No. 01
IEEE ISEC Paper
Published robotic arm plasma therapy research in IEEE Xplore at the International Students' Engineering Conference.
Engineer. Researcher. Paying my gratitude through solutions.
Junior at Cupertino High School designing robotic systems for biomedical use, publishing AI research, and co-founding a hardware startup. From a candy store in Arizona to a research lab in San Jose — building things that matter.
Cupertino, CA / Open to Collaborations
01 / Timeline
UPDATES
02 / Projects
SELECTED WORK
Research and engineering across robotics, AI, biomedical systems, and hardware.
Robotics / Biomedical
Robotic Plasma Therapy
Six-axis robotic arm with LiDAR and thermal imaging for automated medical cold plasma therapy. Sub-millimeter accuracy (0.027mm mean error). SJSU Research.
NLP / Machine Learning
DIG-DIS
Three novel Theory of Mind benchmark datasets. Evaluated GPT-4o Mini vs Phi-Mamba on complex ToM reasoning. NAACL 2025.
AI Hardware Startup
Nourishly
Computer vision and ML-powered hardware for nutrition accessibility and food waste reduction. Co-founder & Hardware Lead.
Bioinformatics
Genome Engineering
Advanced training in DNA sequencing workflows, genome engineering, and spectroscopy at Illumina.
Research Paper
IEEE Publication
Peer-reviewed paper on six-axis robotic arm with embedded control for safe medical plasma therapy. Published in IEEE Xplore.
Research Paper
NAACL Publication
DIG-DIS: Transformer-Based Models vs. State Space Models on Complex Theory of Mind Reasoning Tasks.
03 / Principles
WHAT I BELIEVE
GRATITUDE THROUGH SOLUTIONS
Every project starts with someone who needs help. Engineering is how I pay forward the opportunities I've been given.
PRECISION AT EVERY SCALE
Sub-millimeter accuracy in robotic arms. Statistically significant benchmarks in AI. Details compound.
BUILD END TO END
From CAD models to PyTorch training loops. From hardware prototypes to published papers. Own the full stack.
RESEARCH WITH PURPOSE
Theory of Mind for machines, plasma therapy for patients. Every experiment answers a question that matters.
04 / Writing
ESSAYS
5 min read
What Building a Robot Taught Me About Medicine
On how robotics and bioengineering aren't opposites — and what happens when you combine them to treat wounds.
Read essay→6 min read
Why Theory of Mind Is the Hardest Problem in AI
Reflections from building benchmark datasets and watching GPT-4o and Phi-Mamba struggle in very different ways.
Read essay→4 min read
The Candy Store and the Campus
My family left everything — a mall, a life — in Prescott, Arizona to move to Silicon Valley. Here's what that taught me about building things that matter.
Read essay→5 min read
Sub-Millimeter or Nothing
Why precision isn't just a technical requirement in biomedical robotics — it's a moral one.
Read essay→4 min read
What It Feels Like to Build Alone
On ambition without a peer group, first-generation pressure, and what keeps you going when no one around you is chasing the same things.
Read essay→05 / Colophon
CREDITS
Design
- Aayushya Patel
Stack
- Next.js
- Tailwind CSS
- GSAP
- Vercel
Typography
- Bebas Neue
- IBM Plex Sans
- IBM Plex Mono
Location
- Cupertino, CA
- United States
Year
- 2026
- Ongoing
© 2026 Aayushya Patel. All rights reserved.
Built with ❤︎ in Cupertino, CA.