NANDINI

MUKHERJEE
San Francisco, CA | (510) 552-6398
Contact : nan.mukherjee@gmail.com │ linkedin.com/in/nandini-mukherjee
Portfolio: https://nandinimukherjee.weebly.com

Poised to deliver engineering project solutions through experience in Control Systems and Mechanical Design
Recent graduate from Stanford University with a Master’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering. Prepared to leverage
experience in the full product lifecycle, from ideation and prototype design, through production launch and process
evaluation. Ready to combine insight from interdisciplinary work and research experience with the passion and
necessary drive, to ensure a successful project.

EDUCATION & CREDENTIALS

MS, Mechanical Engineering | Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA (2019)

BS, Mechanical Engineering | California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA (2014)

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Northrop Grumman Corporation, Woodland Hills, CA September 2014 - September 2017

Software Engineer II
Drove success for situational awareness systems through development of tools for auto-generating simulation models,
test harnesses, and test procedures directly from interface control documents.
§ Conceptualized a tool that significantly decreased development time and work was presented at Northrop
Grumman’s Mission Systems Symposium.

Crane Aerospace, Burbank, CA
June 2013 - September 2013
Systems Engineering Intern
Instrumental in creating software tools for verification and validation testing on aircraft brake valves
§ Designed hydraulic brake valve simulations in order to find optimal valve parameter.

KLA-Tencor, Milpitas, CA
June 2012 - September 2012
Applications Intern
Recognized for talent in optimizing physical conditions, calibrating, and analyzing AFM images.
§ Worked on integrating an Atomic Force Microscope as a phase in the wafer inspection process, in order to
improve characterization of bare silicon defects, and ultimately improve yield management.

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

Stanford, Palo Alto, CA April 2018 - August 2018

Graduate Researcher
Researched the feasibility of localized drilling along a gold vein by small mining robot.
• Helped design a mining test rig with force sensing capabilities to provide added haptic feedback for robot
control.

Caltech, Pasadena, CA June 2011 - September 2011
Summer Undergraduate Research Fellow
Researched the viability of continuous on-chip imaging of microorganisms, which autonomously gathers data about
organismal movement.
§ Wrote image processing algorithms to super-resolve data from CMOS chip sensors, and fabricated on-chip
micro-fluidic environments for organisms using soft lithography.
 Nandini Mukherjee

P R O JE C T S & O U T R E A C H

ME310 Product Design Innovation Project ME218 Mechatronics Projects

Designed and constructed new adaptive products, Designed and built an interactive electromechanical
namely a portable winching mechanism that allows game, and a robot for a ball sorting and scoring
wheelchairs to be easily loaded into standard vehicles. competition. The projects involved constructing circuits
This product helped people with limited mobility travel for sensors and actuators, and designing event driven
more independently. software through C on a TI Tiva microcontroller.

Amazon Product Marketing Campaign MEMS Accelerometer Design Project
Managed digital ads campaigns for the Symboyance Designed a capacitive 3-axis accelerometer able to
diffuser. Worked to create user centric content for withstand specific temperature fluctuations and shocks.
brand awareness, and coordinated with external e- Used LEdit and Solidworks FEA to simulate function.
commerce teams.

Caltech Engineering Design Competition Solar Decathlon: Thermal Control Sub-Group
Designed and built a quadcopter and land robot that Constructed a sustainable and economical small solar-
collected and deposited sponges. We were the only powered house, focusing on optimizing thermal energy
team to successfully implement an autonomous mode consumption.
for the quadcopter.

Berkeley Nanosciences Project High School Involvement Program Mentor
Experimented with different techniques of Taught high school students about the basics of
electrochemically etching silver scanning tunneling mechanics and electronics through a VEX robotics
(STM) microscope tips. These tips would potentially centric project. Supported them with their personal
improve resolution and amplify emission detection engineering projects.
from excited single-atom metallic layers.

Stanford Community Associate FIRST Lego League Mentor
Organized educational and recreational events to Helped coach middle school students for their Lego
nurture a happier graduate student community at Robotics Competition. Fostered interest in science and
Stanford. engineering.


P U B L IC A T IO N S

Seung Ah Lee, Guoan Zheng, Nandini Mukherjee, and Changhuei Yang, "On-chip continuous monitoring of
motile microorganisms on an ePetri platform," Lab on a Chip 12, 2385-90 (2012)

S K IL LS

§ Product Design § Matlab with Simulink § Embedded Systems

§ Mechatronics § C § MEMS Design
§ Control Systems § Python § Manufacturing
§ Engineering Modeling § CAD Modeling § Image Processing