Background
Education & Skills
A trajectory from mechanical foundations in Mumbai to autonomous robotic systems at Drexel University — each step building toward the convergence of physical sensing and machine intelligence.
Education
CurrentPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
PhD — Robotics & AI for Infrastructure NDE
Drexel University
Doctoral research focused on autonomous robotic systems for nondestructive evaluation of civil infrastructure, integrating multimodal sensing with deep learning and vision-language models.
CompletedTempe, Arizona, USA
MS — Robotics and Autonomous Systems
Arizona State University
Graduate studies in robotic perception, planning, machine learning, and autonomous system design.
CompletedMumbai, India
B.Tech — Mechanical Engineering
VJTI — Veermata Jijabai Technological Institute
Undergraduate foundation in engineering mechanics, manufacturing, thermodynamics, and systems design.
Technical Skills
Robotics & Sensing
ROS / ROS 2Ultrasonic (UPV)Acoustic EmissionHyperspectral CamerasLaser TriangulationLiDARIMU Fusion
AI & Machine Learning
Vision-Language Models (Florence)Deep Learning (PyTorch)Signal ProcessingGaussian SplattingAnomaly Detection3D Reconstruction
Software & Tools
PythonC++MATLABOpen3DOpenCVSLAM frameworksLinux
Domain Expertise
Nondestructive Evaluation (NDE)Structural Health MonitoringCivil Infrastructure AssessmentAdditively Manufactured Concrete