Abhinav Agarwal
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Credentials
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Applied Science and Engineering
Yale Young Global ScholarsJul, 2018- Nov, 2024
Experience
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Princeton Engineering
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United States
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Higher Education
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1 - 100 Employee
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Senior Thesis Researcher
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Mar 2022 - Present
Research work with Prof Radhika Nagpal on using stereo-depth under water.
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Undergraduate Research Assistant
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May 2021 - Mar 2022
Research work at the Intelligent Robot Motion Lab with Prof Anirudha Majumdar.2021-Present: Combining hand written generative models with real world data to improve generalisation guarantees on performance of robotic systems with rich sensory inputs like vision. Initial work accepted at ICRA 2022.
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Princeton University
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United States
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Higher Education
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700 & Above Employee
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Lab Teaching Assistant and Tutor
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Feb 2020 - Present
Tutor for PHY 103/105 (Intro/ Advanced Intro Mechanics), COS 126 (Intro CS), and MAE 221 (Thermodynamics); Lab TA for COS 126 (Intro CS).
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Computer Vision Research Assistant
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Feb 2021 - May 2021
Machine Learning for Political Economy and Race Lab: Worked on the neighborhoods effect project: finding a relation between how neighborhoods look and their associated demographic information; wrote scripts to generate a dataset (collect Google Streetview images over different parts of a city and label them appropriately with census data from that time and area, convert to PyTorch dataset); coded a computer vision model using PyTorch to train using this dataset and predict demographic information based on neighborhood images Show less
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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United States
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Higher Education
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700 & Above Employee
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Visiting Student
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Jun 2022 - Aug 2022
Worked with Prof Russ Tedrake on Lyapunov certification, SOS programming, and implicit dynamics. Worked with Prof Russ Tedrake on Lyapunov certification, SOS programming, and implicit dynamics.
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Princeton Rocketry Club
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United States
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Aviation and Aerospace Component Manufacturing
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1 - 100 Employee
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Technology/ Training Officer
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May 2021 - Dec 2021
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President
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Sep 2020 - May 2021
Led one of the biggest student organisations at Princeton during a year with remote operations. Conceptualised and executed plans to do hands-on rocketry and design work remotely. Expanded club membership, encouraged new projects, organised guest speaker events, coordinated and arranged support for the club from Princeton's administrative and departmental offices, and conducted technology trainings for new members of the club.
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Co Lead, NASA Big Idea Challenge (Lunar Dust)
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Sep 2020 - Jan 2021
Lead a team that created a design proposal to mitigate problems caused by lunar dust during a future manned mission to the moon. Designed an automated robotic platform which uses laser ablation to clean lunar dust from astronaut suits.
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Thrust Vector Control Team
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Dec 2019 - Sep 2020
Re-designed and 3D printed a mechanical gimbal capable of executing thrust vector controls on a single stage rocket powered by an E/F level motor; Worked on circuit fabrication for High Power Rocketry payloads.
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Starburst Aerospace
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United States
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Defense and Space Manufacturing
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1 - 100 Employee
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Technology Analyst
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Jun 2020 - Aug 2020
Scouted and assessed start-ups for Starburst’s Accelerator Program; pitched Starburst’s programs to potential start-up partners, resulting in over five successful prospects; prepared reports on applications of AI, drones, and additive manufacturing to the industry, used in consulting reports for industry partners; selected for the Princeton Start-Up Immersion Program. Scouted and assessed start-ups for Starburst’s Accelerator Program; pitched Starburst’s programs to potential start-up partners, resulting in over five successful prospects; prepared reports on applications of AI, drones, and additive manufacturing to the industry, used in consulting reports for industry partners; selected for the Princeton Start-Up Immersion Program.
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Green Vision
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Delhi Area, India
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Founder
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Jan 2017 - Jun 2019
Founded project Green Vision to replace toxic material, which is burnt by roadside settlers and homeless people to keep warm and cook food, with eco-friendly fuel combinations made of waste material: fire-logs made from wax and sawdust; researched new materials and developed a mechanism to manufacture these fire-logs at home. Founded project Green Vision to replace toxic material, which is burnt by roadside settlers and homeless people to keep warm and cook food, with eco-friendly fuel combinations made of waste material: fire-logs made from wax and sawdust; researched new materials and developed a mechanism to manufacture these fire-logs at home.
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Columbia University School of Professional Studies
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United States
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Higher Education
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200 - 300 Employee
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Summer School Researcher in Theoretical Physics
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Jun 2017 - Jul 2017
Conducted experiments in theoretical physics with a group of 16 students at Professor Timothy Halpin-Healy's physics lab; received merit-based scholarship. Conducted experiments in theoretical physics with a group of 16 students at Professor Timothy Halpin-Healy's physics lab; received merit-based scholarship.
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Education
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Princeton University
Bachelor of Science in Engineering, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering -
Modern School
All India Senior School Certificate Exam (Central Board of Secondary Education), 98.5 % (Class 12 CBSE Board Exams)