aakash ramachandran
Chassis Lead at Formula Electric at Berkeley
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Formula Electric at Berkeley
https://www.linkedin.com/company/formulaelectricberkeley
Chassis Lead
• Leading a team of 10 in the construction of our spaceframe, battery casing, driver seating, and cross-team integration as we design and build an electric racecar to compete in the 2022 Formula SAE Electric Vehicle Competition
• Collaborating with the rest of the admin team to set team-wide goals and delegate tasks across our 7 member strong Chassis Team
Berkeley, California, United States
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Formula Electric at Berkeley
https://www.linkedin.com/company/formulaelectricberkeley
Chassis Team Member
• Designed our sheet-metal battery packaging and conducted FEAs to validate its capability to protect against 40g decelerations
• Utilized CFD simulations in SimScale and SolidWorks to optimize fan and ducting geometry to keep cells operating under 60°C
• Modeled a modular welding jig to constrain steel tubing across all 6 degrees of freedom to meet our 5-millimeter tolerances
Berkeley, California, United States
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Medtronic
https://www.linkedin.com/company/medtronic
Engineering Intern
• Programmed and implemented a Python script to automate vessel lumen measurements on patient anatomies in Materialise Mimics, saving up to $100,000 in manual measurement and computation costs
• Designed and 3D-printed a modular stent graft delivery system holder to double the number of mounting configurations
• Updated Excel backend and formulas to increase the functionality and efficiency of our Post-Market Tracker Form
Santa Rosa, California, United States
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Nonlinear Dynamics and Control Lab @ University of Washington
Research Intern
• Worked on project Roboray – a negatively buoyant robot with actuating fins to control its descent when submerged underwater
• Fabricated 4-bar linkage system to translate offset servo rotation to fins and designed custom housing for electronic components
• Implemented Robotics Operating System (ROS) on a Raspberry Pi 3 A+ to actuate servo motors that control fin attenuation
• Updated 12-year-old vision tracking code in C++ which uses OpenCV to determine the robot’s location in a 10,000-gallon tank
Seattle, Washington, United States
Berkeley Lab
https://www.linkedin.com/company/lawrence-berkeley-national-laboratory
Quality Assurance Assistant
• Assisted in quality assurance on the Advanced Light Source project which is involved with upgrading the Cyclotron
• Converted test checklists into configurable electronic travelers (using eTraveler) to optimize technician workflow and checks
• Translated project description documents into xml format using Windchill PLM Software
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Entropy Robotics
VEX IQ Robotics Tutoring
Founder, Tutor
• Taught basic design and programming skills to elementary and middle school aged children through team based mini-games and instructional lectures at a local community center
• Gained experience in starting a small business, advertising, and securing a venue and business license
• Understood how to lead in a collaborative environment and motivate team members towards a common goal
Seattle
VEX Robotics
https://www.linkedin.com/company/vex-robotics
VEX Robotics - High School Robotics Competition
2X World Championship Competitor
• Led a team of 8 as we built robots to compete in yearly competitions while also overseeing overall design and team strategy
• Prototyped complex gearboxes, drivetrains, vertical lifts, linkages, and other subsystems in SolidWorks prior to deployment
• Integrated optical shaft encoder, potentiometer, and ultrasonic sensor data to program PID controllers for various autonomous
routines and to create macros for driver-controlled actions
Redmond, Washington, United States
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Mechanical Engineering
Bachelor of Science - BS
