Author: Pi

Dimensionless Groups

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Dimensionless groups are a handy tool to approach engineering problems – most commonly used by Mechanical Engineers but overall a generally applicable method of summarizing complex systems. This document is a summary of many of the most commonly used dimensionless groups and includes a summary of the theory, derivation, and usage of these groups on page 7. This is just… Read more →

BCAA Fashion Show

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For BCAA’s annual performance event, we put on a fashion show using costumes inspired by Indian garments and textiles. We captured two of the outfits in a subsequent photoshoot. Payel is an incredible photographer and artist. We traded off taking photos and posing, which was delightful! We also went makeup-less for this shoot, which makes the images all the more… Read more →

The Burning Brontosaurus

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I made this painting a few Christmases ago for a friend. It’s called “The Burning Brontosaurus” and it is loosely based on Salvador Dali’s “The Burning Giraffe”. I added some southwest touches, and used an animal he likes in the painting. The canvas is actually very small, about 3×3″, otherwise I would have added tiny southwest patterned rugs on the… Read more →

LED Clock Matrix

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This clock has been partially finished, sitting in my room for ages. Finally, I finished it with the help of Austin and David from HeatSync! View this post on Instagram Just trying to make my robot light up #make #arduino with @achowderhead A post shared by Shilpika Chowdhury (@starletbeam) on Dec 4, 2017 at 9:16pm PST This project was made… Read more →

JSON Resume Visualizer and Sorter

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A list of all your achievements, plus a handy timeline view and category sorter (WIP). Making a website can be hard. Why not make a simple, sortable technical resume? I made this for my brother, but pretty soon you can upload your very own JSON (or just grab my repo, whatever you want) and have a handy resume all ready… Read more →

Research Paper: Multiplex, Single Step, On Chip Detection of Mutation in Circulating Tumor DNA

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I did all the CAD and simulation work for this project. My largest roles were flow and temperature cycle balancing, device usability design, and FEA simulations. The device detects the presence of four different cancer treatment response markers in under half an hour using the patient’s blood. It is also handheld and portable, with a replaceable chip inside a reusable… Read more →

RFID Table Controller

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This project was a set of RFID tiles that interacted with a hidden RFID reader. The reader is mounted underneath a table, making it seem like the table just reads by itself. There are action tiles (lightbulb, etc) and modifier tiles (red, green, triangle, square, etc.). Materials: IKEA Table (because the cheap black ones are hollow) Microcontroller of Choice with… Read more →