Credentials & technical details
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Complete credentials and skills
Credentials & academic record
- E.I.T. — TN, 2025
- CSWA — 2023
- Order of the Engineer
- M.S. Mechanical Engineering, UTK — 4.00 GPA
- B.S. Mechanical Engineering + CS minor, UTK — 3.99 GPA, Summa Cum Laude
- 1794 Honors Scholar · Outstanding Senior & Junior in Mechanical Engineering
- AI Foundations & Applied AI Foundations (OpenAI Academy, 2026)
- Lockout/Tagout (Authorized) · Level 3 Safety Observer
- Electronics Foundations: Basic Circuits · 5M1E Change Management
- Service: Robert H. Leonard Service to Humanity Award (Optimist Club of Knoxville) · Habitat for Humanity · Keep Knoxville Beautiful
- Languages: English & Bengali (native/bilingual), Spanish (limited working)
Additional tools & methods
- conjugate heat transfer
- HEAT (plasma heat flux)
- thermal-mechanical modeling
- MATLAB
- real-time sensor feedback
- stepper & motor control
- process control standards
- capacity studies
- SOLIDWORKS (CSWA)
- Fusion 360
- CNC milling
- distributional metrics
- failure signature analysis
- peer-reviewed publication
- project lifecycle management
- curriculum development
areas of technical interest
Beyond the project write-ups
manufacturing systems
System-level constraints in production lines are often misidentified. Optimizing individual machines is less impactful than identifying and addressing the actual bottleneck.
fusion energy
Plasma-facing component engineering — the materials and thermal management challenges of building structures that survive sustained plasma exposure.
robotics
The engineering challenge of bridging demonstrated capability and reliable production-floor operation across all shifts and conditions.
computer vision
Industrial vision system deployment, where illumination and fixturing design typically determine performance more than algorithm selection.
simulation
Boundary condition specification and validation. Governing equations are well-established; solution accuracy depends primarily on how faithfully boundary conditions represent the physical system.
failure analysis
Fracture surface analysis and failure mode characterization. A fracture surface encodes the loading history and failure sequence in its morphology.
statistical distance metrics
Distributional distance measures, particularly the Wasserstein (earth mover's) distance, for process monitoring and change detection applications.
intermittent faults
Observation-dependent failures — typically caused by timing sensitivity, grounding issues, or probe loading effects. Diagnosis requires non-invasive measurement techniques.
unit consistency
Unit conversion errors in engineering systems — from the Mars Climate Orbiter to plant-level incidents. A persistent source of preventable failures.
FIRST Robotics
Four years as team lead, 30+ students mentored. An effective introduction to systems engineering under fixed deadlines with real hardware constraints.
teaching
90+ students through ME 449 and EF 151/152/230. Teaching is an effective method for identifying gaps in one's own understanding of fundamentals.
reverse engineering
Characterizing undocumented protocols, black-box controllers, and legacy equipment to enable integration and continued operation.