Digital Media Consultant, The Digital Studio, New York University, NY.

Worked as a Graduate Student Employee with the NYU Classes team in helping instructors, professors and administrative staff from various schools of NYU to set-up, manage & improve their class profiles on the university’s online LMS tool. Also, responsible for creating tutorial videos, documentation & marketing content.

Research Assistant – Intern, R&D Department, Endurance Technologies Pvt. Ltd., India. Contributed as a design, prototyping & benchmarking associate to the disc brake manufacturing company over the summer time. Helped improve the thermal efficiency & structural reliability of the brake discs and brake calipers thereby reducing production cost to company by

$50k per 100k units manufactured.

Junior Design Engineer – Summer Intern, Pranshu Electricals Pvt. Ltd., India. Interned at a leading AC/DC Motor manufacturing company in India as a mechanical design engineer. Analyzed & improved the construction of DC Torque Motors used for throttle control in an IC Engine in cars, trucks & buses. Also, worked closely with the Global Expansion division of the company to improve sales in overseas markets.

May 2016 - Present

Collaborative Robot for Assistance in Surgery (Masters Research Project) Developed a 6-DOF manipulator Robot that assists doctors in surgery. Handles different medical equipment in pick, place & organize on a tray. Raspberry Pi 3 with Servo Control shield, 3D printed joints and electromagnets were used to develop the prototype. Programming was done using Python and OpenCV with color tracking algorithms. Kinetic Energy Recovery System (Bachelors Senior Project) Designed and manufactured a regenerative braking system using the fast & loose pulley mechanism to generate electricity when braking a vehicle and store it in a battery. Prototype was retro fitted in a 2008 Hyundai Accent car and testing it showed an increase in the fuel economy by 1.2 km/liter. 3D Modelling was done using AutoDesk Inventor Pro & CATIA V5. Simulations generated using HyperWorks & ANYSYS FEA. NYU Hyperloop – FEA Analyst

Member of the NYU Tandon School of Engineering’s first ever Hyperloop team. The international Hyperloop competition, sponsored by SpaceX, intends to challenge young engineers to develop a futuristic mode of transportation. Responsible for verifying structural integrity of the pod design using computational FEA methods (ANSYS) and providing feedback to the team to iterate & improve the mechanical design of the pod. Design of a Single Piston Reciprocating Air Compressor System Modeled a stationary, reciprocating air compressor system as a part of a course that focused on Design of Mechanical Systems. The compressor had many subsystems including piston cylinder, crankshaft, belt drive, connecting rod, end bearings and a reservoir. The project showcased the CAD designs, mechanical FEA, structural stability reports, manufacturing process sheets and mass production cost of the compressor system. Motion Planning using Machine Learning Algorithm

Analyzed existing research done in the field of mobile robotics and proposed a new Neural Network based approach for path planning of a differential drive robot. The algorithm used sensory data for localization & mapping of an environment and suggested a ‘safe’ route for the robot to navigate avoiding obstacles while maintaining a variable distance from the objects. Used V-REP and ROS to show the results. Angad Boralkar

Work Experience & Internships

Master of Science – Robotics & Mechatronics, New York University Tandon School of Engineering, NY Coursework: Sensor Based Robotics, Robot Gaits & Manipulation, Robots for Disability, Advanced Mechatronics, Simulation Tools in Robotics, Linear Control Theory, Applied Engineering Mathematics. Bachelor of Technology – Mechanical Engineering, University of Pune, India Coursework: Machine Design, Industrial Manufacturing, CAD/CAM/CAE, System Design, Optimization Techniques, Product Development, Computational Methods in Mechanical Engineering. Aug 2015 – Aug 2017

Education

May 2014 – Aug 2014

May 2013 – Aug 2013

Skills

Programming

C/C++

Python

MATLAB Simulink

Swift

Hardware / Microcontroller

Arduino - UNO, Mega, Mini

Raspberry Pi - 3, Zero

Basic Stamp 2

Propeller BoE

3D CAD/CAE & Analysis

SolidWorks, CATIA V5, Pro-E

Pro-E Creo, Autodesk Inventor

HyperWorks, ANSYS FEA

Certifications & Workshops

ANSYS FEA Certificate (Structural &

Thermal)

SAE India Aeromodelling Workshop

C/C++ Certificate

Noteworthy Academic Projects

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Robotics, Mechatronics & Mechanical Engineer

Volunteering & Co-curricular Activities

NYU Entrepreneurship Festival – Volunteered as a team member in the annual NYU EF festival that hosts around 1000 people each year. Community Service – Volunteered as a service team member for The Poly Project, an on-campus student organization that conducts campaigns. aab682.wixsite.com/mysite

Jul 2011 – May 2015

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