Nandana V. Email & Phone Number

California, United States

Designed and manufactured mounting hardware for charging cart emergency stop and accumulator removal tooling. Created a constant current load to measure heat dissipation of cell array to improve airflow and accumulator cooling using MOSFETs, thermistors, heat sinks, and lithium ion batteries, and analyzing data in MATLAB

Los Angeles, California, United States

Assisting in designing a 3U CubeSat propelled by an ion thruster, supporting UCLA’S Plasma and Space Propulsion Lab Working on stoppered hinge mechanisms to deploy solar panels to power the electronics and ion thruster of the CubeSatLeading grant writing and requesting and tracking all club-wide purchases using Excel, securing $3000+ for the club to date

Updated course materials for use in 10-week, 2 credit hands-on engineering design course targeted toward new engineering students at UCLA.

Nashville, Tennessee, United States

Conducting computational materials science research investigating materials for use in chloride-ion batteries

Designed components 3D printing and vacuum forming mechanism to provide a constant stable water level for Miravel’s Wall Garden product, an indoor gardening fixture that increases access to fresh produce in urban areasRedefined assemblies, recreated parts, and designed joints in Solidworks to assist in implementation of new manufacturing techniques

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Mechanical Engineering, 4.0

Activities and Societies: Bruin Formula Racing, Science Olympiad at UCLA, Bruin Spacecraft Group Pursuing a Bachelor's in Mechanical.

4.0

Activities and Societies: Innovator's Club, Speech and Debate, Science Olympiad, Women in STEM Honor Graduate (Top 10 in graduating class)