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About Me
My name is Aarav Srivastav, a recent graduate from Purdue University having completed a degree in robotics engineering technology with a concentration in mechanisms and controls.
I've always enjoyed making things and a lot of my formative experiences came from taking things apart, putting them back together, and reverse engineering how they worked. I enjoy testing out many different ideas and getting to employ as many different tactics to solve a specific problem as possible. Throughout college I worked on several projects that allowed me to hone this skill set. Sometimes that meant doing in depth mechanical design for a robot, taking into consideration everything from material choice to ease of maintenance. Other times it was bringing up a robotic workcell using a custom control pipeline that had to interface with three completely unique kinds of hardware. No matter the project though, I knew I could rely on my skills and my work ethic to put my best foot forward and deliver the best possible outcome.
Music is another big part of my life, both as a fan and as a musician, and getting to explore that more as a member of several local bands in college helped me make many friends and connections. I push myself to engage with every problem I find myself facing with creativity, and music is something that constantly helps me with that.
I could never pin down a single aspect of engineering that called out to me more than any other, which was why I gravitated towards robotics so heavily. The marriage of mechanical, electrical, and software components gave me exactly what I was looking for. Whether it's creating an assembly in CAD, manufacturing a component, putting together a PCB, writing controls code, or running a simulation, every step of the process is deeply exciting to me. Bringing systems up from idea to execution with creativity and efficiency is something I have such a passion for, and pursuing robotics gives me the perfect avenue for that.