Interdisciplinary Engineer + Product Designer.
- Developed breakthrough technologies as a Hardware Engineer at Google X.
- Stanford University Product Design Graduate and Adjunct Lecturer.
- Currently building a tool for hardware teams to accelerate their physical product design process.
- Served as a speaker and judge at many technology events.
I like to build products and share ideas that can empower more people to innovate!
In my career, I’ve seen cutting-edge technologies develop in Silicon Valley’s most advanced labs, as well as remarkable projects emerge from low-resource makerspaces in India. The people I’ve met through these contrasting experiences have shown me that innovative problem solving can be done anywhere.
I believe that participating in science and innovation is simpler than it’s perceived to be, yet often held back by systemic barriers. My mission is to play a part in democratizing innovation through the products I build and the ideas I share.
Portfolio
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X, the moonshot factory (Google)
As a Mechanical/Hardware Engineer at X (Google[x]), my role primarily involved rapid-paced engineering development of specialized technologies within interdisciplinary teams. Worked on three main projects: in Robotics, Telecommunication and Clean Energy.
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Spectrum
Spectrum is the world’s first multi-color spray-paint machine, which instantly accords thousands of spray-paint colors to artists. It takes in basic colors from regular spray-paint cans and mixes them in real time, to instantly spray out the desired color.
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Laser-Touch
A musical instrument with laser-based optical touch-sensing—a novel working-concept of a large low-resolution touchscreen that is accurate, rugged, and inexpensive.
Course: MUSIC 250A (Stanford), Physical Interaction Design for Music
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Cognition-Driven Gurney
An electric gurney which can be effortlessly maneuvered by anyone who has the cognition of pushing objects—without any training—preventing accidents during patient transportation. It interprets the desired maneuver by mapping the force applied by the user, and powers its wheels accordingly.
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ICSI-IVF Simulator
ICSI-IVF has been a game-changing solution for infertility; however, training technicians to perform this is expensive. This simulator aims to resolve the challenge.
Lab: Salisbury Robotics, Stanford University
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The Big Picture
A laser-projector that draws patterns on walls—which can only be seen through long-exposure photographs, which trace the laser and capture the “Big Picture”.
Exhibition: Stanford Reframe 2021 “Unraveled”
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Loo-Nar
The NASA Lunar Loo Challenge 2020 called forth space-toilet concepts for the Artemis moon-lander. My entry, “The Loo-Nar”, makes the astronaut toilet-chores effortless, clean, and safe.
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Tangible Tasks
A mechanical to-do list to replace the one on my smartphone. It lets me plan my daily goals in a more tangible and less distracting way.
Course: ME 203 (Stanford), Design and Manufacturing
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Eco-Faucet
An eco-friendly faucet with a novel arrangement of water-atomizers, which uses only a twentieth of the water used by regular faucets while washing hands, without taking more time or compromising on the cleaning efficiency.
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Injection Molding at Home
Can you do injection-molding at home, with a 3-D printer and a kitchen oven?
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My Bedroom Makerspace
I built my own makerspace, to endlessly work on my favorite things!
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Reviving a Vintage Lens
Can you mount old film-camera lenses on modern DSLRs, using 3-D printing?
Injection Molding at Home
Can you do injection-molding at home, with a 3-D printer and a kitchen oven?
My Bedroom Makerspace
I built my own makerspace, to endlessly work on my favorite things!
Reviving a Vintage Lens
Can you mount old film-camera lenses on modern DSLRs, using 3-D printing?
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DIY Studio Lighting
Can you build high-quality studio lights with broken LCDs and 3-D printing?
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The Ideal Battery
Can you build a battery for hobbyists, that easily charges and integrates?
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A Flexible Showpiece
How I built a desk-toy, using a 3-D printed compliant mechanism.
DIY Studio Lighting
Can you build high-quality studio lights with broken LCDs and 3-D printing?
The Ideal Battery
Can you build a battery for hobbyists, that easily charges and integrates?
A Flexible Showpiece
How I built a desk-toy, using a 3-D printed compliant mechanism.
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Drilling Hardened Steel
Can you drill hardened steel at home, with a hand-drill, without breaking anything?
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Casings for Electronics
Can you 3-D print protective casings that snap right on to electronics?
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3D Printed Bearings
My 3-D printer had an inadequate spool holder; I 3-D printed an entire ball-bearing mechanism for it.
Drilling Hardened Steel
Can you drill hardened steel at home, with a hand-drill, without breaking anything?
Casings for Electronics
Can you 3-D print protective casings that snap right on to electronics?
3D Printed Bearings
My 3-D printer had an inadequate spool holder; I 3-D printed an entire ball-bearing mechanism for it.
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Dr Reddy's Laboratories
Consulting Engineer and Studio5B Fellow at the pharmaceutical multinational. Collaborated with their scientists, designers, and business developers, to ideate and prototype novel products for personalizing medicines.
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RoboManipal
Mechanical Designer at Manipal University’s robotics team. Competed twice in ABU RoboCon, Asia’s largest robotics championship; we built badminton-playing robots for the first year and wind-powered robots for the second.