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California, United States

Austin, Texas, US

Directed and administered the testing and reliability evaluation of the Tesla humanoid robot, Optimus, encompassing all facets of design validation and testing of systems and subsystems, including actuators, sensors, structure, controllers, low voltage systems, battery, harnesses, and computer.Collaborated extensively with leadership and executives to.

Austin, Texas, US

As a key contributor, established, directed, and streamlined operations for a dedicated team responsible for performing rigorous mechanical testing on Tesla Solar products, ensuring their reliability and performance.Leveraged expertise in mechanical engineering to conceptualize and design customized mechanical, automated, and robotic test equipment. These.

Milpitas, California, US

• Lead designer of sub-systems and modules for next generation of the large-scale carbon fiber 3D-printer
• Part of the team that translated the prototype cell to production cell. Each cell is consisting of a high payload industrial robot arm, a build plate, and a deposition head
• Developed a new mechanical probe for calibration of the deposition head
• Designed and fabricated a robotic system for precise controlling of the laser beam spot size and position
• Designed and developed a sensor that tracks the state and speed of the filament in the deposition head

Odense SØ, Syddanmark, DK

• The lead mechanical designer of two main products of the companyResearch, design, and development of new robotic systems for commercial and governmental customers (NASA, DOE) to improve robotic manipulation and.
• Acted as the lead designer of a novel force controlled tactile gripper and Passive Gecko Gripper (first two products of the company)
• Contributed to product development by managing the mechanical engineering team of the company and work with Industrial designers, Electrical and software engineers, vendors and contract manufacturers
• Designed the cell layout and planned the process of metal stamping automation with industrial robots for a washer company and designed and fabricated most of the end of the arm tooling parts for the project, Increased.
• Developed a new self-aligning gecko gripper compatible with industrial robot arms for material handling based on the NASA’s gecko gripper tested in the Space Station, US Patent pending
• Designed, prototyped and tested a novel automated device for fabrication of gecko adhesives pads, NASA JPL was the first customer of the device, US Patent pending

Chicago, Illinois, US

• Conceptualized and developed a novel palm size climbing robot with hybrid electro-dry-adhesive flap shape wheels in collaboration with Robotics group at NASA JPL
• Raised more than $1M fund by presenting new ideas and fulfilling past projects successfully
• Improved the performance of the devices using Finite Element Analysis
• Prototyped, performed characterization and troubleshooting and successfully delivered functional devices to NASA JPL

KR

Invented and developed a new medical device that helps to cure Cancer and Alzheimer disease. This drug delivery device uses an electromagnetic actuation system to deliver drug-loaded Nanoparticles to the disease location in the body through human blood vessels.

• Managed and executed mechanical design development of the company’s main projects
• Acted as project engineer on projects ranging from $10k to over $100k
• Responsible for the different phases of the product development process - concept, design and calculation, sketching, digital visualization, CAD modeling, prototyping, testing, and analysis

Postdoctoral Fellowship, Robotics Engineering

Postdoctoral Fellowship, Biomedical Device

Doctor Of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Mechanical Engineering