Bioengineering · Machine Learning · Systems Design

Suhani
Sengupta

Bioengineering pre-med student at Pitt's Honors College with a passion for chemistry and engineering, working toward better treatments through science and medicine.

About me

Engineer.
Researcher.
Builder.

I'm Suhani, a bioengineering pre-med student at Pitt's Honors College. I'm really into chemistry and bioengineering, and I want to combine both with medicine to develop better treatments and improve the way we care for patients.

I've interned at Rutgers WINLAB, Columbia, Bloomberg, and NJIT, and I'm currently doing cancer research at the Zervantonakis Lab at UPMC Hillman Cancer Center.

University of Pittsburgh Honors College Bioengineering National Merit Scholar Pre-Health Catalyst

Skills

What I work with

Projects

Selected work

Pitt Engineering Design Challenges

01

Thera-Comp — Compression Therapy Device

We built a compression sleeve out of a beach ball and heat-sealed plastic to replicate clinical compression therapy without any electronics or expensive parts.

Medical DeviceLow-ResourceGlobal HealthPitt ENGR

02

Robotic Rube Goldberg Machine

A Rube Goldberg machine that starts with a Newton's cradle and ends with a bowl of cereal and milk. I did the Arduino programming, sensor calibration, and motor control.

ArduinoFSR SensorMotor ControlPitt ENGR

03

Scaling Flavors — Production Planning Tool

We scaled a stir fry recipe from 4 servings to 1,000 guests using Excel. I made the Gantt chart and production schedule pages.

ExcelGantt ChartProduction PlanningPitt ENGR

04

Timber Chair Design Challenge

We built a wooden chair that held 140 lbs. I used tongue and groove for the back legs and a half lap joint for the underside cross-support.

WoodworkingStructural DesignJoineryPitt ENGR

05

Foam Core Hexagonal Enclosure

Built a hexagonal dish with a lid out of foam core.

Foam CoreFabricationPitt ENGR

06

Health Literacy Brochures — Service Project

Made 120 health brochures on mono, the cold, and the flu for Pitt students. Originally planned to put them in clinical settings but switched to the Honors College after talking to the Vaccination Hub.

Public HealthHuman-Centered DesignCanvaPitt ENGR

Other Projects

07

SHIELD Smart Helmet

A smart helmet that detects impacts and measures how close cars are from behind. It sends data over Bluetooth to an Android app that automatically calls for help if the force is too high.

ArduinoKotlinBluetooth BLELiDAR

08

Autonomous Vehicle Systems — RASCAL & SCAMP

Built neural networks for self-driving cars and two autonomous robot platforms at Rutgers WINLAB. Presented the work at 7 poster sessions at MIT and Rutgers.

ROSPyTorchCNNRobotics

09

Signify — ASL Translation App

An app that translates ASL into English letters in real time. We made it after talking to Deaf individuals about the communication barriers they deal with every day.

YOLOv8RoboflowAccessibilityReact Native

10

Pose Estimation & Surgical VR — Unity

Built a neural network in Unity that tracks 33 body keypoints and overlays a skeleton in real time, designed for surgical training and medical visualization.

UnityC#BlazePoseMedical VR

11

Prospera — Women's Finance AI App

Built an AI app during my Bloomberg internship that reads from 460 financial documents and gives personalized advice to help women manage their money.

AI/NLPPythonFinTechBloomberg

Experience

Where I've worked

Contact

Let's connect

I'm always open to research collaborations, internship opportunities, and conversations about engineering and healthcare. Say hello.