Mechanical Engineering · Product · R&D
I’m Ridhima Gupta, a Mechanical Engineering Honors student at UT Austin working at the intersection of physical systems, computation, and product design.
01 / ABOUT
I like working on problems where the physical and digital worlds meet: designing an experimental rig, writing the computer vision that measures it, building the control loop that responds to it, and thinking about how a person will actually use the final system.
My experience spans research, prototyping, engineering operations, and technical product work — from magnetic nanoparticle navigation and EMG sensing to internal workflow tools and web products.
02 / EXPERIENCE
MINIMAX Lab · UT Austin Mechanical Engineering
Designing a custom experimental platform for magnetic nanoparticle navigation, combining CAD, Python/OpenCV particle tracking, and LabVIEW feedback control for precision positioning in fluid environments.
Longhorn Neurotech
Leading an 8-person team developing an EMG armband sensor array with OpenBCI hardware, while coordinating experiments, technical decisions, and prototyping milestones.
Wuest Group Engineering & Surveying
Built an internal resource-locking workflow for an 8–10 person engineering team, redesigned the company website to cut recurring costs by 40%, and supported technical due diligence and municipal review responses.
UC San Diego · Summer School for Silicon Nanotechnology
Investigated porous silicon quantum dots and trained on materials-characterization methods including FTIR, Raman spectroscopy, Dynamic Light Scattering, and Scanning Electron Microscopy.
03 / PROJECTS
A closed-loop experimental system for tracking and steering magnetic particles. The project combines a custom CAD setup, computer vision, calibration, motion tracking, and LabVIEW-based control.
Leading development of a wearable EMG sensing system, from experiment planning and sensor placement to prototype iteration with OpenBCI hardware.
Designed a lightweight Slack-based workflow that replaced manual “in-use” messages with a clearer resource-locking system for shared engineering files.
Independent research exploring conductivity as a possible explanation for quantum-dot blinking, supported by hands-on materials characterization and lab methods.
WHAT I’M LOOKING FOR
I’m especially excited by teams building robotics, medical devices, consumer hardware, advanced manufacturing, and technical products where I can move between engineering detail and the bigger product question.
04 / CONTACT
I’m always interested in engineering, product, robotics, and research opportunities.
ridhimagupta@utexas.edu ↗