Akshiv Bansal

about me

I am a mechanical engineer and an environmental activist. Originally from New Delhi, I grew up in Vancouver where I attend the University of British Columbia, graduating with a Bachelors of Applied Science in Engineering Physics and a Minor in Honors Mathematics. Currently, I work for Advanced Development at Auris Health in the Instruments team as a mechanical engineer, focusing on performance testing.

In my spare time you’ll find me out hiking, playing ultimate frisbee, or tinkering on some hardware project.

M o r e I n f o R e s u m e

Latest Works

These are my most recent projects. They are mostly from my time in university. I can't exactly say what I'm working on at Auris, but we are working on some very exciting stuff so stay tuned.

All Categories
Mechanical
Prototyping
Sustainability

Low Cost Syringe Pump

ENPH 479 Project

Ultrafast Shutter

Work Project

Gantry Robot

ENPH 459 Project

Autonomous Retrieval Robot

ENPH 257 Project

Electrical Impedance Tomography

Class Project

Powering Our Future

Volunteer Project

Job History

Software Engineer

J&J Robotics and Digital, Santa Clara CA

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Created libraries to provide high level logging capabilities in Python that plugged into low level C++ applications
Wrote API for the rapid integration of new sensors to expand logging without needing additions to control chain
Created testing infrastructure to manage test cases and data generated. Worked on streamlined pipeline for data definition, packing, upload, and processing
Worked extensively with PyTest, Numpy, and Django libraries to build testing tools for use in automated manufacturing testing.

Mechanical Engineer

Auris Health, Redwood City CA

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Characterize performance for a suite of surgical instruments for use in robot assisted surgery.
Define, test, and refine instrument life models using a variety of statistical and empirical methods.
Design bench-top experiments, including fixtures and sensor selection for design validation.

Plasma Engineering Co-op

General Fusion

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Designed an ultrafast (<2ms) protective shutter to shield optical sensors from corrosive liquid metal splash.
Explored and characterized high voltage symmetry measurement for rapid discharge coils.
Built mechanical and electrical isolation of diagnostic equipment, in a volatile and high noise environment.
Assisted in the assembly, commissioning, and maintenance of ultra high vacuum vessels.

Systems Engineering Co-op

Avigilon, Vancouver BC

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Designed solution for mass detached area storage (petabyte scale), from design to manufacturing delivery.
Field sized and qualification tested workstations, servers, and displays.
Translated qualitative criteria to object performance metrics with automated and reproducible tests.
Rewrote windows installers for all major Avigilon software packages using Python, WiX, and C\#

Skills

Software Engineering

Python
C++ & OOP Design Paterns<
Understanding of good code practice in large codebase

Mechanical Design

3-D CAD (SolidWorks),
FEA (ANSYS, SolidWorks),
Stress, Fracture, and Lifecycle Analysis

Rapid Prototyping

3D Printing, Laser Cutting, Milling, Lathe, Hand Power Tools, Microcontrolers, Sheet Metal

Experiment Design & Models

Lab automation,
Test Fixture Design,
Statistical sampling,
Probabilistic Estimation