Sanjiv Parthasarathy

About Me

I'm from Allentown, PA but I have also lived in New York and California. I am an incoming sophomore at the University of Michigan, majoring in computer science. My first research experience began as a sophomore in high school. I partnered with a professor at Lehigh University where we researched the use of computational methods to identify usable LOHCs, molecules that can enable the safe and cost effective transportation of hydrogen. Additionally, I participated in the Engineering Club in 10th grade, where I worked with a team to build and program a robot to perform certain tasks and compete with other schools. Here, I developed my interest in robotics, which I am currently pursuing through my project at Argonne. Outside of academics, I also like to watch/play sports, visit new places, and listen to music.

Internship Accomplishments

The Self Driving Lab Project's goal is to create a fully autonomous lab. This involves enabling several robots to receive commands from a computer remotely. I began work on the Sealer, a robot that places seals on microplates. I built a program to send each of the possible commands to the sealer. Then, I created a similar program for the peeler, a robot that removes seals from microplates. This program also included the ability to interpret errors and other feedback from the peeler. I then created the ROS infrastructure for the peeler and sealer with another student. This involved programming a ROS node for the peeler, a node for a camera, and a master node, along with services and topics for them to communicate with each other. I am currently working on the Plate Stacker, a robot that stores and organizes microplates, creating a program to send commands to the robot. Additionally, I also was involved in the Impactful Weather Project where I worked on cookbooks to learn how to downscale weather notebooks. I then conducted research on possible ML Algorithms that could be used for downscaling.