AbhiramSomisetty

Aug 2024 — Apr 2025

Research Intern

AIMS Lab, University of Michigan · Ann Arbor, MI

Applied multi-objective optimization to nuclear reactor core design for an industry-sponsored project.

• Built an NSGA-based multi-objective optimizer to refine reactor core designs.
• Wrote Python and Bash tooling to automate simulation studies — input-deck generation and output extraction.
• Contributed scripts to the simulation framework enabling swappable optimization algorithms.

• Python
• Optimization
• Simulation

Jun 2025 — Oct 2025

AI Integration Intern

SEAL Lab, University of Washington · Seattle, WA

Built AI for NIOSH Radguard, a real-time radiation decision-support system.

• Contributed to a compact, research-grade system that senses radiation in real time and surfaces worker-protection guidance.
• Developed early LLM-based methods for interpreting radiation data.

• LLMs
• Python
• AI

Jul 2024 — Aug 2024

Software Engineering Intern

Quadrant Technologies

Built a scalable awareness app with a 6-person team — won 3rd in the intern competition.

• Shipped core features on Azure DevOps with Microsoft Data/ML tooling.
• Designed for 10K users and a 16K-species database at <150ms latency under load.
• Pitched the product to company leadership.

• Azure
• Full-stack
• ML tooling

Aug 2025 — Dec 2025

Software Engineering Intern

Abivo, Inc.

Developed AI email-automation pipelines for personalized outreach.

• Built Python pipelines integrated with MongoDB to track responses, automate follow-ups, and segment users.
• Improved outreach efficiency by 15% and scaled automation to thousands of clients.

• Python
• MongoDB
• Automation

Jan 2024 — Apr 2024

Research Intern

Security of Emerging Environments Lab, UW Bothell · Bothell, WA

Studied adversarial machine learning in an ML research framework.

• Built and trained an MNIST classifier in TensorFlow and applied FGSM attacks at varying strengths.
• Analyzed whether classifier linearity magnifies adversarial perturbation, graphing accuracy and confidence.

• TensorFlow
• Adversarial ML
• Python

Jun 2023 — Jun 2025

Research Intern, Nuclear Science Team

Northwest Nuclear Laboratories

Developed and tested a compact nuclear fusion reactor running as a 2×10⁶ n/s fusion-based DD neutron source.

• Doubled the reactor's neutron yield (100% increase) through telemetry upgrades, design iteration, and refined operating procedures.
• Built and tested a compact DD fusion reactor functioning as a 2×10⁶ neutron-per-second source.
• Documented the design and findings in the team's research paper, published on Academia.edu.

• Nuclear fusion
• Telemetry
• Research

Jun 2024 — Jun 2025

Software Engineer

Swerve Robotics

Wrote Java for autonomous robot control, tuning code to the robot's mechanical and physical constraints.

• Developed Java algorithms for autonomous robot control, validated in simulation.
• Built a 9-path framework for in-match route changes, boosting score by 6 pts/match.
• Collaborated with the engineering team to adapt code to mechanical constraints and tune mechanisms to resonant frequencies.
• Led testing sessions and cut path execution time 20% during the competition season.

• Java
• Robotics
• Autonomous

Jan 2024 — Jan 2026

Youth President

UTSAV · Washington

Lead youth programming for a Washington nonprofit serving South Asian communities.

• Coordinated 51 youth volunteers across logistics, outreach, and day-of-event support.
• Organized cultural festivals drawing 35K+ attendees and built partnerships with community leaders.
• Earned a service award from the Washington Secretary of State.

• Leadership
• Community