Rate My Professor Aman Tanday

Within SSTC, Aman Tanday supervises a range of undergraduate engineering projects centered on space science and technology applications. These projects encompass high altitude atmospheric sample collection using high altitude balloons (HABs) for environmental monitoring. This involves designing a hermetically sealed system for gaseous sample collection, tested in vacuum chambers and deployed on real HAB flights, integrating mechanical, electronic, and software design elements, suitable for up to four students from engineering and sciences backgrounds. He oversees efforts to improve CubeSat single actuation deployable mechanisms by developing alternatives to burn-wire systems for greater reliability, including prototype fabrication, launch qualification via vacuum and vibration testing, and reliability assessments, targeted at 1-2 students with mechatronics or mechanical expertise. Another project under his supervision is CubeSat magnetorquer characterisation, featuring a custom testing apparatus with sensors to measure magnetic field strength, microcontroller data processing, and software visualisation, ideal for mechatronics or electrical engineering students. Tanday also guides the development of a thermal camera payload for grain size classification of Mars rocks using machine learning on existing datasets, potentially enabling live classification, suited to engineering students skilled in thermal imaging, programming, machine learning, and data processing. Additional supervisions include a line scan multispectral imaging system for Earth observation, building on the Pyromantis camera payload, and physical visualisations of real-world space mission data, such as from the Mars Perseverance rover, using mechatronic systems with sensors and actuators to communicate complex information engagingly. These initiatives highlight Tanday's role in fostering practical research skills in aerospace and mechatronic engineering.