Sonali Das Email & Phone Number

Berkeley, Ca, Us

Berkeley, Ca, Us

Cupertino, California, United States

Doing cool stuff with input devices

Design of a 600V, 6kWh FSAE-compliant battery packaging and casingStructural analysis of the battery casing and mounting configurationCustom pack material research and trade studies for carbon fiber and aluminum casingsWet carbon fiber layups for manufacturing of aerodynamics package Manufactured various car components using lathe, mill, and sheet metal brake Vehicle integration and assembly

Designed and configured LiDAR and camera mounts with a focus on optimizing sensor fusion

Starbase, Tx

Owned end to end design cycles including analysis, manufacturing, & integration for flight-critical components, sheet metal brackets, bulkheads, & electronics packaging on Starship Redesigned harness components to improve mechanical performance and reduce costs by $50,000 per vehicle stack through comprehensive trade studies and vendor engagement; implemented DFM for investment casting with minimal post-machining, optimizing geometry for gate design, material flow, and cooling through the mold cavityDesigned vibration test fixtures for PCBA/harness qualification; created schematics & built harnesses for continuity & hipot testingConducted aerodynamic force, static structural, & modal analysis using ANSYS; performed bolted joint, corrosion, thermal, & weld calculationsDesigned tooling to expedite harness builds and thermocouple installation on heat shield tiles

Custom-designed and 3D printed structures for bone tissue engineering, guided bone regeneration, cranio-maxillofacial repair, distraction osteogenesis, and cleft palate repair enhanced with the delivery of stem cells and biologics.

Incorporation of active proteins into synthetic random heteropolymers (RHP's) to create a newclass of materials with functions found only in living systemsCharacterization of RHP-protein blends using techniques such as fluorescence spectroscopy, rheology, atomic force microscopy (AFM), transmission electron microscopy (TEM)

Used CAD to design, optimize, and ensure manufacturability of GE Power parts for investment castingPerformed FTIR (Fourier-transform infrared) to analyze and improve slurry composition/casting qualityDeveloped an application using computational geometry for template and support generation for slicing of CAD files, speeding up print data and preparationConducted blue light scanning of parts and investment casting simulations to characterize part geometry, and identify/mitigate possible casting defects

Synthesized biopolymers solutions via cross-linking of hydrogelsAnalyzed biochemistry & mechanics of tissue engineeringNon-planar 3D printer modifications

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Mechanical Engineering

Completed Coursework: ME 132- Dynamics Systems and Feedback ME 104 - Engineering Mechanics II (Dynamics) ME 108 - Mechanical Behavior.

Education record

Advanced Placement (AP) Courses: AP 3D Studio Art AP Biology AP Calculus AB AP Calculus BC AP French AP Macroeconomics AP Microeconomics.

Stanford Summer Session

Courses: ME101 - Visual Thinking BIO32S - Introduction to Biotechnology for Detecting and Treating Disease

Education record

Education record