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Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Westborough, Massachusetts.

Worcester, Ma, Usa.

Developed a dynamic viscoelastic model for an artificial muscle known as HydroMuscle and implemented model based control design using MATLAB and Python. Implementing position and force control algorithms for the HydroMuscle using Procedural C and interfaced the algorithm with MATLAB for computing inverse dynamics.Structural design, rapid prototyping, and PID control firmware development for a robotic system with a Bionic Ankle using multiple soft actuators using Solidworks, Cura, and Embedded C respectively.

Worcester, Ma, Usa.

Developed software for tracking the position of the eye-gaze on a computer screen with a camera using computer vision algorithms in MATLAB.Emulated Tobii proprietary software for eye-gaze in MATLAB and C#.Designed data processing algorithms to detect blinks in real time and use them for interacting with the computer screen using MATLAB.Designed interactive games that are played with eyes using C# and MATLAB.

Developed data compression algorithms for efficient wireless communication in MATLAB and Java and C++.Devised compressed sensing algorithms using Java and C++, leveraging the redundancy in data for the project ‘Distributed power control and rate adaptation in Wireless Systems’.Implemented data reconstruction algorithms to recover data acquired by compressed sensing using Java and C++.

Mumbai Area, India

Designed and prototyped a battery charger harnessing non-conventional energy sources called the Hybrid Mechanical Charger which received a grant of INR 1,00,000 (approx. 1500$) from the Government of India.Designed and implemented a robot, wirelessly controlled by the analog keypad on a mobile phone.Conducted seminars for sophomores on combat robots, quadcopter and drone development.

Master'S Degree, Computer And Information Sciences, General, 4.0

Master'S Degree, Mechatronics, Robotics, And Automation Engineering

Bachelor Of Engineering (B.E.), Electrical And Electronics Engineering, 3.54/4

Activities and Societies: Electronics Engineering Students Association - Organised seminars and workshops on combat robotics.