Design + AI. Aiming to craft valuable experiences and tools that communicate the perspectives of others.

mansidak@berkeley.edu

Frost

A MOOD-INDUCING WRITING PROGRAM

Blancus

ACCELERATING SYSTEMS TRADE STUDIES LEVERAGING AI

Clyde

AVOIDING UNATTENDED LAPTOP THEFT

Work

Reason Robotics

Dallas, TX

Utilizing computer vision and LLMs to develop the core architecture for off-the-shelf robotic arms to make them autonomous. Developed in-house models for end-of-arm-tooling and integrated with custom APIs for robotic arms reducing cost from $5000 to less than $500 per tool. Designing the control interface for Web (React).

Raytheon Technologies

Phoenix, AZ

Developed internal tools for projects for clients like Airbus. Projects included automating mechanical testing (Instron), streamlining and reducing workflow times, and simulation tools that reduced the inflation time of evacuation systems of A320 making them compliant with FAA’s c70 safety regulations.

Doryland Wind Tunnel

Phoenix, AZ

Implemented a Python-based parametric modeling process to streamline CAD model updates in CATIA using data from the supersonic (M 3.5) wind tunnel tests, without clashing with existing constraints. Saved 30 minutes every CAD render (3x/week = 1.5 hrs/week) for Dr. Wallace Morris’ NASA Space Grant research.

Capture.so

New York, NY

Shipped and designed a new onboarding flow, resulting in a 15% increase in conversions and reduced drop-off rates. Amplified top-of-the-funnel sign-ups by 80%, providing the design team with enough data for A/B testing. Conducted market research, analyzing metrics via June, Amplitude, and Analytics. Performed weekly user interviews and 1:1 onboarding.

Eagle Writing & Design Lab

Prescott, AZ

Researched and delivered user-centered solutions for a first-of-its-kind writing & design lab tailored toward aviation professionals. Conducted 25+ user interviews/month, extracting key persona details around design lab users, enabling feature prioritization. Developed 50+ workflow wire-frames in Figma to prioritize the design of the internal portal scheduling process

UC Berkeley Co-design lab

Berkeley, CA

Conducted research under Dr. Kosa Lambert in designing secure, responsive cyber-physical environments. Developed LLM-based tools to analyze and normalize hardware-software interactions in intelligent environments, such as maker spaces and grocery stores. The program optimizes safety as the objective function by suggesting ideal configurations for a chosen abstraction level, focusing on mitigating physical harm

Scotland
June 2023, London UK
April 2023, Prescott AZ

Rodin Reserves

Following the sculptor Rodin's death, many plaster casts and unfinished pieces were found in his studio’s drawers, each a testament to his artistic journey and a reservoir of untapped potential. In the same vein, my 'Rodin Reserve' is a collection of ideas and projects I’ve developed, rich with possibilities, poised for eventual completion.

  • On the flight back home after Thanksgiving, I was reading something on my Mac but didn't have enough space to move my hand to scroll on the trackpad. I figured, why not leverage the gyroscopes in the AirPods I was wearing at the time to scroll on the Mac? It turns out macOS doesn't have CoreMotion, so I created an iPad simulator and streamed quaternions over a local server. Possibilities could include scrolling through a recipe on an iPad while cooking, clay artists doing something similar, and perhaps even gaming.

  • Was inspired to create a program that would let me just focus on one application while giving me the ability to access other windows when necessary. A better alternative to stage manager due to accessibility reasons. The user increases/decreases blur by simply pressing cmd + brightness up/down key.

  • GenAI X Frost. Please refer to the Frost write-up for reference.