Aarush Mohan is a student at Greenwood High International in India. He has a strong interest in robotics, programming, engineering, and technology.
Aarush has achieved success in several competitions. In 2023 and 2024, he led his team to first place in the OnStage category at the RoboCupJunior (RCJ) Nationals. The team developed a futuristic farming concept for Mars. Aarush worked on programming, automation, and sensor integration.
He also designed and built the second-fastest car in India for the F1 in Schools competition. In addition, he placed sixth at the World Robot Olympiad (WRO) Nationals. He also won first place at Synthacks by developing a college counselling platform. The platform connects high school students with college students.
At CCIR Academy, Aarush explored his interest in engineering through original research. His paper, Predicting Drag Coefficient Based on Design Parameters Using Machine Learning, was accepted at the 6th Colloquium on Analytics, Data Science, and Computing (CADSCOM 2026). The conference took place at Minnesota State University, Mankato.
Aarush’s research examined how machine learning can predict a vehicle’s aerodynamic drag from its design parameters. He used more than 4,000 vehicle configurations to compare different machine learning methods. These included regression models and neural networks.
The results showed that neural networks better captured complex relationships between vehicle design and aerodynamic performance. As a result, the research highlights how machine learning could support faster aerodynamic evaluation during the early stages of vehicle design.
The 6th Colloquium on Analytics, Data Science, and Computing took place on 17 April 2026 at Minnesota State University, Mankato. The Twin Cities ACM Chapter organised the event. It is a professional chapter chartered by the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM).
The conference brought together students, faculty, and professionals to share research in analytics, data science, and computing. Furthermore, submissions underwent a double-blind peer-review process. The programme featured peer-reviewed papers, keynote presentations, and industry-faculty panels.
Congratulations to Aarush on this achievement!
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