Tripathi Lab
Brown University
Based on my design and rendering work in the UTI capstone project, Dr. Anubhav Tripathi employed me at the Brown University Biotech Lab.
From May to July 2026, I assisted with select projects highlighted below, specializing in CAD rendering, animation, and design concepts. This was a real lab environment, allowing me to work with engineers and experience industry workflows.
Compact Automated Centrifuge
Revvity
This benchtop swing-bucket centrifuge was built for liquid-handling automation decks—2 mL tubes, on roughly a two-plate footprint. As part of a larger pipetting benchtop, the engineering team produced this complex CAD model of the centrifuge, which I textured and animated in KeyShot for Revvity’s investor team.
I highlighted the prototype’s key novel features:
6,000 RCF in a two-96-well-plate footprint
Closed-loop brushless control (G431 ESC + Arduino supervisor)
Lid interlocks (red), overspeed & fault safety break, USB operator console
I then drafted a future design element: a silicon sleeve that wraps around the device, following the intuitive hand placement when holding the centrifuge. The other devices within the larger benchtop will also receive color-coded sleeves, creating a seamless, ergonomic workstation.
Project “Pippa” Automated Pipetting
Quanterix
The second project I worked on was “Pippa,” the largest lab bench pipetting device for Quanterix. I texturized over 500 internal components, down to each individual aluminum screw or polyethylene pipette. These are key features I was tasked to highlight:
2 specialized pipette nozzles
Left: Smaller, micro-pipette
Right: Larger mixing tip