Hello, I am Mikul Saravanan. I'm an Egleston Scholar majoring in Computer Science and minoring in Economics at Columbia University. I love building. Check out my latest startup Rem.
About me
Buidling the next greatest thing 🙂
Passions
- Developing technology with a real-world impact, highlighted by my air cleaning robot project which is patent pending and published
- Contributing to the field of Audio Forensics through published research
- Automating and enhancing everyday life, from smartifying my home to attending hackathons
- Exploring the intersection of technology and finance
Hobbies
- Hanging out with friends
- Exploring nature and national parks
- Working out at the gym
- Working on new projects and learning
School Organizations
- CU Raaga - Events Chair
- Research @ The Accessible and Accelerated Robotics Lab (A²R Lab) - 2024-2025 .
- Columbia University Formula Racing (HV Enclosure Lead) - 2023-2025
- Columbia University Robotics Club - Combat Robotics (battlebots) - 2023-2024
- Paragon Global Investment's Quant Team
- CORE's Project Management Fellowship - 2024
- CUSP: Egleston Scholar
Current Projects
Rem - Startup
Rem is an AI-powered social dream journal that boosts mental health by helping you reflect, connect, and explore your subconscious through shared dream insights.
- Supabase
- React
- Full Stack
- AI
- Design
A²R Lab
The A²R Lab develops algorithms for dynamic motion planning and control of robots. I am the link betwen software and the robot dog hardware.
- Python
- C
- Robotics
- Motion Planning
- Algorithms
Past Projects
HV Enclosure - FSAE
I am creating and testing the High Voltate enclosure (accumulator) for our FSAE 2025 car.
- Solidworks
- FEA
- Manufacturing
- Design
Dash - Startup
Co-founded with Samay to apply technology to protect families by develoiping a distraction detection system for drivers.
- Startup
- Computer-Vision
- App Dev
- AI
Pong IRL
Team project by Aryan, Julia, Samay, and Wesley to create a real-life pong game using motors and physical conrol.
- Arduion
- Stepper
- Electronics
- C
- Engineering
Stock Trading
Analyzing stocks programmatically to pinpoint the best moments for buying and selling strategically.
- Python
- Data Analytics
- Stock Indicators
- PyTorch
- ML
BYRDS
A natural disaster response aid that helps responders find critical information and location to save lives.
- Python
- GPT4-V
- OpenAI Clips
- Figma
- Tkinter
Air Cleaning Robot v2
This is v2 of my novel autonomous robot with a complete redesign, new ROS navigation stack, and better performance.
- ROS
- CAD
- CFD
- Sesnors
- Autonomus Robot
- CV
Audio Forensics Research
Developed adversarial attack defense algorithms & ASV countermeasures using teacher/student and federated learning techniques.
- Python
- Deep Learing
- PyTorch
- Research
- ASV
Air Cleaning Robot v1
A novel multipurpose air-handling robot that purifies, humidifies, and disinfects the air evenly within a room or rooms.
- CAD
- CFD
- Electronics
- Air Quality
- Python
Credit Deals
Project website that manages all Credit Card deals from Visa (API), MasterCard (soon), and custom deals so you know which credit card to use when.
- HTML
- CSS
- PHP
- MySQL
- API
Personal Website
I created this website to showcase all my projects, big and small, and learn web dev!
- React
- Next.js
- Tailwind
- TypeScript
6-Axis Robot Arm
Designed, constructed, and programmed a low-cost and lightweight robot arm with novel dynamic soft gripper.
VEX Robotics - 39K
VEX Robotics team 39K Rest in Pieces. Led the team to be one of the top perorming teams in the world for 4+ years, working on all aspects of the robot.
- VEX
- Robotics
- CAD
- C++
- PID
My Skills
- Python
- Java
- C++
- C
- PyTorch
- Machine Learning
- React
- Next.js
- Git
- ROS
- HTML
- PHP
- CAD
- Simulation
- Figma
- Robotics
- Algorithms
- Electronics
- Microsoft Office
- Data Analysis
- Presentation
- Passionate
- Problem Solver
- Adaptive
- Collaborative
My experience
Prompt Engineering Intern - Rilla
New York, NY
Generate accurate prompts for sales/ marketing rep tracker systems that align with client use cases.
2024 - presentDigitization Intern - Magna International
Troy, MI
Implementing text-to-speech and speech-to-text algorithms using AWS and integrating them with Gen AI via AWS and Claude.
2024 - 2024 | 3 monthsResearcher @ The Accessible and Accelerated Robotics Lab (A²R Lab)
Barnard Collge, Columbia University
Developing and implementing open-source algorithms for dynamic motion planning and control. Now taking these algorithms and implementing them on the robot dog & robot arm hardware.
2024 - presentColumbia University
New York, NY
Clubs: CU Formula Racing, CU Robotics Club - Battlebots, Columbia Space Initiative, Paragon Global Investments (Quant Division)
2023 - presentCranbrook HUB
Bloomfield Hills, MI
Instructed Horizons-Upward Bound students in foundational robotics by guiding hands-on VEX robot construction and programming for individual teams.
2023 | 3 monthsRockbridge Growth Equity
Detroit, MI
Interned at private equity firm, learning about and working on fundemental analysis of potential investments. Attended board meetings, and created company summaries.
2023 | 1 monthIntrepid Control Systems
Troy, MI
Drasically reduced hardware device startup time by improving GPS startup. Revamped low-level C code to store and access critical data.
2022 | 3 monthsIntrepid Control Systems
Troy, MI
Expedited the PCB file generation process by creating a CI/CD pipeline in GitLab. Also included PCB validation, assembly, build, and BOM file generation.
2021 | 3 monthsStudent Researcher @ Oakland University
Rochester Hills, MI
Developed adversarial attack defense algorithms & ASV countermeasures using teacher/student and federated learning techniques. Published a comparative analysis of ASV methods.
2020 - 2022Contact Me
Please contact me directly at mikulventure@gmail.com or though this form.