Welcome to My Website

I’m Sashu Prakash. I plan to graduate from the University of Maryland in 2025 with either a degree in Computer Science, or Mechanical Engineering (hopefully both actually).

My Projects

Here are the projects I’m working on:

My notes

I’ve been taking notes in all my classes at UMD when it makes sense to do so. Two things have stood out to me in this process:

• The existence of the ADS Note-Takers program proves that there is a need for class notes to be readily available
• People who might miss class some days and need to catch up need the notes from other people.

So, I’ve decided to upload my notes to a website where anyone can easily access them if needed. The goal is to provide one link to anyone that needs to see my notes.

I have not created a dedicated page for these notes since I’m short on time. For now, access my OneNote Notebooks through these links. You will have to log in using your UMD Microsoft account.

• CMSC132 Notes

  CMSC216 Notes

  CMSC250 Notes

  • For CMSC250: My computer just broke so I’m using friend’s devices to copy notes into OneNote. For now some of the notes might be pictures of my notebook.
    • Find Recorded Lectures here and the Class Website here.
  • For CMSC132/CMSC216: I didn’t use OneNote for these notes. I made them locally using Markdown in VSCode, so I will have to convert those to HTML and create a dedicated page or something. I’ll do that when I have time possibly over winter break. I might not do it at all.
  • Please refer to the recorded lectures (I watch them at 2x speed).
  • I’ve heard good things about Ekesh Kumar’s CMSC132 Notes and CMSC216 Notes
  • My CMSC216 Notes are on GitHub, just open/download the PDFs from there or I also provide the original MD, and converted HTML, JPG, and PNG.

• MATH141 Notes

  MATH241 Notes

  MATH246 Notes

  • For MATH141: I didn’t take super good notes or anything so they’re messy, but I think I wrote down everything Dr. John Quah wrote on the board. In one way or another. The textbook and its Solutions Manual we use in class is available online at Libaray Genesis.
  • For MATH241: Use these notes in conjunction with Prof. Ebrehemian’s Course Summary Notes, available on Canvas > Files > Math 241 Lecture Note Summary. You can find what topics we covered here and on the syllabus, and confer with Prof. Justin’s YouTube videos for additional help. The textbook and its Solutions Manual we use in class is available online at Libaray Genesis.
  • For MATH246: Here’s the Differential Equations with MATLAB (Third Edition) updated for 2019 and Justin’s MATH246 Notes and the textbook Hanson uses and some other resources.

• PHYS161 Notes

  PHYS260 Notes

  • My professor, Dr. Hailu Gebremeniam, sometimes clicks through the question slides too fast to get the entire question down, but he still does the entire problem and I copy it down.

• ENES100 Notes

  ENES102 Notes

  ENES221 Notes

  • For ENES100: I didn’t take notes in this class because the entire class was just about making a project. Although there was instruction about mechanics, electronics, and coding, I didn’t take much notes on it since it was stuff I already knew and I didn’t think other people might need my notes. For help with mechanics, my ENES102 notebook covers it very well.
  • For ENES102: Dr. Bowden is an amazing teacher and the way she walks us through the problem is not replicable in notes. Try to attend her lectures, but I’ve written down every word, symbol, and drawing she’s put on the board. The class uses the a textbook which you must purchase from the ENGR Copy Center for $33 when class starts :).
  • Also, here is my Equation Sheet for ENES102.
• AREC210 Lecture Annotations
  • These are just annotations on top of the presentations Dr. James MacDonald presents in class. He’s a great speaker, so if you’re in class, try to listen to what he says even though the topics are really boring.
  • Here are the links to the four readings we will need in class:
    • The Fate of Food - Amanda Little
      • And here’s a PDF Version (Use UMD Google Account).
    • Tomorrow’s Table - Pamela C. Ronald, Raoul W. Adamchak
    • A Revolution Down on the Farm - Paul K. Conkin
    • Rancher, farmer, fisherman - Miriam Horn.
• CHEM135 Notes
  • I never took actually good notes in this class. My grade suffered because of it.
• HESP120 Notes
  • I didn’t take proper notes until later in the semester when I realized I was gonna fail the class if I didn’t start paying attention.
• THET285 Notes
  • My notes in this class are pretty much useless because I didn’t take any notes. Mr. Barker was a great teacher tho so I just listened to him when he spoke with great articulation and enunciation lol.

Photography and Videography

Over time, I’ve done some photography and made some YouTube videos.

• Some of my pictures can be found at:
  • Instagram: @sashuphoto
  • VSCO: sashuprakash.
• I’ve also made some YouTube videos and stuff (this is all really old work so don’t expect much):
  • My First Channel: Sashu Tech.
    • I quit this channel because it turned me into a meme.
  • My Personal Channel: Sashu Prakash.
    • Climate Change Video shown to the Governer at the Maryland Climate Summit.
  • Random Short Vlogs Channel: The OG Indian Ballers United.
    • This channel was just me experimenting with my camera, video editing, color grading, and sound design.
  • Other videos:
    • Funny Video I made for my friend: Try Not To Be Bored (S01E01).
    • HoCo SMOB Convention Videos: I lead a team of videographers to plan, set-up, shoot, and edit the 2019 Howard County SMOB convention. I aquired equipment from my school and provided much of my own, operated the equipment during the shoot, and taught the students I lead basic video editing. The video was similar to this one.

Other Projects

As I keep adding project to my portfolio, I’ll add their discriptions here.

Support or Contact

Having trouble accessing my notes? Have feedback for me? Do you want to contact me about something else? My name is Sashu Prakash and I am currently a sophomore at UMD. Feel free to track me down on the internet to get my contact information :).