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Hi, I'm Atulya. I've been passionate about engineering and design for as long as I can remember. It all started with me taking apart my brother's PS2 controller just to see how it worked. That curiosity, combined with discovering designers like Steve Jobs and Jony Ive, is what pushed me to pursue mechanical engineering. I've always been driven by a need to understand how to build the things I can imagine. This drive to "build" extends to all my interests. As a mechanical engineer, I can't just buy a gaming PC; I'm designing and modeling my own case in Fusion 360 to match my "retro modernism" aesthetic, with plans for sheet metal fabrication. I have an obsession for solving transportation as a problem, I think we do a terrible job of moving people around which is what got me interested in urban planning and the challenge of designing more pedestrian-friendly, livable cities. Outside of engineering, my passions are diverse: music, photography, gaming, and travel. I'm fascinated by how good design, whether in a product or a city, can change human behavior. I'm always working on something. I'm currently developing two side projects with a friend: Clubscape, an app to connect students with campus clubs, and an AI-powered platform to help users map their career journeys. Ultimately, my goal is to weave all these interests together to build products that bridge rigorous engineering with pragmatic product management.
For my Purdue senior design project, I co-developed an assistive necklace to help visually impaired users navigate. I led technical research, designed the full device and its electronic enclosures in CAD, and programmed an Arduino Nano to translate 360° sensor data into directional haptic feedback. This involved implementing the I2C protocol, and our team successfully met all testing benchmarks.
