Rushil Balakumar

Background

About Rushil Balakumar

As a senior at Manhattan College, I've honed my communication and leadership skills, culminating in a role as an Electrical Engineering. I've designed and calibrated essential electrical systems, including a boost converter circuit board and LED status boards, showcasing my adeptness in microcontroller applications and team collaboration.I was the team leader for a senior design project from September 2023 to May 2024, I led a group of five in developing a computer vision-based mobility aid for the visually impaired. Our project utilized object detection/classification and stereoscopic vision techniques, achieving 88% accuracy with Mask R-CNN and 95% accuracy with stereovision for obstacle detection. I organized meetings, delegated tasks, and oversaw the overall design process. Additionally, I designed a wireless receiver circuit board to deliver haptic feedback via vibration pulses and coded the system to control vibration pulse frequency based on proximity to obstacles.