One of the most underrated pleasures of life is the experience of driving alone. When life and work feel overwhelming, I crave the escapism and solitude offered by driving my car all by myself for ...

After a long hiatus from the hobby, I’m finally back with a new set of pictures to share! Back in March 2023, I was looking for a new hobby which wasn’t as physically demanding as climbing or bikin...

This blog post is a bit different. This one is a story about injustice which I have been dealing with for over two years. Both Hertz and First Financial Asset Management have been harassing me for...

The Pebble Cobbler is an annual gravel bike race held in Bakersfield, California. This year it was held on a cold morning on February 11. Participating in this race is right up there with the most ...

It’s funny how something as natural as the progression of time still catches me by surprise. Nowadays, I frequently catch myself thinking that it was only last year I had freshly graduated from UPe...

There are some rare events in your life which you know will be the turning point for what comes ahead. ICRA 2022 was one of those for me. ICRA, the International Conference for Robotics and Automa...

Model Predictive Control (MPC) is an incredibly powerful technique for computer aided control of a system. MPC is now used in areas such as aircraft autopilot, traction control in cars, and even HV...

I originally wrote a rough draft of this post on my flight from Philadelphia to California on 17 June 2021, but never got around to publishing it until recently. Waiting in anticipation of my fli...

The summer of 2021 was glorious and one of my first trips this summer was a very memorable visit to the Cherry Springs State Park, located in the middle of rural Pennsylvania. Situated on top of a ...

I am happy to announce that as of 905am, April 3 2021, I am part of a rapidly increasing COVID19 statistic - the number of people vaccinated from the disease! The time in top-right corner of the ...