resume.json

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  "basics": {
    "name": "Mrunal Sarvaiya",
    "label": "Roboticist and Scientist",
    "image": "",
    "email": "mrunal.s@nyu.edu",
    "url": "https://mrunaljsarvaiya.github.io",
    "location": {

      "city": "Brooklyn",
      "countryCode": "US",
      "region": "New York"
    },
    "profiles": [
      {
        "network": "LinkedIn",
        "username": "mruanaljsarvaiya",
        "url": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/mrunaljsarvaiya/"
      }
    ]
  },
  "education": [
    {
      "institution": "New York University",
      "location": "Brooklyn. NY",
      "url": "https://wp.nyu.edu/arpl/",
      "area": "Electrical and Computer Engineering",
      "studyType": "PhD Candidate",
      "startDate": "2023-08-10"

    },
    {
      "institution": "University of California, Berkeley",
      "location": "Berkeley, CA",
      "studyType": "M.Eng in Control of Robotic and Autonomous Systems",
      "startDate": "2018-08-10",
      "endDate": "2019-05-15",
      "score": "3.70/4.0"
    },
    {
      "institution": "Stanford Center For Professional Development",
      "studyType": "AI Graduate Program",
      "startDate": "2022-01-10",
      "endDate": "2023-05-15",
      "score": "3.77/4.30"
    },
    {
      "institution": "University Of Illinois At Urbana-Champaign",
      "location": "Champaign, IL",
      "studyType": "B.S. Mechanical Engineering with Highest Honors",
      "startDate": "2014-08-10",
      "endDate": "2018-05-15",
      "score": "3.89/4.0"
    }
  ],
  "publications": [
    {
    "name": "HPA-MPC: Hybrid Perception-Aware Nonlinear Model Predictive Control for Quadrotors with Suspended Loads",
    "releaseDate": "2024-11-18",
    "url": "https://mrunaljsarvaiya.github.io/hpa-mpc.github.io/"
    } 
  ],
  "work": [
    {
      "name": "Peanut Robotics",
      "position": "Senior Robotics Software Engineer",
      "location": "San Francisco, CA",
      "startDate": "2019-08-19",
      "endDate": "2023-08-10",
      "highlights": [
        "Developed the motion planning software architecture for a custom mobile manipulator",
        "Selected, integrated and tuned a trajectory tracking controller and time optimal trajectory generator (TOPPRA)",
        "Designed and implemented a custom navigation planner for hotel hallways that generates human-like and aesthetically pleasing motions",
        "Trained a neural network model to estimate manipulator currents used to add trajectory generator torque constraints for enhanced reliability",
        "Engineered tools to optimize robot paths by smoothing trajectories and reducing, overall joint-space distance by tweaking input configurations using an optimization program"      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Squishy Robotics",
      "position": "Controls And Software Engineer (M.Eng. Capstone Project)",
      "location": "Berkeley, CA",
      "startDate": "2018-08-19",
      "endDate": "2019-05-10",
      "highlights": [
        "Implemented and tuned a path planning technique using A-star and MPC for a Tensegrity robot",
        "Increased range of communication by 200% by integrating long range radio software",
        "Developed software that allowed interchangeable use of different frequency radios"
       ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Tesla, Inc",
      "position": "R&D Test Systems Engineering Intern",
      "location": "Palo Alto, CA",
      "startDate": "2018-05-19",
      "endDate": "2018-08-10",
      "highlights": [
        "Created a Python program that automated data logging and was deployed on over 20 workstations replacing hardware worth over $5,000 per dynamometer workstation",
        "Increased data accessibility and reduced post processing time by uploading data to a company-wide server which is accessed by a Jenkins pipeline",
        "Reduced complexity of non-standard test scripts by integrating python into the existing testing architecture"
       ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Illini Motorsports (Formula SAE)",
      "position": "Team President and Business Team Lead Presenter",
      "location": "Champaign, IL",
      "startDate": "2015-08-19",
      "endDate": "2018-05-01",
      "highlights": [
        "Managed and allocated a $30,000+ budget for 6 subsystems for a team of 80 students",
        "Raised funds by building relationships with 10 corporate sponsors and represented the team at major university outreach events",
        "Secured four top 3 finishes as the business team presenter at international university competitions",
        "Optimized vehicle intake geometry using GT-Power simulations, increasing engine power output by 2 HP",
        "Led a team of 6 students to design and validate a new vehicle radiator and fan"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Advanced Controls Research Laboratory (Dr. Naira Hovakimyan)",
      "position": "Research Assistant",
      "location": "Champaign, IL",
      "startDate": "2017-05-19",
      "endDate": "2018-03-10",
      "highlights": [
        "Developed a genetic algorithm in Matlab to find the best path for multiple drones given time, velocity, acceleration and space constraints",
        "Programmed an on-board controller for the motor that increased precision of the manipulator arm by 40% and increased range of motion by 100%",
        "Reduced complexity of non-standard test scripts by integrating python into the existing testing architecture"
       ]
    }
  ],
  "awards": [
    {
      "title": "Top 3 in the Business and Sales Presentation event",
      "date": "2018-05-20",
      "awarder": "Formula SAE",
      "summary": "FSAE Michigan 2016, 2017, 2018 and FSAE Lincoln 2016, 2017, 2018"
    },
    {
      "title": "GM/Philip W. Leistra Jr. Society of Automotive Engineers Award",
      "date": "2018-03-01",
      "awarder": "Mechanical Engineering Dept at UIUC",
      "summary": "Award for my contributions to the Formula SAE team"
    },
    {
      "title": "Dean's List",
      "date": "2018-05-01",
      "awarder": "Mechanical Engineering Dept at UIUC",
      "summary": "Awarded every semester except Spring 2018"
    }
  ],
  "skills": [
    {
      "name": "Programming",
      "level": "Master",
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      "keywords": [
        "Python",
        "C++",
        "ROS 1/2",
        "Matlab",
        "Docker",
        "PyTorch",
        "Tensorflow"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Planning and Controls",
      "level": "Master",
      "icon": "fa-solid fa-hashtag",
      "keywords": [
        "Model Predictive Control",
        "Reinforcement Learning",
        "Classical Control Techniques",
        "Trajectory Generation",
        "Trajectory Tracking Controllers"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Hobbies",
      "level": "Intermediate",
      "icon": "fa-solid fa-hashtag",
      "keywords": [
        "Rock Climbing",
        "Coffee connoisseur",
        "Chef",
        "Guitar",
        "Formula 1 Sim Racer"
      ]
      
    }
  ],
  "languages": [
    {
      "language": "English",
      "fluency": "Native speaker",
      "icon": ""
    },
    {
      "language": "Hindi",
      "fluency": "Native speaker",
      "icon": ""
    },
    {
      "language": "Gujarati",
      "fluency": "Fluent",
      "icon": ""
    }
  ]
}