Hello, I'm Rohan.
I am a Powell Bundle fellow at UC San Diego. As a PhD candidate in the Mechanical Engineering department, my work focuses on tracking Inertial Fusion Energy targets for Laser Inertial Confinement Fusion.
I also volunteer at Atutu, a non-profit seeking to electrify historically marginalized communities across the world. With Atutu I have been involved in developing Energy Scout - a low cost Energy Monitoring System catered towards Non Profits.
Check out my work
Fusion Engineering, Bio-inspired Robotics, Welding Automation, Energy Monitoring Systems.
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Friction Carousel
Target Tracking for IFE
Energy Scout
As an Engineering Volunteer at Atutu, I am responsible for developing our low-cost energy monitoring device - Energy Scout. I headed the PCB design for our controller's MODBUS communication and the internal wiring of the Scout.
Funded by the Department of Energy's TINEX program, my PhD thesis is based on scaling the Direct Drive approach to IFE. Specifically, I am building a target tracking system that is able to locate the center of a 1 mm spherical target with an accuracy of ± 20µm as the targets are injected at ~100m/s with a repetition rate of 10Hz.
As the primary author researching active contacts and sliding friction, I fabricated and automated a robotic system modelled after multi-legged insects to provide a new interpretation of multi-contact systems.
Interested in working with me or just want to know more about me, reach me here!