Pronounced Ohm-car Ray-nah-we-curr
Hey there 👋! I am a UIUC graduate, with a degree in Systems Engineering, an interdisciplinary major combining the core engineering practicum with business and entrepreneurship foundations. Having completed a specialization in AI, you'll often find me building projects within the latest GenAI trends such as agents, mixed reality or edge computing. While most of my previous work has been software-centric, I am deeply drawn to interdisciplinary fields such as robotics, brain-computer interfaces and wearables. When I’m not glued to my laptop or tinkering with robots, you'll find me playing the guitar, working out and playing tennis.
The field of robotics is at a pivotal moment. As robot adoption becomes more widespread, it is critical that these robots are safe and reliable. I’ve chosen to pass an opportunity to complete my Masters degree in AI & Robotics at Carnegie Mellon University, and have chosen to dedicate my time towards accelerating progress in robotics while ensuring robots deployed in the real world don't fail. If you're interested in joining me on this journey or want to grab coffee, shoot me an email or on hit me up on LinkedIn.
San Francisco, CA | May 2024 - Present
AI/ML Instructor | Palo Alto, CA | June 2023 - May 2024
Led workshops and case studies in AI (GenAI, RL, NLP, CV, DL and ML), across domains such as autonomous vehicles, finance, medical, music, and aerospace. Collaborated with multiple educational institutions and non-profits such as Bellarmine Prep, Homestead High, FBLA and UNSLA.
Research Assistant, Robotics & Machine Learning | Champaign, IL | January 2021 - May 2023
Worked extensively with robotic simulators, and applied RL algorithms to robotic arms with the goal of designing and fabricating microchips.
Software Engineer Intern | Greenville, SC | May 2022 - August 2022
Worked closely with two teams (Logistics + R&D) at BMW's IT Research Center, supporting BMW's largest manufacturing plant in the world. Supported 6 different AI & Cloud projects while collaborating with internal teams based in Germany, Mexico and South Africa.
Software Engineer Intern | Bangkok, Thailand | May 2021 - July 2022
Worked with the R&D Division for Aircraft Tyres in Thailand to deploy a CV solution into production, while collaborating with internal teams in China and India.
Founding Software Engineer | Champaign, IL | February 2020 - December 2020
Incubated and received funding from UIUC's iVenture Startup Accelerator under Cohort 6. Worked closely with the CTO to develop various software systems, and scaled startup operations to Miami and New York.
As someone who started coding at a young age, I have worked on a lot of projects over the years. Attaching a few of them below. You can find the rest here.
Simulated a self-driving car that completed completed a full lap around an F1 Track while avoiding obstacles such as other cars and pedestrians. Read more here.
Designed an automated robotic arm solution capable of sharpening hand-held dental instruments such as scalars and curettes as a part of my Senior Design Capstone for a dental tool manufacturing company based in Chicago in half the budget, while increasing precision by a factor of 100. Read more here.
Enterprise-grade RAG agent that restricts access to documents depending on user's role ensuring data governance. Read more here.
A Healthcare RAG agent that converses with users on WhatsApp to answer specific medical inquiries and provide estimated pricing information. Read more here.
A copyright-free music generation platform for content creators to create personalized music snippets for their content. Read more here.
Built a RAG agent to answer questions about products available on JCrew's website. Read more here.
Built BeReal for music that allows users to share the current song that they are listening to with their friends. Read more here.
Analyzed and predicted the most influential parameters impacting the performance of a machine. Read more here.
3D modelled a Black+Decker hand-held electric screwdriver using Autodesk Inventor. Read more here.