1. Kshitij Chhabra
Pre-Final year undergraduate, BITS Pilani, KK Birla Goa Campus
kchhabra99.kc@gmail.com | Kshitij Chhabra | +91-9161676222
Education
2017-current BE(Hons.) Electronics and Instrumentation Engineering, BITS Pilani GPA: 7.81/10
2017 Grade 12th, ISC Board City Montessori School, Lucknow PERCENTAGE: 93.75
2015 Grade 10th, ICSE Board City Montessori School, Lucknow PERCENTAGE: 96.20
Work Experience
May-July 2019 CSIR - Central Electronics Engineering Research Institute
Summer Research Intern, Supervisor: Mr. Satish Bindal
• Researched on estimating the physical activities of an individual using an accelerometer and
a barometer.
• This project which was in collaboration with Samsung India, involved developing various
algorithms in MATLAB and later incorporate them onto hardware.
Selected Projects
Nov 18- Present Drone Control by Brainwave Mapping
Supervisors: Dr. Veeky Baths (Associate Prof. and Dean- Alumni Relations)
Dr. A. Amalin Prince (Associate Prof. and HOD-Electrical and Electronics Engineering)
• The main aim is to develop a quadcopter which can be controlled by mapping the EEG waves
of the wearer of an EEG headset.
• Currently we are using the EMOTIV EPOC+, a 14 channel mobile and non-invasive headset to
extract the raw EEG data and develop a classifier for performance metrics using Cykit (an open
source python library)
Apr 19- Present Object Avoiding Delivery Drone
Supervisor:Dr. Sarang Dhongdi (Assistant Professor, Dept. of Electrical and Electronics Engineering
• The project is aimed to develop a completely autonomous obstacle-avoiding and payload car-
rying aerial vehicle using a depth camera (Intel Realsense d435i).
• Simulations were carried out using PX4 environment in Gazebo
Jan 18- July 19 Project Pinaka -Solar Powered Endurance UAV
Supervisor: Dr. Shibu Clement
• The project’s main aim was to develop an endurance glider having the capabilities of transvers-
ing long distances using the concept of soaring.
• Worked as the Head of Electronics towards choosing the right MPPT for the required design
specifications.
July 18 - Jan 19 Project Kratos
Developing a Mars Rover for participation in the University Rover Challenge
• Member of the Robotic Arm subsystem and worked towards performing the inverse kinemat-
ics for the joint movement.
Feb 19 - Apr 19 IC Tester
Course Project for Microprocessors and Interfacing
• Worked on assembly level programming for an x86 processor and simulated the same on
Proteus.
Achievements
2019 Awarded Prof. Suresh Ramaswamy Memorial Award by Alumni Relations Cell, BITS Pilani.
2019 Awarded Best Pitch by Boeing as a part of its BUILD Programme .
2019 Invited for a fully funded Workshop at IIT Bombay by Boeing India
2019 Received high commendation for project showcase at Quark’19
2018 Awarded First Runner Up at CEERI Technical Innovation Challenge
2. Positions of Responsibility and Teaching Experience
May 2019 - Present President , The Aerodynamics Club, BITS Goa
July 19 - Present Course Instructor , Introduction to Aerodynamics and Aviation
May 19 - Aug 19 Mentor , Introduction to Aerodynamics, Quark Summer Training Programme
May 18 - May 19 Media and PR Head , The Aerodynamics Club, BITS Goa
May 18 - May 19 Core Member , The Department of Photography, BITS Goa
Research Interests
Cognitive Neuroscience Aerial Robotics Navigation and Motion Planning Control Systems Machine Learning
Relevant Coursework
Control Systems Digital Design Inroduction to Cognitive Neuroscience
Microprocessors Communication Systems VLSI Design
Multivariate Calculus Probability and Statistics Differential Equations
Computer Programming Robotics by Columbia University(MOOC) Aerial Robotics by UPenn(MOOC)
Technical Skills
Proficient ROS, JAVA, Python, MATLAB, C, Arduino, Shell(Bash)
Comfortable C++, Verilog, LATEX
OS Ubuntu, CentOS, Windows, Raspbian
Tools Gazebo, rViz, Git, Proteus, Cadence
Miscellaneous
• I am currently mentoring a group of 150+ aerodynamics and aviation enthusiasts as a part of tenure as the
president of the Aerodynamics Club.
• Received invitation from the IEEE BITS Goa chapter to hold an interactive session with 800+ freshmen students
to encourage and introduce them to the technical side of college.
• As a course instructor, I designed pedagogical methods for an introductory course on Aerodynamics and Aviation
for the students at BITS
• Attended a fully sponsored workshop by Boeing in IITB on Entrepreneurship and pitching skills.
• Have received fundings more than worth 8 Lakh INR for different projects in three years of my undergraduate
study.
• Delivered a lecture on Flight Controller and PID to the members of the Aerodynamics Club as a part of organizing
an annual drone building Workshop.
