PhD Student

• Aug 2021 - Present

Research And Development Intern

• Sep 2020 - Dec 2020

Research And Development Intern

• Jan 2020 - Apr 2020

Mechanical Engineering Intern

• Aug 2018 - Apr 2019

Chassis Team Member

• May 2016 - Aug 2018

My work with the team has been predominantly focused with dealing with the frame and suspension subsystems. Some of the things I have worked on are: ● Co-designing the 2018 suspension system. ● Writing the Mastercam files and machining the battery box cold plate. ● Troubleshooting steering compliance issues. ● Doing simulations on the battery box to meet loading scenarios outlined by rules. ● Designing and manufacturing of a torsion testing rig for the frame. My work with the team has been predominantly focused with dealing with the frame and suspension subsystems. Some of the things I have worked on are: ● Co-designing the 2018 suspension system. ● Writing the Mastercam files and machining the battery box cold plate. ● Troubleshooting steering compliance issues. ● Doing simulations on the battery box to meet loading scenarios outlined by rules. ● Designing and manufacturing of a torsion testing rig for the frame.

Geartrain Intern

• Mar 2018 - May 2018

Parametric modeling of gear pairs. Parametric modeling of gear pairs.

2017 Participant - Project: 'Heart of Gold'

• Sep 2017 - Sep 2017

My team's goal was to teach IBM Watson to differentiate healthy and unhealthy heart rate data and use IoT platform to send notifications to user if abnormal data is detected. ● Interfaced Arduino with MATLAB to collect photoplethysmogram (PPG light-based sensor) data. ● Applied a low-pass Butterworth filter to remove noise and manually set a threshold value. ● Co-wrote an algorithm that uses PPG curve to determine heart rate. The hackathon give me exposure to fields outside the immediate focus of mechanical engineering. I learned things such as using R to visualize data, understanding the founding principle of blockchain technology and machine learning using IBM Watson. I entered the hackathon with curiosity and eagerness to learn, I left with absolute awe about the things that can be created with a laptop in 36 hours. Show less

Lower Limb Exoskeleton Designer

• May 2017 - Sep 2017

The Biomedical and Bioengineering (BMBI) lab at the University of Technology of Compiègne conducts research into the mechanisms of life. I was part of the Multiscale Characterization and Mechanical Modeling (C3M) group. In my four months there, I worked with Suraj Panigrahi, student from the Indian Institute of Technology and we started a new project designing a patient specific lower limb exoskeleton. Here is a summary of the project: ● Designed an electrically actuated, 4 DOF per leg lower limb exoskeleton for patients with leg pathologies. ● Incorporated telescopic tubes to achieve adjustability from 5th percentile female to 95th percentile male. ● Used MATLAB to optimise lengths of actuator mounting linkages and generate torque curves. ● Conducted musculoskeletal simulations in OpenSim to generate torque diagrams of joints and validate actuation design. ● Created exoskeleton model in Simscape to simulate walking motion and check for interference. ● Generated solid leg model with patient specific CT scan slices with segmentation procedures using scanIP. ● Understanding of the difficulty of attaching mechanical objects to a body and the possibility of 3D printing to provide user specific solutions in healthcare. The experience taught me a lot about the difficulties in designing an anthropomorphic structure without creating impedance for the user. The exoskeleton is designed to use series elastic actuators and power all the joints required for forward walking motion. The patient specific leg model was used to validate the mechanical structure. Joint moments obtained through simulations was used to validate the actuation system. Show less

Quality Assurance Co-op

• Sep 2016 - Dec 2016

Vehcom manufacturing produces predominantly Ford and FCA powertrain components. This includes differential cases, ring gears, pinion gears and transfer shafts. Gear hobbing and grinding is performed in-house along with assembly of the entire differential. Work responsibilities: ● Analyzing gear geometry for manufacturing error. ● Testing gear samples after carburisation for effective case hardening depth in the metallurgical lab. ● Using CMMs to measure Ford and Chrysler differential cases with basic CMM programming. ● Designed a holding fixture for differential case to reduce setup time during CMM measurement. ● Designing a Final Audit Database to record all audit records. Exposure: ● Gear manufacturing process through Production Specification Sheets. ● Understanding of quality documentation (TS 16949) such as control plans, attribute charts and process flow diagram. ● Failure mode and effect analysis (FMEA) in the production process. Show less

Automotive Engineer

• Jan 2016 - May 2016

Waterloo Formula Hybrid is a student design team at the University of Waterloo. They focus on the design and manufacturing of an entire FSAE vehicle. The team has currently moved to developing fully electric vehicles and has re-branded to Waterloo Formula Electric. Responsibilities: ● Manufacturing of the rack and pinion steering system ● Supervising the welding of the space frame chassis ● Design of the cooling manifolds for the in-wheel hub motors ● Manufacturing of the carrier gear for the planetary reduction system ● Machining of the brake pedal and assembly of the pedal cluster Additional tasks: ● Creation of the steering firewall from carbon fibre ● MasterCam files for wheel spacers and hub motor mounts ● Manufacturing of control arm and toe-links ● Helping with the creation of the low voltage wire harness through wire crimping Show less