Aathavan Senthilkumar
About Aathavan Senthilkumar
👋🏾I am a third-year mechanical engineering student at UC Berkeley passionate about: 💡Space, Electric Mobility, VC, Renewable Energy, Climate Tech, Art, and More! 🚀Space is the final frontier and I firmly believe humanity has a future in the stars. My passion for space as led to my role as Mechanical Design Engineer at Firefly Space working on Launch Vehicles and as a Design Engineer the UC Berkeley Space Technology and Rocketry (STAR) team working on a Liquid Engine Rocket. ⚡️Formula 1 and Formula E sparked my ardor for automotive design, sustainability, and electric vehicles. Currently, I am working as a Design Engineer on the Berkeley Solar Vehicle team and our flagship race vehicle, Excalibur. 📊The world of Venture Capital is incredibly exciting, fostering entrepreneurship and innovation. Interested in deep tech, I joined Berkeley Venture Capital (BVC) as a VC Fellow and Fireside Fellows as part of their inaugural Fellow Class (SP23). 🎨I am also an avid reader with a deep-running passion for the arts. I enjoy acrylic painting, inking, and playing the piano! With a soft spot for sci-fi, creativity in the world of art and technology astounds me. You can always catch me reading comics or ready to talk about the latest Christopher Nolan film! 💫If you're just as passionate about design, technology, and entrepreneurship, feel free to reach out at aathavansk@berkeley.edu! 🖥️b.link/aathavanportfolio ⚙️Solidworks, Fusion360, OnShape, NX, Rapid Prototyping, Fused Deposition Modeling (FDM) Printing, SLA Printing, Finite Element Analysis (FEA), Manual Milling & Lathe, Industrial Design, Design for Manufacturing (DFM), GD&T, LCA, Arduino, Soldering, Circuits, Java, C++ (Arduino), Python, Matlab