Design is about bringing creativity to life--shaping matter from vision and innovating solutions that will sometimes fail. But through these mistakes, we learn to design better, enhance our understanding, contribute to a shared mission & cause, and broaden the scope of our dreams. And with each project we gain memories & friends, laughter & tears, and both success & failure. This is what it means to me to be an engineer."
NISAR Mission - Lead EEIS Systems Engineer
The NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar (NISAR) mission is a dedicated $1.5 Billion space mission using dual L&S-Band radars to understand Earth and its changing lang mass. My work involves coordinating aspects of the data flow with ISRO and testing for space-ground compatibility with the Near Space Network and for integrity of data downlinked through the End-to-End Information System. Read More: https://nisar.jpl.nasa.gov/
Psyche Mission - EEIS Systems Engineer
The Psyche Mission is a journey to a unique metal asteroid orbiting the Sun between Mars and Jupiter. Because we cannot see or measure Earth's core directly, Psyche offers a unique window into the violent history of collisions and accretion that created terrestrial planets. My work involves designing, implementing and testing CCSDS standards in the End-to-End Information System. Read More: https://psyche.asu.edu/
Space People, the Podcast - Creator & Host
This podcast was created in December of 2020 and can be found on any Podcast venue! The program was created to celebrate the diversity of the people who fuel the space industry as well as highlight the numerous careers, missions, and endeavours of the people who have committed their lives to the exploration of space.
As a South Asian Woman at JPL and as a Cornell grad student, I felt that there were too few diverse voices and resources. I hope that through this platform, I can elevate role models and leaders from a broad range of backgrounds.
As a South Asian Woman at JPL and as a Cornell grad student, I felt that there were too few diverse voices and resources. I hope that through this platform, I can elevate role models and leaders from a broad range of backgrounds.
Proposal Systems Engineer - Lead Systems Engineer
All missions start as an idea. The JPL Foundry is committed to understanding and realizing these ideas into mission proposals. I worked as a lead systems engineer to help define the trade space of a potential spacecraft to achieve the science objectives of our principle investigator.
Europa Clipper - EEIS Systems Engineer
Europa Clipper is a JPL mission to explore Jupiter's icy ocean world, Europa! This exciting mission will do a series of fly-bys over Europa to study the surface, water and atmospheric composition and seek the feasibbiily of life on this Ocean Moon. My work involves designing, implementing and testing CCSDS standards in the End-to-End Information System. Read More: https://europa.nasa.gov/
Cold Atom Laboratory - Project Systems Engineer
The Cold Atom Lab is an instrument on the International Space Station (ISS) developed at JPL. Its purpose is to study Bose-Einstein Condensates in a micro-gravity, near absolute zero temperature environment. Read more: https://coldatomlab.jpl.nasa.gov/
Multi-Angle Imager for Aerosols (MAIA) - Project Systems Engineer
MAIA is an incredible Earth Science mission at the NASA Jet Propulsion Lab. The purpose of the mission is to study types of air pollution and its impact on human health! My role was to help prepare for Integration and Testing. Read more: https://maia.jpl.nasa.gov/
Space Agent, Cornell University (ARL Lab) - Graduate Research
As a graduate student, I am assisting with the design and prototyping of a robotic space agent that will work to develop "spaces" within a room and will engage in human robot interaction. This robotic ribbon has numerous application in spacecraft assisting astronauts as well as in themed entertainment, the workplace, etc. As a researcher in Dr. Keith Green's Architectural Robotics Lab (ARL), I am working with other graduate students and professors to develop plans, testing, hardware, and simulations of the ribbon's movement. I will work to iterate the design and eventually publish a paper about its novel applications and robust abilities. See our research website for more details.
2018 Summer Internship at NASA JPL - Mars 2020 Rover
As an intern, I worked as a Project V&V Systems Engineer on the Mars 2020 Rover. I worked with various subsystem instrument and flight system engineers to plan surface operations and to plan end-to-end tests of the robotic arm. I also worked on procedure writing, testing commanding, and testing in the testbed for the high gain antenna (HGA).
Ejection Seat Design, Lockheed Martin - Senior Capstone
My engineering team's senior capstone project was an ergonomics project to increase pilot comfort without impacting the ejection, safety, or seat performance. Ejection seats in Lockheed Martin's F-35 fighters planes are generally uncomfortable to sit on--especially with the increased duration of the average mission (from 2 to 6 hours). Thus, using rapid prototyping and iterative design, over 12 different materials, multiple human subjects, pressure mapping technology, vibration testing, and compression testing, we quantified comfort and tested for the best human contoured design to alleviate discomfort and ensure safety.
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Medical Device Design - Fall Prevention & Safety WalkerWorked with a team of engineers to design a new medical device that meets the specific needs of a local doctor and hospital. Following the design process, evaluating criteria, subsystems, and enhancing the most critically important aspects, we designed a device that will prevent the falling of patients in the ER as they attempt to walk. Our goal was to make the device collapsible and make it so that it does not provide support for the patient but will still "catch" them if they fall.
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Robotic Ring Tosser - Engineering Team Lead
Process: We designed each subsystems in reference to each other and designed them in modeling software (Solidworks and Altium) before building. We built the robot from ordered parts, raw materials that were then cut in our machine shop, and 3D printed parts.
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NuROC Geopolymer Concrete - Technology Consultant
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As part of my technology entrepreneurship course, I was assigned to a live, semester-long internship consulting a new start-up company and developing a business for their product to enter the market and become successful. Working with the sustainable concrete company, NuROC, I researched the concrete manufacturing process, market, intellectual property, and financial potential. This process gave me a broader perspective. As an engineer, I now have a better understanding of how products affect the market and can be utilized.
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In the end, my team discovered a strong business case for the product. Since it was made from industrial waste and plant materials, the product had a low cost and light weight. This made it ideal for roofing tiles--especially since it was malleable to various colors and looks. Thus, my team pitched a business case for the concrete product to be sold as a powder aggregate for light-weight concrete roofing tiles. This case proved the company could be profitable, enter a successful market niche and grow, and could obtain the necessary intellectual property and manufacturing facilities to make the operation possible.
Data Analytics - JP Morgan Technology Analyst Intern
As an intern, I was tasked with optimizing data reporting for threats to the technology infrastructure. The main complaint was the difficulty teams had in generating reports. But there was also the larger issue of getting real-time, accurate and vastly ranging data. Thus, I developed a Qlikview application that allowed users access to hundreds of internal data sources that could be narrowed down at the click of button to view the exact analytics wanted. This allowed each team member to generate custom reports with data that was only pertinent to them--and all in a matter of seconds. This application, along with the SQL development, required design work on the user interface to ensure that it was intuitive to non-technical risk control officers and could be used without training. I therefore had beta testers offer feedback, consulted with UI experts and wrote a guide to using the application to generate customized risk analysis reports. This project taught me everything from data analytics to user experience. And, this is a tool that JP Morgan still uses today.
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