Manini Banerjee
I’m a Design Engineer building machines that sense, learn, and adapt, often by borrowing from biology.
Currently: Master of Design Engineering @ HarvardCOMPUTATIONAL ECOLOGY:
ECOLOGY · INFRASTRUCTURE · SYSTEMS
Floating mycelium modules that restore wetlands and clean waterways, deployed in USA & India
PREDICTION · INTERFACE · DATA
A decision-support tool that predicts where ecosystem restoration will have the most impact.
BIO-COMPUTATION · DATA MATERIALIZATION
Live EEG brain signals shape the growth of algae, using light to steer how it moves.
HARDWARE & INTERFACES:
EDGE ML · HARDWARE · TEXTILES
Textiles that sense touch and run machine learning on-device.
HAPTICS · BIOSENSING · AFFECTIVE COMP. A device that turns muscle signals (EMG) into touch, so two people can feel each other’s emotions remotely.
COMPONENT · SOFT ROBOTICS · WEARABLE
Soft robotic components for wearables, modeled on biological forms.
BIOCOMPOSITES · TRANSIENT ELECTRONICS
A six-legged robot built from biodegradable composites, testing how bio-materials hold up structurally.
STRATEGIC SYSTEMS:
MOBILITY · ECOLOGY · SYSTEMS
Autonomous vehicles redesigned as urban ecological infrastructure with Hyundai Motor Group R&D.
SENSING · MATERIALS · DATA
Robotic materials that sense local air quality and capture pollutants.
COMPUTATION · SYSTEMS · BIOLOGY
Exploring living organisms as an alternative to digital control systems.
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