UC Berkeley College of Engineering
https://www.linkedin.com/school/berkeleyengineering/
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Engineering
High School Diploma
Tesla STEM High School
https://www.linkedin.com/school/tesla-stem-high-school/
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Engineering Mechanics II
ME 104
Introduction to Computer Programming for Scientists and Engineers
ENGIN 7
Introduction to Manufacturing and Tolerancing
ENGIN 27
Linear Algebra and Differential Equations
MATH 54
Mechanics of Materials
ME 108
Multivariable Calculus
MATH 53
Physics for Scientists and Engineers
PHYSICS 7B
Thermodynamics
ME 40
Three-Dimensional Modeling for Design
ENGIN 26
Vehicle Dynamics and Controls
ME131
Visualization for Design
ENGIN 25
Children
Asha for Education
https://www.linkedin.com/company/asha-for-education
Public Relations Team
Promoted a social media presence for the youth division of the local chapter at community events to support a home for abandoned youth in Orissa, India
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Certified SolidWorks Associate - Mechanical Design
C-S6CDLKAYN2
Dassault Systèmes
https://in.linkedin.com/in/arnav-jain-3850321bb
Arnav Jain
Student at UC Berkeley
Agra
https://www.linkedin.com/in/pyho
Patrick Ho
Computer Engineering @ University of Washington
Seattle, WA
https://www.linkedin.com/in/dharini-rajah
Dharini Sribalaskandarajah
Analytics Intern @ Wayfair | Computer Engineering @ University of Waterloo
Bellevue, WA
https://www.linkedin.com/in/pranav-sukumar
Pranav Sukumar
AI/ML Intern @ Apple Siri | Incoming SWE Intern @ Amazon Robotics | Former SWE Intern @ NVIDIA Cloud | EECS @ UC Berkeley with Honors
Greater Seattle Area
https://www.linkedin.com/in/tej-sathe-910b18168
Tej Sathe
Incoming Quantitative Trading Analyst at Morgan Stanley | Engineering Mathematics and Statistics at UC Berkeley
San Francisco Bay Area
https://www.linkedin.com/in/katherine-chan-2b6139211
Katherine Chan
Student at Tesla STEM High School
Redmond, WA
https://www.linkedin.com/in/gautam-maybhate
Gautam Maybhate
Computer Science Student @ University of Washington
Seattle, WA
https://www.linkedin.com/in/tichada-tantasirikorn-992884207
Tichada Tantasirikorn
Student at University of California, Davis
Davis, CA
https://www.linkedin.com/in/taylor-jackson-72b976187
Taylor Jackson
Informatics - Data Science student at University of Washington
Kent, WA
https://www.linkedin.com/in/indra-toepke-3859ab14b
Indra Toepke
Focused on Climate Change Environmental Engineering and Sustainable Design.
Sammamish, WA
https://www.linkedin.com/in/nitya-kakulamarri-4b36ab222
Nitya Kakulamarri
Student at Tesla STEM High School
Redmond, WA
https://www.linkedin.com/in/rohanjsingh
Rohan Singh
Photographer @ Risingh Media | Junior Tennis Coach @ Columbia Athletic Club
Sammamish, WA
https://www.linkedin.com/in/subarno-sen-7a9331177
Subarno Sen
ML Engineer, Independent Quant, Organizer for Seattle Tensorflow
Greater Seattle Area
https://www.linkedin.com/in/william-erignac-504528162
William Erignac
Game Programmer
Greater Seattle Area
https://www.linkedin.com/in/meghna-pulacode-078690186
Meghna Pulacode
Research Assistant at InferLink Corporation
Sammamish, WA
https://www.linkedin.com/in/aryo-karai-34512a18a
Aryo Karai
Studying Mathematics at the University of Chicago
Sammamish, WA
Aakash Ramachandran
https://in.linkedin.com/in/aakash-ramachandran-981845171
B.E. Mechanical Engineering - Mepco Schlenk Engineering College '2020
Thoothukudi
Aakash Ramachandran
https://in.linkedin.com/in/aakash-ramachandran-7546621a5
Student at ANNAI MIRA COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY
Vellore
Aakash Ramachandran
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Student at SRM University
Chennai
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FEB/bLoop Alumni
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Tesla STEM Alumni Community Page
https://www.linkedin.com/groups/12550534
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Microsoft University Recruiting Team
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