Aditya Shanghavi Profile

Aditya Shanghavi

Applicant Silver Spring, MD, United States

My Education

Purdue University, Main Campus Master Mechanical Engineering	West Lafayette, IN, USA 8/2014 - 5/2016

Research in Human Robot Interface and Augmented Reality

Purdue University - West Lafayette Bachelor Mechanical Engineering / Electrical Engineering	West Lafayette, IN, USA 8/2010 - 5/2014

My Extracurricular Activities

School Affiliated

Purdue University - West Lafayette American India Foundation	West Lafayette, IN, United States 1/2011 - 5/2016

• Worked in the capacity of Head of Fundraising, Head of Public Relations, Vice President, and Special Advisor through the years. • Organized charity events with audiences up to 1000 people from the Greater Lafayette area. • Worked with the president of the organization to select and lead the executive board, ensure proper distribution of responsibility amongst the members and spearhead any decision making regarding the organization and its events • Successfully hosted NASHA, an annual intercollegiate national Indian dance competition, for four consecutive years.

My Experience

US Medical Innovations, LLC Mechanical Engineer	Takoma Park, MD, USA 9/2016 - now

• Leading design and development of the Canady Robotic Surgical System™, a robotic laparoscopic surgical instrument with 8 degrees of freedom • Responsible for designing electro-mechanical control system. • Work closely with medical component suppliers and vendors to ensure compliance with design specifications as well as medical device industry technical and quality standards.

Patrick Industries, Inc. Automation and Controls Intern	Elkhart, IN, USA 6/2015 - 8/2015

• Designed, built and programmed a customized counter machine to count laminated boards as they are placed into stacks. • Worked on a Wireless Instant Notification Kit (WINK) to allow the machines to be monitored remotely and maintenance notifications to be sent in advance to reduce production downtime which costed the company $1.5 million annually. • Designed and programmed the front end interface and backend database for WINK. • Assisted other automation projects within the company as the only mechanical engineer on the special projects team.

Interests & Passions

Soccer, Chess, Reading, Hiking, Travelling

Interesting Tidbits

Have travelled to over 8 countries

Career Mission

To work in the cutting edge of technology

What I Do Well

I am good at building things. I do a lot of hobby projects

Languages

English (Advanced)

Hindi (Native)

French (Basic)

Focused Area

Machine Learning