👋🏽 hi, i'm ritik!

I am a third-year PhD student at Cornell Tech in NYC, advised by Thijs Roumen and Steve Jackson. Before this, I was a software engineer at Stripe working on the one-click checkout experience. In 2022, I graduated from Berkeley with a BS in EECS and minors in political economy and data science.

Contemporary manufacturing processes are environmentally unsustainable, with over 50% of the raw materials wasted due to the resource-intensive pre-processing of materials prior to the actual manufacturing process. In many of these industrial contexts, Computer-Aided Design (CAD) tools play a central role in these processes as they enable precise modeling and automation. However, these design workflows lack early acknowledgement of the irregularities and adaptability required when working with natural materials. In my research, I aim to develop methodologies to bridge the gap between natural materials and computational tools by studying fabrication with a crafting lens rather than an industrial one.

Feel free to reach out at [first_name]@infosci.cornell.edu!