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Madison, Wisconsin, United States

• Simulating and 3D-printing non-linear acoustic meta-materials.• Enhancing privacy, security and utility of obfuscators for speech based models utilizing acoustic meta-materials, Obfuscation occurs in the analog domain resulting in no edge computing and more privacy-preserving properties.• Developed a pipeline to simulate and export 3d-printable objects.• Engineered a serverless backend for a web extension (Cookie Enforcer) using Google Cloud.• Developing a pipeline to generate realistic websites with auto-tagged web elements. Can be used to train LLMs for downstream tasks including accessibility, automation, detection etc.

Madison, Wisconsin, United States

Engineered an API Gateway for a browser extension leveraging Google Cloud.CookieEnforcer - https://arxiv.org/abs/2204.04221

Madison, Wisconsin, United States

• Developed a hardware hack under Professor Fawaz to deceive voice authentication models.• Designed experiments to verify attenuation and addition of fundamental frequencies when sound passes through parallel tubes.• Analyzed the collected data through a trained X-Vector Model to increase misclassifications.

Madison, Wisconsin, United States

• Help run the Makerspace by overseeing undergraduate staff• Manage a team of undergraduate staff in AR/VR, Electronics, and Textiles.• Work on projects like - - Smart Shop: Track, analyze, and automate machine usage and maintenance using sensors, IoT devices, and raspberry pi. Integrates multiple services like Deputy, Slack, Google Services, monday.com, etc., to create custom automations that increase productivity - VR-Framework: Working on a VR Framework that can interface with custom devices being developed on campus to test - SafetyGlasses: Developed a computer vision model to see if a user is wearing safety glasses in the machine shop - Developed an Arduino-based PIR sensor system to detect if the laser cutter was left unattended while running - Developed a React App to track and display the staff members on shift• Provide instructional support to courses that use the facility, like InterEgr 170 and final-year interdisciplinary capstone projects• Develop and run workshops like - Intro to Arduino with MATLAB, Intro to Arduino, Sculpting in Medium and Autodesk Maya, Intro to Unreal Engine, Make your own Arduino, Fiddling with Microcontrollers, Intro to AR with A-frame, Intro to VR Development• Designed and Engineered a Smart Shop system with sensors and actuators that preserves the privacy of users by restricting to cloud-based services along with implementing automations and a dashboard. It also gives smart feedback based on user actions.• Deployed a Dockerized full-stack application which is hosted on a server we maintain to streamline and automate the 3d printing process.• Mentored a team of 5 Undergraduate students.

Madison, Wisconsin, United States

• Help makers bring their projects to life by giving design reviews(specialize in projects involving micro-controllers, mostly IoT projects)• Helping them handle equipment like laser cutters and 3-D printers etc.• Work on projects to improve the space• Also, develop and run workshops (Notable Workshops - Intro to Arduino with MATLAB, Intro to Arduino, Intro to Sculpting in Medium and Autodesk Maya, Intro to Unreal Engine).

Pune, Maharashtra, India

Technical Publications is a major publication in India publishing engineering books • I have helped them change their traditional ways by automating a lot of their tasks and digitizing everything using various tools like monday.com and making custom integrations using Integromat, IFTTT, and custom functions in Microsoft Excel tailored for the business. • Now I am working with the company to make its operations completely paperless till the production.

Pune, Maharashtra, India

• Provided user requirements analysis, design, and programming support to enhance website development using HTML and React.• Support maintenance programming development for their upcoming web pages and web applications.• Research new web technologies, including software and hardware developments and recommended purchases and changes in design, software, and hardware.

• Developing a native iOS and Android app using the Flutter SDK and Google's Firebase.• Developing algorithmic solutions for the backend of the app.• Engineering a ML recommendation system based on user preferences to enhance user experience.• Collaborating in an agile manner with cross-functional team sprints, participated in 100% of weekly scrums to meet production deadlines.

Madison, Wisconsin, United States

• Helped students with calculus, linear algebra, and debugging programming assignments.• Developed auto-grading tools using JavaScript in a team of 6.• Helped with grading programming assignments.

Pune, Maharashtra, India

Designed, implemented, and hosted a careers page for Bookstation on a gcloud compute instance.

Pune, Maharashtra, India

Developed and hosted a static website for Saniket Builders on a gcloud compute instance.

Madison, Wisconsin, United States

• Helped Professor Joseph Andrews with the course ECE 376 - Electrical & Electronic Circuits.• Tutored undergraduate students taking the course during active learning sessions.

Doctor Of Philosophy - Phd, Electrical And Computer Engineering, 3.373

Activities and Societies: Hoofers Sailing ClubAdvisor: Kassem Fawaz Courses: High-Performance Computing, Machine Learning, Learning Based.

Master Of Science - Ms, Electrical And Computer Engineering, 3.737

Master Of Science - Ms, Computer Science, 3.373

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Electrical Engineering And Computer Science, 3.39