Graduate Research Assistant
Bandodkar Research Group, North Carolina State University, United States May 2024 - present
Wearable Energy Harvester aided with Biodegradable Battery
Investigating an environment-friendly energy harvesting system aided with a battery for low-powered electronics
Minimising the environmental impact by limiting carbon emissions, without compromising on perfermance
Developing a Neural Network for battery life cycle prediction
Wearable patch for on demand drug delivery
Developing electronics-free bandage on drug delivery and wound healing
Biocompatible battery powered epidermal electronics
Developing fully biodegradable and biocompatible batteries for powering low-power electronics
Developing a flexible custom-designed pulse-oximeter for on-body measurements
Visiting Scholar
ASSIST LAB, North Carolina State University, United States Sep 2023 - Apr 2024
Electronics-free wearable patch for rapid wound healing
Developing a biocompatible water-activated wearable patch with a discharge voltage of 1.6 volts and a life of up to 120 hrs for on-demand electro-therapy of diabetic or chronic wounds
Investigating in vivo and in vitro performance of the wearable patch with different wound size, electrode dimensions, temperature, pressure, etc
Research Assistant
BMML & Tinkering Lab, Indian Institute of Technology-Roorkee, India May 2022 - Aug 2023
CNT composites & 3D printed piezo sensors
Fabricated CNT-PDMS strain sensors using 3D printing, with different CNT loadings (0.5, 1, 2) wt.%
Performed tactile sensing, electrical, thermal and mechanical characterisation of 3D printed sensors
Functionalized CNT-reinforced UHMWPE composites
Performed acidic functionalization of CNT by a 24-hour-long acidic reflux reaction followed by centrifugation and drying. Fabricated CNT-reinforced UHMWPE pellets using compression moulding
Performed a comparative study on the properties of functionalized and pristine CNT-reinforced UHMWPE composites in terms of morphology, visco-elastic behaviour, thermal, and mechanical properties
Research Intern
IBTec, Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand Aug 2022 - Dec 2022
Non-invasive physiological monitoring
Reviewed more than 150 research articles and prepared a detailed study on non-invasive surface measurements (EEG, ECG, EMG, PPG) and imaging modalities (MRI, CT scan, EIT, Ultrasound)
Highlighted the concerns of medical practitioners and patients for adopting wearable biomedical devices
Research Intern
Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore, India May 2021 - Jul 2021
Grapes disease detection using transfer learning
Investigated transfer learning for grape plant disease detection using VGG-16 as a feature extractor and random forest as a classifier
Interpreted model performance in terms of precision, recall, and f1 score. For a dataset of 1003 images over four disease categories, the model showed 91.66% accuracy.
Leadership
Founder
Acadso, India
Leading a team of young researchers, content creators, and hustlers to make education more accessible to underprivileged students
Assisting undergrad students in achieving their dreams of higher studies by providing mentorships, and resources
Volunteering
Student Volunteer
Clean Noida Campaign, HCL Foundation Nov 2022 - May 2023
Organized cleanliness drives and health education sessions for the HCL-Foundation in Noida and Greater Noida to achieve the zero-plastic waste target
Awarded 2nd place in the Plastic Free India Challenge by the HCL Foundation for my efforts to reduce plastic waste
Team Manager
Wings of Hope, India Sep 2020 - May 2023
Managed NGO Campaigns targeting education, cleanliness, and social rights
Created study material and took weekly classes for underprivileged children