Sujjay Karthikeyan | Engineering Portfolio

Work.

Robotics & Swarms

Autonomous Drone Swarms

Training reinforcement learning agents for multi-drone coverage optimization, from 2D DQN prototypes to full ROS2/Gazebo simulation at SmartNet Lab.

Aerospace

Tilt-Rotor VTOL UAV

Designing custom 2-axis transition mechanisms and optimizing aerospace structures for FDM 3D printing. Interactive 3D model in OnShape.

Generative AI

Project Prism

AI-powered universal code generator transforming text, voice, and images into production-ready React, 3D WebGL, and Python applications using Gemini.

Robotics / Embedded

FRC 6908 Infuzed

Four seasons of FIRST Robotics — capped by the 2026 season as programmer and drive coach on a swerve-drive robot with Field2d pose visualization.

Aerospace / Earth Obs

NASA Space to Soil

Phase 1 concept: adaptive SmallSat with onboard edge AI tasking a coordinated ground drone swarm for precision soil health monitoring.

Reinforcement Learning

Disk Position RL Prototype

The 2D Q-learning sandbox that validated multi-agent coverage optimization before the full ROS2/Gazebo simulation. Three agents, 25 targets, 50 lines of NumPy.

Computer Vision

Limelight 2 Vision Rig

Repurposing FRC vision hardware as a standalone CV testbed for drone landing pad detection and optical flow visual odometry experiments.

Hardware / CV

Bambu A1 Print Sentinel

Real-time print health monitoring fusing Bambu Lab MQTT telemetry with OpenCV defect detection into a single unified Python pipeline.

AI + CAD

Forge Platform

Browser-based CAD application using Google Gemini API to parse natural language into 3D geometric parameters — design at the speed of thought.

Aerodynamics

Heavy-Lift Glider

Concept design for cost-efficient, disposable supply drop gliders using reinforced cardboard and passive aerodynamic control surfaces.

Infrastructure

Raspberry Pi Cluster

Distributed compute setup for offloading RL training fragments, ROS2 node hosting, and parallel batch jobs — always-on at under 40W total draw.

Software

Laundry Optimizer

Statistical demand smoothing software using heat-map visualization and linear sorting to reduce machine contention in shared residential facilities.

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