I am a multidisciplinary engineer and applied researcher with experience in design, automation, and computer vision, supported by a solid background in mechanical and mechatronics engineering. Recognized globally through fully funded PhD offers and merit-based Master’s scholarships from leading Russell Group and R1 universities in the UK, USA, France, and Germany, my focus is on developing intelligent, scalable systems that address real-world challenges in space, defense, energy, robotics, and human-machine collaboration. Driven by hands-on expertise, I have secured full-time roles as team lead and managerial level across defense / space, telecommunications and industrial automation (logistics / warehousing / agriculture) domains in India, as well as sponsored job offers from Germany in robotics and automation.
EXPERTISE:
Research:
- Materials & Manufacturing
- Design and Automation
- Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
- Field Robotics
- Computer Vision
Engineering:
- Design (Plastics / Sheet metals / Solid modeling / Process Automation / Robotics / Machine Design / Mechanisms)
- Manufacturing (Additive & Subtractive, Metal Joining & Forming, Casting and Surface Finishing)
- Prototyping
EXPERIENCE:
Freelancer
Jul/2024 - Present.
PRODUCTS:
Founder & Director, Hecpaa AIM (OPC) Private Limited
Jul/2024 - Present.
Mechanical Engineer II (R&D), JMA WIRELESS, INDIA
Aug/2022 - Jun/2024.
Customers - DISH, VERIZON, VODAFONE
Designed base station antennas, Lens antennas, Luneburg antennas, jigs and fixtures.
PRODUCTS @ JMA:
MX08FRO665-00 (Lead, R&D).
Project Consultant (Robotics & Automation), VIT Vellore, INDIA
Oct/2021 - Jun/2022.
PRODUCTS:
Design and Production Engineer (Process Automation), Sickle Innovations Pvt Ltd
Aug/2021 - Sept/2021
Research and Development Intern, RCI, DRDO, INDIA
Oct/2020 - May/2021
Graduate Technical Intern, KTPS, INDIA.
May/2017 - June/2017
CADET, National Cadet Corps (A),, INDIA
June / 2009 - June / 2011
EDUCATION:
Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore
Master of Technology, Mechatronics Engineering
Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Hyderabad
Bachelor of Technology, Mechanical Engineering
RESEARCH PROSPECTS:
PhD Admits (2022-2025):
- University of Arizona, PhD, Aerospace Engineering, 2022 & 2023.
- Arizona State University, PhD, Robotics and Autonomous Systems, 2024 & 2025.
- University of Birmingham, PhD, Metallurgy and Material Sciences, 2024 & 2025. (Fellowship funded by UKAEA & TOKAMAK energy).
Research Proposals
- Metaverse module for interplanetary communication and astronaut training (PhD, UofA, 2022 & 2023 USA)
- Modular robotic structures for lunar exploration (PhD, UofA, 2022 / 2023, USA).
- Soft materials and robotic structures (shape memory alloys) for wing tilting mechanism of unmanned aerial vehicles (Masters, VIT, 2021 / PhD, ASU, 2024, USA).
- Haptic communication for planetary exploration and feedback (PhD, UofA, 2022 / ASU, 2024 USA),
- Collision interactive capsule ejecting vehicle for automobiles (Masters, VIT, 2019 INDIA)
- Development of a disease identification system and health monitoring system for plants using image processing techniques, (Masters, DST, VIT, 2020 INDIA)
VOLUNTEERING:
Reviewer (Invited), Science Publications (Feb/2025 - Mar/2025)
- Reviewed research papers on 'Robotics, Computer Vision & ML' at the 'Journal of Mechatronics and Robotics'.
Ideathon, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA, (March/2020 - Aug/2020).
- Proposed design solutions for 'Hybrid energy generating system using HHO & Solar Power' at 'Energizing rural Africa during COVID-19 Ideathon'.
- Proposed design concepts for 'Identifying the Immune using smart watch' at 'LATIN AMERICA VS COVID-19 Ideathon'.
- Proposed design concepts for 'Optimal resource allocation using IOT in hospitals' at 'Beat the Pandemic Ideathon'.
MIT COVID CHALLENGES:
PATENTS:
- Reconfigurable flat dielectric stack lens for azimuth beam width tuning, JMA Wireless, 2023, USA.
- Integration of UV-C disinfection system for both Inspiratory and Expiratory air cycles of a turbine based mechanical ventilator, VIT Vellore, 2021, INDIA.
RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS & PRESENTATIONS:
Advantages of Taguchi method compared to response surface methodology for achieving the best sur...
Cite as:
Uday Kiran Kandala, Ananta Venkata and Solomon, Darius Gnanaraj and Arulraj, Joseph Jeyapaul (2022) Advantages of taguchi method compared to response surface methodology for achieving the best surface finish in wire electrical discharge machining (WEDM) / Ananta Venkata Uday Kiran Kandala, Darius Gnanaraj Solomon and Joseph Jeyapaul Arulraj. Journal of Mechanical Engineering (JMechE), 19 (1): 15. pp. 185-200. ISSN (eISSN): 2550-164X
Significance of Taguchi Design compared to Response Surface Methodology in predicting optimal ma...
Cite as:
K A V Uday Kiran et al 2021 IOP Conf. Ser.: Mater. Sci. Eng. 1128 012019
A mini review on Magnetic Lead Screw Technologies
Cite as:
Uday Kiran K A V and Darius Gnanaraj Solomon*. A mini review on Magnetic Lead Screw Technologies. Adv in Rob & Mech Engin 3(1)- 2021. ARME.MS.ID.000154. DOI: 10.32474/ARME.2021.03.000154.
