About Me

I am an Aerospace Engineer with a Master of Science from the University of Colorado Boulder earned in 2020.

Journey before CU Boulder: I am originally from India and completed my Bachelor's in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from Dayananda Sagar College of Engineering, Bangalore (India). After that, I started off my professional career with Infosys Ltd as a Systems Engineer. During this period, I also worked on Radar Absorbing Materials (nanocomposites) for stealth technology before joining CU Boulder.

My journey at CU Boulder has been really amazing and really enjoyed the learning curve. Post-graduation, I worked at the University of Florida as a Research Faculty.

12 years of experience

• • 6 years of academic research

  • 7 years of industrial work

Research Interests

Astrodynamics

• • • Spacecraft guidance, navigation, and control - formation flying, relative navigation

    • Rendezvous, proximity operations, and docking (RPOD)

    • Planetary defense and science

    • Attitude determination and control

    • Estimation: Kalman filter, Monte Carlo

Hypersonics/Entry, Descent, and Landing (EDL)

• • • Hypersonic re-entry, planetary entry, terrain relative navigation

    • High-speed flows, Direct Simulation Monte Carlo (DSMC), molecular gas dynamics

    • Aero-optics, plasma-optics, laser weapons, optical communication systems

Publications

• Thesis - 1

• Research Papers - 7

• Books - 2

Skills

• Frameworks: Basilisk/Vizard, NASA core Flight System (cFS)

• Programming/Database: MATLAB, Python, C++, Arduino, Julia, Java (J2EE), Mathematica, SQL & PL/SQL

• Simulation/Drawing Packages: Gazebo, RViz, Tinkercad, Simulink, STK, ANSYS Fluent, Solid Edge

• Platforms: Git, JIRA, macOS, Linux, Windows

• Hardware: Pixhawk, Kobuki ground robots, Assembly 8051 micro-controller, Vacuum Chambers, Electron Beam Gun, Spin Coating Machine, Microwave Test Bench

• Techniques: Photo-lithography, etching, thermal deposition, chemical deposition

• Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) Flying: multi rotor copters