Education
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2020 - 2025
Carnegie Mellon University
Robotics - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
PA - USA
- Conducted research at the intersection of robotics and deep learning under Dr Sebastian Scherer in the AirLab
- TA for 16-833: Robot Localization and Mapping
- TA for 16-384: Robot Kinematics and Dynamics
- Instructor for 98-266: Private Pilot Ground School (Spring and Fall 24)
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2018 - 2020
Carnegie Mellon University
Robotics - Master of Science in Robotics (MSR)
PA - USA
- Conducted research at the intersection of robotics and deep learning under Dr Sebastian Scherer in the AirLab
- GPA: 4.04 / 4.00
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2017 - 2018
Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur
Department of Aerospace Engineering - Masters in Technology (MTech)
Kanpur - India
- Conducted research at the intersection of control theory and unmanned aerial systems under Dr Mangal Kothari in the Integrated Guidance and Control Lab
- Cumulative GPA: 10.0/10.0
- TA for AE361A: Aeromodel Design & Fabrication
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2013 - 2017
Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur
Department of Aerospace Engineering - Bachelors in Technology (BTech)
Kanpur - India
- GPA: 8.6/10.0.
- Minors: English Literature (Humanities) and Control Theory (Electrical Engineering)
- 2 Academic Excellence Awards
- Awarded the IITK Summer Undergraduate Research Grant for Excellence (SURGE)
Experience
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January 2024 - December 2024
Research Intern
NVIDIA Research - Santa Clara, CA - USA
- Worked on employing foundation models for improving out-of-distribution planning and prediction performance for self-driving vehicles in NVIDIA's Autonomous Vehicle Research Group.
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Summer 2022
Research Intern
Microsoft Research - Bellevue, WA - USA
- Developed techniques that enable uncertainty quantification for large pre-trained models using learned temporal variational representations at the Autonomous Systems Research Group.
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Summer 2016
Research Intern
Texas A&M University, TX - USA
- Studied boundary layer transition on elliptic cone geometries in hypersonic flow using thermal flow visualization at the National Aerothermochemistry and Hypersonics Laboratory.
Licenses
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2022
Private Pilot License
Part 61
Federal Aviation Administration
- >250hrs Aircraft Single Engine Land
- Complex and High Performance Endorsements
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2019
Remote Pilot License
Part 107
Federal Aviation Administration