Hi, I’m Mithul.Building and learning along the way, driven by an endless curiosity.

I’m a final-year mechanical engineering student at NITK Surathkal. I like learning new technologies and using them to build things. I’m especially interested in robotics, control systems, and space.

About me
Mithul, wearing glasses and a black shirt, looking to his right

A little
about me.

I’m a final-year mechanical engineering student at NITK Surathkal. I like learning new things and using what I learn to build something. When an idea interests me, I want to understand how it works and how people came up with it.

Right now, I’m working on a rover and a robot for collecting leaves, both meant to move over rough ground. I’m also exploring ways to make a mechanical joint more or less flexible.

I like working on hard problems, even when I don’t know where to start. Building things helps me see what I’ve understood and what I still need to learn. I also love space and spend a lot of time reading about how we explore it.

Background & experience

01 — Projects

Ongoing projects

The projects I’m working on now.

02 — Previous work

Completed projects

Earlier builds and studies, with the work and results from each.

CompletedOct 2025 — Sep 2026

Development of Actuated Knee Assistance System

Assistive mechatronicsSolidWorks

A spring-assisted knee mechanism developed into an actuated brace with angle sensing, controlled assistance, and a manual release.

CAD of the actuated knee assistance system, with adjustable rails, cuffs, knee pivot, motor, spring, and cable drive.
CompletedAug — Oct 2026

Reaction-Wheel Microvibration Prediction with FEM and Machine Learning

Structural dynamicsANSYS Mechanical

Tracing reaction-wheel vibration from a satellite panel to a camera mount, using modal and harmonic analysis.

A sectioned reaction-wheel housing inside the project’s engineering reference satellite assembly.
CompletedSep — Dec 2025

Uncertainty-Aware Navigation for an Indoor Mobile Robot

State estimation & autonomyPython

A differential-drive simulation combining A* planning, EKF localization, and recovery when the position estimate becomes uncertain.

A photographed TurtleBot3 Burger mobile robot with wheels, sensing and control electronics.
CompletedFeb — Apr 2024

Four-Bar Linkage Door-Opening Mechanism

Kinematics & fabricationLinkage design

A team-built door-opening mechanism, developed through link-length and pivot-position studies.

A physical Bennett four-bar rotational linkage photographed against a neutral background.
CompletedSep — Nov 2023

Wallet for Easier Card Access

User-centred mechanical designProblem framing

A compact card-holder concept designed to make cards easier to reach and remove.

A ZNAP slim card holder with cards and its removable coin compartment visible.
CompletedSep 2019 — Jan 2020

Arduino-Based Smart Home with Solar Power

Electronics & sensingArduino

An Arduino smart-home model with connected sensors, control logic, and a photovoltaic power option.

An Arduino Uno connected to a breadboard with jumper wires and a push button.
CompletedSep 2018 — Jan 2019

Smart Traffic Light System and Transit Elevated Bus Model

Logic & working modelsLogic gates

Hand-wired traffic-light and transit elevated-bus models, with repeatable control sequences built from logic gates.

A real three-aspect LED traffic signal in Forest Hill, New South Wales.
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03 — Work & leadership

Experience

Internships and student leadership, from 2024 to the present.

Engineering

Vayu Aerospace

Product Intern

Jun — Jul 2026

  • Compared three flight-controller mounts in ANSYS.
  • Integrated the mounts, ran ground tests, and analysed IMU logs in MATLAB.
Internship case study

Product

Thinkify Labs

Product & Strategy Intern

May — Aug 2025

  • Built a lead-qualification and follow-up workflow.
  • Contributed to a reported 25% gain in operational efficiency.
Full background

Finance

ILO Consulting

Investment Banking Intern

May — Jul 2024

  • Built DCF, LBO, and three-statement financial models.
  • Supported M&A due diligence and an Ireland market-entry assessment.
Full background

Leadership

ISTE NITK

Secretary

Sep 2024 — Present

  • Organised a technical event for 500+ participants.
  • Led sponsor outreach and logistics; secured three sponsors.
Full background

Leadership

NH66 Fund · P&L Club

Fund Manager

Jan 2025 — Apr 2026

  • Directed strategy for a ₹150K student-run fund.
  • Mentored three analysts; organised recruitment and training.
Full background

04 — Recognition

Accolades

Two team achievements from my résumé.

National selection

Top 5 of 70

Incubate X Prosthetic Challenge

September 2026

Our KneeAssist team was selected among the top five teams nationwide.

Knee assistance project

Team competition

Top 50 globally

Global Case Competition at Harvard

February — March 2026

A four-member team analysing the European defence landscape.

Read the résumé

05 — Technical skills

Tools

  • SolidWorks
  • ANSYS
  • MATLAB
  • Python
  • C / C++
  • Arduino

IMU · Multimeter · Vernier caliper · Data acquisition · Prototyping · Experimental testing

06 — Journal

Mika’s Life.

Things I’ve been reading about, trying out, and still figuring out.

All my notes

Contact

Get in touch.

Have a project in mind or a question about the work? I’d like to hear from you.

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