Miscellaneous

About Me!

Hi! My name is Aryan but I like to go by Aru. I’m an applied mathematics/cse undergraduate at UCLA. I like backpacking (and all its derivatives: hiking, camping, mountaineering), pickleball, soccer, matcha and drawing. I also enjoy cooking but haven’t tried baking yet. If you’d like to contact me, aryandalal at ucla dot edu will be my preferred method of communication.

Recently, I have been learning Feather: Draw in 3D. I saw a YouTube video on it and found it quite interesting that I can bring my boring 2D sketches of Formula 1 cars to life. Turns out, drawing in 3D is as hard as it sounds :/

I am an avid enjoyer of www.sudoku.com. I unlocked the Extreme level on the Sudoku app on 07/05/2025 (that’s July 05; yes, I have to conform to the American date system).

Friends

• Sahan - he’s mega cracked at math and loves to sleep. already taking classes with the man himself, Tao.
• Nikhil - my good friend and my roommate, he’s doing some cool stuff in com sci and loves vitamin water.
• Bob - to be added
• Pierre - to be added
• Robin - to be added
• Calvin - to be added
• Rithwik - mr. always late. he takes pride in arriving in fashion, albeit 2 hours past the posted time. he’s doing some really cool things at Georgia Tech as a computer engineer. we both enjoy Dream On by Aerosmith, the ultimate hype song.
• Shashwat - my short 5 foot 4 inch friend (he says he’s 5’6”). he’s studying physics at UIUC and is doing interesting research in nuclear. he loves to overpay for boba and often falls for scams.
• Pavit - the independent financially stable entrepreneur. can always count on him if I forget my wallet and he loves pizza (he hasn’t even been to Italy).

Backpacking

I joined The UCLA Backpacking Club (TUBC) my freshman year and we backpacked Joshua Tree National Park, CA, Anza Borego Desert State Park, CA and Big Sur, CA. I have met some really cool people on these trips (who are not just math majors!) and taken some breathtaking photographs. Here are a few from my camera roll!