education

Carnegie Mellon University

Bachelor of Science in Computer Science & Robotics

GPA: 3.35/4.00

2025 - 2028

Hunterdon Central Regional High School

High School Diploma

GPA: 4.43/5.00

2021 - 2025

experience

Researcher, Motion Planning Lead

Foam Robotics Lab

Pittsburgh, PA

Jan 2026 - Present Current

Developing dexterous surgical assistant robots for manipulating tissue retractors. Mapping natural-language surgeon commands to safe, constraint-aware trajectories.

  • Developing URDF models for robot simulation
  • Developing trajectory planning systems
  • Working with ROS 2 for real-time communication
C++ Python ROS 2 URDF

Driverless Path-Planning Developer

Carnegie Mellon Racing

Pittsburgh, PA

Sep 2025 - Present Current

Building SLAM and trajectory algorithms for an all-electric race-car.

  • Implementing SLAM algorithms for autonomous navigation
  • Developing trajectory planning systems
  • Working with ROS 2 for real-time communication
C++ Python ROS 2 SLAM

Software Engineer

ScottyLabs

Pittsburgh, PA

Sep 2025 - Present Current

Working on cmucourses.com website backend, developing student schedule creation heuristic.

  • Developed backend services using Rust and TypeScript
  • Supporting over 5,000 weekly active users
  • Built schedule generation heuristic for course planning
Rust TypeScript Node.js PostgreSQL

Software Developer

Visra Solutions

Remote

Jun 2024 - Aug 2024

Worked on modular data displays and trained ML models for data visualization.

  • Built modular data displays in React
  • Trained models using Scikit-Learn, NumPy, Pandas, and Matplotlib
  • Deployed and tested programs on AWS instances
React Python Scikit-Learn AWS Pandas

Mathematics Tutor

Mathnasium - The Math Learning Center

Flemington, NJ

Nov 2023 - Sep 2025

Tutored kids K-9 on mathematics subjects up to Pre-Calculus.

  • Managed on average 5 students at once, and collaborated with other tutors for grading and activity development
  • Built valuable skills in teaching and working with kids of all math skills.
Mathematics

President (24-25), Programming Captain (23-24)

FIRST Robotics Competition Team 3637, The Daleks

Flemington, NJ

Sep 2021 - Jun 2025

Led a competitive robotics team through design, build, and programming of competition robots.

  • Won Montgomery District Event
  • Qualified for World Championships in Houston, Texas
  • Received the FIRST Impact Award, the most prestigious award in FRC
  • Programmed in C++ and Python for perception and path-planning using LiDAR and ROS 2
C++ Python ROS 2 WPILib LiDAR

skills

programming languages

Python C C++ Java JavaScript TypeScript HTML CSS Rust C#

technologies & frameworks

React Bootstrap Node.js Next.js MongoDB ROS 2 PyTorch Git Linux

frontend development

React Next.js Astro Tailwind CSS Bootstrap

backend development

Node.js MongoDB Rust Express

robotics

ROS 2 C++ Path Planning SLAM

machine learning

PyTorch Python Vision Transformers Scikit-Learn

languages

English (Native) தமிழ்/Tamil (Native) Français/French (Intermediate)

volunteering

Academic Tutor

Hunterdon Central Regional High School

Flemington, NJ

Oct 2023 - Jul 2025

Been able to mentor a FIRST LEGO League Challenge team and they were able to reach and win awards at the state level.

Team Mentor

FIRST LEGO League Challenge

Flemington, NJ

Oct 2022 - Jan 2025

Tutored many students in Algebra I & II, Geometry, Pre-Calculus, Calculus, and Computer Science on a weekly basis. Prepared student-centered materials, assisted with homework, and monitored individual student progress. I'm also a member of the Math Honor Society at our school, responsible for teaching other students and competing in math competitions.

Audio/Video Technician

Chinmaya Ramdoot

Branchburg, NJ

Oct 2022 - Jul 2025