Formula Electric / SAE
— Team Member
Developed a custom radiator test bench to measure heat rejection capacity, enabling a 30% reduction in radiator size. Integrated an electric water pump to eliminate coolant flow issues at idle.
Shival Shah
Mechanical Engineering @ Boston University
Passionate about building elegant solutions to widespread problems, and mechanical engineering provides a broad toolkit to do so. I'm a student based in the SF Bay Area, attending university in Boston, and I'm interested in robotics, battery design, and composites.
In my free time, I play competitive tennis, read, and explore the city with friends.
Projects
Human-to-Everything Lab
— Undergraduate Researcher
Co-authoring a paper introducing a dynamic control framework focused on autonomous navigation in high uncertainty, low latency environments, by intelligently offloading ambiguous edge cases to the cloud.
Tennis Ball Pickup/Feeder
— Tennis Captain
A dual function ball machine that collects tennis balls from the court and feeds them for practice, combining two separate commercial products into one unit at a quarter of the cost.
Smart Window
— Team Lead
An automatic window system that monitors indoor and outdoor environmental conditions to optimize natural ventilation, reducing HVAC energy consumption by leveraging passive heating and cooling strategies.
Point to Point Communication
— Team Lead
A directional infrared communication system with a rotating transmitter and stationary receiver. The system transmits numeric messages via modulated IR light with 100% accuracy at ranges up to 16 meters.
Samsung Solve for Tomorrow
— Team Lead
A two stage soil erosion detection system combining drone based aerial imaging with autonomous ground verification. Reached state finals in Samsung's competition (top 1% of 30,000 teams), winning a $5,000 grant.
Go Kart
— Team Lead
Built a single cylinder go kart with a welded steel frame, centrifugal clutch, chain drive, hydraulic braking, and tie rods for steering.
Air Hockey Table
— Solo Project
Full size air hockey table with shop vac blower and custom playing surface. Recognized as best engineering project at a district wide showcase.