CV
Education
- M.S. in Mechatronics and Robotics at NYU, 2023-2025
- B.E. in Mechanical Engineering at Vasavi College of Engineering, 2019-2023
Work experience
- Project Mjolnir, NYU October 2023
- Design Engineer New York, US
- Working with an international team to optimize an adaptive mountain bike for wheelchair users.
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Integrated quick release levers on backrest and footrest for ease of use
- KIA India Pvt Ltd February 2023 – May 2023
- Project Intern Ananthapur, India
- Interned in the vehicle quality control department in the plant with a capacity to produce over 300,000 cars annually.
- Worked along with industry leading engineers and researchers to bring down the defects per unit (DPU) below one(1).
- Analyzed the defects on vehicles by implementing RCA and drafted an approach to reduce the defects.
- Optimized KIA Carens by redesigning the tailgate and improving the structure of Body in White (BIW) in record time.
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Reprogrammed the assembly bot
- RE Sustainability August 2022 – September 2022
- Intern Hyderabad, India
- Interned at the South India’s largest waste to energy conversion plant which produces 28 MW of RDF by consuming
- 1,200 tons of waste per day
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Developed an approach to utilise drones to spray 75 lts of liquid odorite to keep the stench in check
- IIT Madras Research Park April 2022 – July 2022
- Project Intern Chennai, India
- Spearheaded a team of five to design and build an autonomous cotton crop harvester under the guidance of Dr. Shital Chiddarwar.
- Modeled a robot by integrating mecanum wheels, placing a 6 DOF robot and improving the payload capacity
Skills
- Programming Languages: Python, C++, C, MATLAB, LATEX, Rust
- CAD and Simulation Tools: SolidWorks, CATIA, Siemens NX, Fusion 360, Inventor, Ansys Fluent, Ansys Workbench, Lotus Shark
- Machine Learning and Robotics: Numpy, OpenCV, ROS, MuJoCo, CoppeliaSim
Scholastic achievements
- Recipient of the best project award for my work at KIA India Pvt Ltd during my undergrad.
- Recipient of merit based scholarship at NYU.