I am a Mechanical Engineering graduate from NC State University with a concentration in Dynamics, controls, and Robotics.
Connecting the dots looking backward
- Right from when I was a kid, I’ve always had this innate curiosity toward automobiles. That was the driving factor in getting into Mechanical Engineering for my undergraduate degree at CIT, India.
- I was further motivated to be a part of our college’s Go-Kart design team where I lead the Steering subsystem. We built a Go-kart which is an on-road vehicle right from scratch. It gave me hands-on experience in building a vehicle from scratch. It was for the National level Go Kart Design Challenge (GKDC) where we competed against 150 teams from across the country and secured 10th place.
- In my senior/final year, I worked as a Vehicle Engineering R&D intern at Daimler India. I was working with the After treatment system team in the Power train department. I developed a GUI tool for fault diagnostics and error rectification in the ATS of heavy-duty trucks. It was a really good experience getting to work on a crucial real-life project in an industry setting.
- I have always wanted to keep myself updated on the advancements in ground mobility. That and my innate passion to be a cross-platform and interdisciplinary engineer aligned my career path toward exploring Robotics and Autonomous vehicles.
- I moved to the US for pursuing my master’s at NC State University. I specialized in Dynamics and Controls (ADAS/AD/Robotics)
- Also, I was one of the active members of the Vehicle Dynamics, planning, and controls team of EcoPRT, an autonomous vehicle startup from NCSU.
- I have extensively used MATLAB/Simulink, Python, and C++ in all my courses, and academic and personal side projects.
- Few of the courses are
- Advanced Dynamics
- Advanced Vehicle Dynamics,
- Applied optimal control
- Linear and Nonlinear Control
- Optimization
- Soft Robotics
- Design and Analysis of Algorithms
- I am currently an Automation to Autonomy R&D Engineer at RFA Engineering. I work on cool projects to make John Deere Construction machines smarter, more efficient, and autonomous.
Outside academics
- Apart from academics, I was the treasurer of MAE GSA. We pretty much worked toward the welfare of the graduate students in the department. We conducted various events like Happy hour, info sessions, career guidance, and course selection guidance from time to time.
Few other things I love doing
- Painting
- Playing Cricket, Volleyball, and Tennis
- Juggling
- Working out
- Nerding out in my room researching ways to be more productive 😛
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