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Honor Society® member

Diego Gutierrez-Raghunath

summer intern at ETA Works - Tech Companie (Start Up)

  • Electrical or Mechanical Engineering
  • Class of 2025
  • AURORA, co

Member since July 2024

About

I am a passionate engineering student with a strong robotics, electrical and mechanical engineering, and community service background. As a FIRST Robotics leader, engineering intern, and
entrepreneur, you have honed your skills in problem-solving, CAD, CNC programming, and prototyping. Your bilingual abilities (Spanish & Mandarin) and volunteer work at Metro Caring reflect your deep commitment to helping underserved communities. With a drive for innovation and social impact, you aim to bridge the gap between technology and accessibility, using your skills to uplift others and create meaningful change.

Education

  • Colorado School of Mines

    engineering

    2025 – Present

Honors and awards

  • Highest/First honors

    School GPA Recognition 3.5 or above

  • National Hispanic Recognition Program

    Collage Board Recognition

  • Rising Business Award

    Young Americans Center new business recognition award.

Goals and interests

Career goal

I intend to work as an engineer, either building robotic mechanisms, machining, or designing computer parts.

Graduate school interests

I will be a Student at the School of Mines for the 2025-2026 school year. I will be part of the Rocketry Club and F1 Club.

Outside the classroom

Robotics - participate in First Robotics club at school, desgin and build 120 lbs robots to accomplish a new goal every year. Coding Club-I was a member of the coding club and participated in a team competition; we received a set of 10-ish problems and divided them across our team. The club won 1st place in 2023. Ethics Bowl - events in which students discuss real-life ethical issues. In each round of competition, teams take turns analyzing cases about complex ethical dilemmas and responding to questions and comments from the other team and a panel of judges.

Experience

  • summer intern

    ETA Works - Tech Companie (Start Up)

    Jul 2024

Volunteering

  • I worked their front desk sign-up and check-in, and I will go and volunteer regularly

    Metro Caring

    Feb 2024 – Present

  • I worked as a doorman translator and helped coordinate the guests and get them from activity to activity, ensuring the different volunteers had jobs based on my supervisor's desire.

    American Heart Association, Vestido Rojo

    Mar 2023 – Jun 2026

  • As part of the FIRST Robotics competition, which is Targeted at elementary students, I helped the team get to the field on time and kept the field clean after the rounds were over.

    First Lego League

    Apr 2022 – Nov 2024

  • volunteer, I help raise money for one of their runs.

    International Samaritan Global 5k

    Oct 2021

Languages

  • English (US) Fluent
  • Spanish Fluent
  • Chinese (Simplified) Intermediate

Additional information