KARAN HANDA

karanh@stanford.edu ● karanh.weebly.com ● Cell: (650) 842 0951

OBJECTIVE Apply my mechanical, electrical and programming skills to tackle complex design problems
EDUCATION Stanford University
M.S. Mechanical Engineering (Mechatronics) GPA: 3.7 June 2017
B.S. Mechanical Engineering Major GPA: 3.8 Cum GPA: 3.7 June 2015
8/09-6/11 United World College Mahindra, International Baccalaureate Diploma – 42/45 pts
COURSEWORK Mechatronics, Smart Product Design, Vehicle Dynamics, Medical Robotics, Feedback Control Sys,
Design and Manufacturing, Advanced Thermal Systems, Statistics, Bicycle Design/Frame Building
SKILLS CAD (SolidWorks), MATLAB, C, C++, Java, PLC Programming, PCB Design, SMT soldering
Machining: Mill+Lathe, Injection Molding, Welding, Silicone-Casting, 3D Printing, Laser cutting
WORK EXPERIENCE
7/17 – current Hardware Engineer, Dash Robotics Inc., (Mechatronics Focus) Hayward, CA
• Developing connected robotic toys from concept through prototyping, DFM and to production
Frequent travel to China for collaboration with contract manufacturers.
1/17 – 4/17 Teaching Assistant at Stanford University, ME210 (Mechatronics) Stanford, CA
• Held office hours, lab sessions, organized an autonomous robotics competition, graded exams,
and coached students through a programmable electromechanical system design project.
6/16 - 9/16 Automation Engineering Intern, Intuitive Surgical Inc., Sunnyvale, CA
• Designed and built an automated system with the AET team to contribute to the successful
manufacture of robotic surgical instruments used in the da Vinci Xi Surgical System.
6/15 - 12/15 Mechanical Engineering Intern, Proteus Digital Health, Redwood City, CA
• Automation and Test Team. Designed and built an automated electromechanical system
to increase throughput of metal detection in pills embedded with ingestible sensors.
4/14 - 12/14 Robotics Intern, Brains in Silicon Lab, Stanford University, CA
• Designed in CAD and built a 3 DOF Robotic Arm ‘NeuroArm’ for Neural Robotics research to
demonstrate operational space control in real time, including a Particle Jamming end effector.
7/13 - 9/13 Mechanical Engineer, SEED Design Lab, Stanford University, CA and Accra, Ghana
• Designed, prototyped and tested a foot-powered cassava roasting device for rural Ghana.
• Travelled to Ghana with a team from Stanford d.School’s Design for Extreme Affordability
class to iterate on device designs with local materials and partners in Ghana.
PROJECTS
3/15-6/15 Autonomous Car Controls Project, Vehicle Dynamics (ME227) w/ Chris Gerdes
• Feedback/forward controls project to autonomously drive an Audi TTS (Stanford’s Shelley).
9/15-6/16 Mechatronics Projects, Smart Product Design Lab (ME218) w/ Ed Carryer
• Designed and built an autonomous mobile robot, a wirelessly controlled hovercraft, and an
arcade game in a team of four. Embedded system design, integration of sensors, motors,
motor drivers, microcontrollers and wireless communications protocol.
1/14-3/14 Bio-mimetic Robotic Duck, Mechanical Systems Design (ME112) w/ Mark Cutkosky
• Robot that used an authentic bio-inspired paddling motion to swim in a pool at 30cm/s.
HONORS & AWARDS
2015 Tau Beta Pi - The Engineering Honor Society
2014 Hoefer Prize for Excellence in Undergraduate Writing (Mechanical Engineering)
INTERESTS Tennis, Photography, Bicycle Frame building, Rapid Prototyping, Social Entrepreneurship
LANGUAGES Fluent English. Proficient Nepali and Hindi. Basic French and Spanish.