Mayank Shandilya
Passionate about autonomous systems, robotics, and innovative technology solutions. Currently pursuing accelerated Bachelor's in Mechanical Engineering at NTU Singapore with a focus on cutting-edge research and development.
Experience
Team Lead
Leading a 40-member team across 6 sub-teams to create a fully autonomous sea and air vehicle for ROBOTX 2026. Previously worked on communication systems achieving <10ms latency over 50 meters.
Digital, Cloud and Data Intern
During my internship at PwC's Digital, Cloud & Data team, I worked with leading Life Insurance clients to build ETL pipelines using PySpark and SQL in Databricks, enhancing their data processing capabilities. I conducted strategic market research and helped develop presentations on Medallion Architecture and Data Mesh implementations to support data modernization efforts. In addition, I contributed to dashboarding and data visualization using Power BI and helped streamline internal documentation processes on Confluence. These experiences gave me hands-on exposure to enterprise data platforms and sharpened my understanding of digital transformation in the insurance sector.
Project Manager
Led the development of an elastic-based glider launcher for the Glider Building workshop. Organized multiple Aerospace Society events and worked with the Publicity department on making posts and stories for events and merchandise.
Undergraduate Researcher
Designing, simulating and developing a humanoid robot with flying capabilities capable of seamless flight to biped transition.
Education
Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering - Robotics and Mechatronics
Featured Projects
Flying Humanoid Robot
Novel autonomous system combining a smart bipedal humanoid robot trained with reinforcement learning, capable of LLM-based conversations, integrated with a hexacopter platform for public safety applications.
Mimic - Smart Gesture Control
ESP32-based smart glove using flex sensors and IMU to control PC like a mouse through hand gestures, enabling intuitive, hands-free interaction for accessibility applications.
Workwave Industrial Safety
Industrial auditory protection system leveraging UWB trilateration and IMUs, achieving sub-1m accuracy and 20ms latency for real-time warnings in noisy environments.
Exoplanet Habitability Predictor
Processed 1000+ planetary datasets achieving 0.8 explained variance in habitability classification using K-means clustering, decision trees, and polynomial regression.
SkillSwap Platform
Built a unique barter system website for skills and courses in the education industry using React.js and Vite.js frameworks with Supabase backend. Presented at HackAndRoll2024.
Automated Medical Dispensary
Designed mechatronics and Arduino-based dosage monitoring and delivery system for dementia patients with sensor-based validation system programmed in C++.