Sushmit Dutta

Systems Engineer | Photographer

About Me

I am pursuing a Systems Engineering degree with a concentration in Sustainability and Photography at the Olin College of Engineering in Massachusetts. I am a student worker at the Office of Inclusion & Diversity, and working with the National Science Foundation & the National Association of Engineers to start an agriculture-tech venture. I am currently working at Lunar Energy as a Systems Integration Engineering Intern.

I have previously worked at Accenture, a Fortune 500 consulting firm; ALP Technologies, a clean-tech start-up; and Ai Robotics, a self-driving start-up. I have also served two years in the Singaporean Army.

I am storyteller and communicating visually, and I find my photography skills valuable to my engineering work.

Experience

Lunar Energy

Systems Integration Engineer (Current)

  • Developed the State-of-Charge (SOC) algorithm in conjunction with the battery team using Round Trip Efficiency (RTE) testing
  • Designed and conducted tests to achieve compliance standards, and release firmware candidates for alpha systems
  • Supported solving mesh and start-up issues for units used for maximum power point tracking (MPPT)
  • Created AWS Lambda functions to gather CAN logs from remote sites
  • Generated JIRA workflow to streamline cross-team testing

ALP Technologies

Systems Engineer (1.5 year)

  • Promoted after working for 4 months as a Mechanical Engineer and 5 months as a Software Engineer
  • Piloted the lean methodology to turn company prototype into product through two week sprints
  • Led conversations to scale manufacturing by co-designing with in-house engineers and factories
  • Coordinated with accelerators for Seed A funding to build test facility and manufacture initial prototypes

Accenture

Sustainability Consulting Intern (3 months)

  • Reported on Environmental, Social, and Corporate Governance (ESG) outlooks of banks in South East Asia
  • Developed an ESG comparison metric to rank companies in their respective fields
  • Presented research at Strategic Point conference in Singapore to represent Accenture

Ai Robotics

Machine Learning Intern (6 months)

  • Designed tests for deterministic algorithm used by on-board sensors
  • Conducted failure-analysis on edge-cases for deployment in parking lots
  • Led marketing campaign (website development, promotional video) to attract investors

National University of Singapore

Battery Research Lead (1 year)

  • Piloted two-year study using redox chemistry to extend lifespan of lead-acid batteries
  • Designed experiment to compare compounds through multi-variable independent two-sample t-test
  • Conducted trials at National University of Singapore Material Science Lab
  • Prototyped with 100 pilot participants in Alibag, India with 93% success rate
  • Successfully saved $400 annually in electricity bills for participants

Skills

Critical:

Ideation, Systems Thinking, Adaptable, Collaborator, Self-Starter

Software:

Python, C++, Docker, AWS, CANape, Graphana

Others:

SolidWorks, ANSYS, Fusion360, OpenRocket, RASAero

Recent Projects

National Science Foundation Fellow

Making sense of the question “Why Sustainability?” through having conversations with people from different backgrounds

Batch-Reverse Osmosis Research

Prototyped and manufactured reverse osmosis system on MIT research team to compete in ‘More Water’ competition by NASA

Redox Battery Research

Researched with 2 PhD candidates on methods of extending the lifespan of redox lead-acid batteries used in developing countries

Smart Mirror

Designed and created smart mirror that can be controlled through voice modules and displays modules such as time, weather, calendar, and news using JavaScript, and Python

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