executive Board Member

AuraED

2021–22

Honors & Awards

  • William Hatfield Hogue Memorial Endowed Scholarship — $15,000

    Highest-scoring applicant among all Juniors and Seniors at Texas State University.

    2026
  • Gold Award, Most Spirited Student Leader — Maroon and Gold Awards

    University-wide recognition for leadership and school spirit, Texas State.

    2026
  • Overall Balanced Man Scholarship — First recipient, Texas State

    First-ever recipient of this holistic achievement scholarship at Texas State.

    2026

Writing.

"

Musubi is the old way of calling the local guardian god. This word has profound meaning. Typing thread is Musubi. Connecting people is Musubi. The flow of time is Musubi. These are all the god's power. So the braided cords that we make are the god's art and represent the flow of time itself. They converge and take shape. They twist, tangle, sometimes unravel, break, and then connect again. Musubi — knotting. That's time.

Makoto Shinkai, Your Name

Skills

PROGRAMMING
PythonC++JavaScriptSQLLaTeX
MACHINE LEARNING & DATA SCIENCE
TensorFlowPyTorchOpenCVNumPyPandasMatplotlib
ROBOTICS & AUTONOMOUS SYSTEMS
ROS2MAVLinkArduPilotGazeboRVizQGroundControlLinux
HIGH-PERFORMANCE COMPUTING
SLURM Job SchedulingParallel ProcessingCluster Computing
DEVELOPMENT TOOLS
GitGitHubBitbucketMATLABJira
RESEARCH
Customer DiscoveryTechnical WritingData AnalysisDocumentation
LEADERSHIP & MANAGEMENT
LeadershipProject ManagementProgram DesignPublic PolicyCommunity BuildingStakeholder EngagementStrategic PlanningMentorship

Side Quest.

Clash Royale
10 YEAR JOURNEY

Clash Royale

A decade in the arenas. From learning what a spell cycle is to now, sleepless nights with my best friend, one more battle at a time. This game holds a lot of memories for me.

Building something interesting?
Thinking about research, fellowships, or just want to talk about rocks?

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San Marcos, Texas · Kathmandu, Nepal