Utkarsh Verma
Student
IIITDM Kancheepuram
Biography
My fascination with technology has propelled me onto various projects spanning hardware and software developments. I came up with a variety of systems of everyday utility, gathering a diverse skill-set to help me approach problems from a unique viewpoint. I am at my best when I get my hands dirty building something. I look forward to new challenges and devising innovative solutions.
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Interests
- Embedded Systems
- Internet of Things
- Static Websites
- Software Development
- Linux
- Robotics
Education
B.Tech in Electronics and Communications Engineering, 2019 - Present
Indian Institute of Information Technology, Design and Manufacuring, Kancheepuram
Skills
Electronics
PCB Design, Arduino, IoT, Prototyping
Linux
Software Development, Continuous Integration
Programming
Go, Java, BASH, Python, C, NodeJS
Web Development
HTML, CSS, JS, Hugo, SCSS
Writing
Markdown, LaTeX
Experience
Junior Embedded Systems Engineer
Dec, 2020 - Mar, 2021
Worked on a hands-free input device. Designed the schematics for the prototype and did the R&D for the next stage of the work.
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Team Leader
TARC
Jan, 2020 - Mar, 2020
Co-founded and led a team of 6 undergraduates as the electronics lead. Designed two non-humanoid robots with the team which scored 98/100 points in stage 1 of the national level in ABU Robocon.
Student
Nov, 2017 - Jan, 2018
Got introduced to the concept of FOSS and contributed to various open-source projects under OpenWISP. Became familiar with software development. Finished in the Top 10 participants under OpenWISP.
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Accomplishments
Micromouse Competition
IIT Madras · Jan, 2020
Finished as a finalist in Micromouse competition in Shaastra 2020, conducted by IIT Madras.
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Featured articles
Instructables · Jan, 2018
Articles on PCB making and prototyping tools featured on the website.
Projects
8-bit Computer
Mar, 2021
Ben Eater’s simple as possible (SAP) 8-bit computer.
Skills
Arduino, Prototyping
Dec, 2020
A static website for the Darmiyaan podcast. It’s highly performant and prioritizes accessibility and SEO.
Skills
HTML, SCSS, JS, Hugo, Continuous Integration, NodeJS
May, 2020
A static blog fully optimized for performance and search engines. Also employs its own dedicated commenting system using Staticman.
Skills
HTML, SCSS, JS, Hugo, Continuous Integration, NodeJS, Markdown, LaTeX
Apr, 2020
A command-line tool, written in Go, for fetching data from Gmail servers using Gmail API.
Skills
Go, Software Development, Continuous Integration
Mar, 2018
A robot built up from scratch which has PIC16F84A as the brain, coded in Basic C.
Skills
PCB Design, C
Feb, 2018
An app for Mongoose OS which periodically sends ESP32’s temperature readings to Losant’s servers for plotting a graph.
Skills
IoT, JS
Dec, 2017
An easy-to-make, mini-sized, DIY development board for ESP32 SoC. It is an open source project available on GitHub.
Skills
PCB Design, IoT, Prototyping
Aug, 2017
A DIY bluetooth audio adapter for making wired headsets or speakers wireless. It also provides a wireless microphone.
Skills
PCB Design, Prototyping
Jul, 2017
A mini audio adapter which makes any wired earphone compatible with your devices.
Skills
Prototyping
Mar, 2021
A lightweight, modular and suckless status bar for dwm written in C.
Skills
C, Software Development, BASH
Mar, 2021
Hugo module for implementing a hassle-free SVG icon system in Hugo.
Skills
HTML, Hugo
Dec, 2019
A dark theme to port Ubuntu’s Yaru Dark theme to Firefox which is written in CSS.
Skills
CSS
Feb, 2019
A dark theme for Ecosia, the green search engine. It is an open source project written in CSS. Check it out on GitHub.
Skills
CSS
Apr, 2018
An open source theme for Hugo, the static website generator. It is written in HTML, CSS and using Go templates.
Skills
HTML, CSS, JS, Hugo, Continuous Integration
