Ashwin Pulla
Chantilly,VA
Overview
2
2
years of professional experience
Work History
Junior Business Analyst
Leidos
06.2023 - 08.2024
- Deployed technology solutions to solve Department of Defense needs.
- Worked in the Project Management and Operations office in the Defense Enclave Services program.
- Analyzed extensive data to identify trends and patterns, created reports and presentations, and automated metrics gathering by building a Power BI dashboard.
- Created automations with dynamic inputs and outputs in Power Automate.
Senior Research
Thomas Jefferson High School For Science And Technology
08.2023 - 06.2024
- Developed a vertical axis wind turbine to generate electricity by using run-off wind energy from cars moving on a highway.
- Used CAD for the blade and elementary blade analysis to back up blade selection
- Generated 0.5V and 15 mA by putting it next to a busy road.
- Wrote a research paper and presented to school principal as culmination of high school education
Structures Team Lead
Project Caelus
10.2022 - 06.2024
- First liquid-fueled high school rocketry program in the world.
- As the structures sub-team lead I worked on designing the rocket, this includes the stand to support the rocket plumbing while it is being built, building mounts to support 2600N engines, and developing rocket body.
- Used Fusion 360 to CAD designs and used ANSYS and Fusion to run static stress tests on engine mount and test stand designs. Checked work with rough FEA hand calculations.
Hack TJ Winner
Hackathon
04.2022 - 04.2023
- Hackathon for high school students that my group won in different categories two years in a row.
- Developed a black box for cars to detect car crashes and alert the police, friends, and family. Stores telemetry data to find out whose at fault. Used cellular connectivity to also get location information. Used Arduino and Python.
- Developed a smart agriculture system to use in third world countries. Could monitor temperature, heat, humidity, and soil moisture and plot important metrics real time. Used the data to feed a Machine Learning model to give insights to farmers. Used Arduino, Node.js, Java Script, and Python.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Mechanical Engineering
Purdue
05.2028
Thomas Jefferson High School For Science And Tech.
Alexandria06.2024
Skills
- CAD
- Machining
- Arduino
- Python
- JAVA
- Matlab
- Microsoft Office
- SharePoint
- PowerBI
- Power Automate
Timeline
Senior Research
Thomas Jefferson High School For Science And Technology
08.2023 - 06.2024
Junior Business Analyst
Leidos
06.2023 - 08.2024
Structures Team Lead
Project Caelus
10.2022 - 06.2024
Hack TJ Winner
Hackathon
04.2022 - 04.2023
Bachelor of Science - Mechanical Engineering
Purdue
Thomas Jefferson High School For Science And Tech.