Analysis of forces generated in human body segments for real time space flight
Cite as:
K A V Uday Kiran and D R S Raghuraman 2021 IOP Conf. Ser.: Mater. Sci. Eng. 1128 012047
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS:
Surface Defects Identification in Leather Material using Image Processing Techniques
Presented at ICSET-19, VIT VELLORE. Received 'Best Paper Award'.
Shape Memory Alloy based Wing Actuation Mechanism for Flapping Wing Micro Aerial Vehicles
Presented at ICSET-20, VIT VELLORE.
Significance of Taguchi Design compared to Response Surface Methodology in predicting optimal ma...
Presented at ICONACES - 20.
ACHIEVEMENTS & AWARDS:
Secured a fully funded PhD position in Materials Science with a focus on Nuclear Fusion at the University of Birmingham and Tokamak Energy (UK), under the UKAEA Fusion Skills Voucher Program, in collaboration with leading research organizations such as, IJC LAB, CNRS, University of Paris-Saclay (France), Forschungszentrum Jülich and Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (Germany), and Oak Ridge National Laboratory, University of Michigan, and University of Tennessee (USA). (2024–2025 cohort)
Received 'Cash Award' for a patent on 'CBRS Lens antenna' at 'JMA Wireless', 2025.
Recipient of 'Vice Chancellor's International Scholarship' for MSc in Data Science and AI, at the New Castle University (2x).
Recipient of 'Global Talent Scholarship' for MSc in 'Machine Learning' at the 'Queen Mary University of London'.
Recipient of 'Leeds Business School Scholarship' for MSc in Business Statistics & SCM at the University of Colorado Boulder (2x).
Recipient of 'INDIA MERIT AWARD' & 'World Changers Glasgow' Scholarships' for MSc in Robotics and AI at the University of Glasgow (2x).
Recipient of 'Global Scholarship' for MSc in Advanced Mechanical Engineering at the University of Aberdeen.
Recognized as 'Special Achiever' & 'Achiever' by the Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore for representing the University at various international & national technical events.
'Second Runner Up' at 'International Design Hackathon' conducted by University of Queensland & VIT Vellore.
Finalist in 'Hack The Crisis' hackathon, 7 out of 120 plus teams and 5600 plus members, conducted by MHRD INDIA & AICTE.
Received 'Best Paper Award' for a research work on 'Leather Defect Detection using Image Processing', at ICSET - 19, VIT Vellore.
Certificate of Merit in 'National Interactive Math Olympiad', 2009 & 2010
PROJECTS:
- Disease Identification in OKRA plant using Convolutional Neural Networks, associated with VIT, Vellore, 2021.
- Speech Recognition for Automated Machining operation using IOT, associated with VIT, Vellore, 2021.
- Fuzzy logic based Color Grading and Classification of Leather Samples using Image Processing Techniques, associated with VIT, Vellore, 2020.
- Drowsiness Detection in Automobiles using Image Processing Techniques and Perceptron Neural Networks, associated with VIT, Vellore, 2020.
- Home Automation using Hand Gesture Recognition and Image Processing Techniques, associated with VIT, Vellore, 2020.
- Development of Automated Conveyor with Integrated Vision system for Grading and Sorting of Vegetables - Working Model, associated with VIT, Vellore, 2020.
- Design and Development of Low Cost Turbine Based Ventilator - Working Model, associated with VIT, Vellore, 2020.
- Position Control of Two Link Robotic Arm with Hand Gesture Recognition using MATLAB, associated with VIT, Vellore, 2020.
- Shape Memory Alloy based Wing actuation mechanism for Flapping wing Micro Aerial Vehicles, associated with VIT, Vellore, 2020.
- Surface Defect Identification of Leather Samples using Image Processing Techniques, associated with VIT, Vellore, 2019.
- Design and Fabrication of Mobile Ball Transfer table with Integrated Lead Screw Mechanism for transferring heavy machinery objects, associated with SBIT, Khammam, 2018.
SKILLS & TOOLS:
CAD:
AutoCAD, Solid Works, Fusion 360, Inventor, CATIA, Creo, NX, Solid Edge, Altium, Draft Sight
SIMULATION:
Ansys (Structural / Thermal / Modal / Harmonic / Dynamics / CFD), Hypermesh, Abaqus, LS- DYNA, COMSOL
CODING & DEVELOPMENT:
Languages & Web Dev - C/C++, Python, HTML, CSS, JS, SQL, MATLAB / SIMULINK, LabVIEW, PLC (Ladder Logic -Siemens)
Data Science / ML / DL (Python Lib) - Open CV (Image & Video Processing), Supervised, Unsupervised & Reinforced Learning, ANN (Single and Multi Layer Perceptron Network), CNN (RES NET, VGG 16, INCEPTION NET), NumPy, SciPy, Scikit Learn, Matplotlib, Pandas, Tensor Flow, Keras, PyTorch.
Design & Prototyping - FIGMA, Adobe XD, Canva
Visualization - Tableau, Power BI
ERP / PLM / PMS:
SAP, Salesforce Propel, Windchill, Trello, Miro.
MEDIA & ANIMATION:
Photoshop, Illustrator, Filmora, Premier Pro, Adobe Animate, Audition, Lightroom, Blender.
Uday Kiran Kandala
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