Hi, I am Sumedh Deshpande. I enjoy logic and creativity. I have strived to work on projects that fascinate and push me harder to be a better version of myself. My peak interests are strategic planning, content writing, decision making, management and research
Projects
While pursuing my undergraduate degree I had the oppurtunity to work on multiple interesting projects, international competitions and conduct research
MavericksUAS
I was fortunate to be a part of my college's UAV club and later be the team captain who got to work with some of the best minds of my batch
Dramatics CRCE
I have always been a fan of creative writing and direction. As the dramatics head of my college from my second year I got to represent my institution in inter-college events across Mumbai
Publications
Over the course of my undergraduate course, I have tried giving back to the scientific community in various ways. Below you can find the publications that I have helped co-author
PROJECTS
Vertical Take-Off and Landing (VTOL) Unmanned Aerial Vehicle
A hybrid Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) with Vertical Take-Off and Landing (VTOL) capabilites built around a high-wing trainer model aircraft
“Hex-Wife”, a hex-rotor UAV system
An inexpensive and reliable autonomous Unmanned Aerial System (UAV) capable of performing point-to-point autonomous missions
“3D Reconstruction of Environment using RGBD Imaging”
A novel method of converting RGBD Images to 3D Maps
MAVERICKSUAS
AUVSI SUAS 2019
Represented India in an international competition wherein we secured 43rd rank out of 75 international teams in our first year of participation. The objective was to create an autonomous UAV that adheres to the competition regulations. We received the Just Joe Sportsmanship Award
Roles
Team Captain
Project Manager
Flight-line Co-ordinator
UAV Challenge by Medical Express 2018
Fabricated a 6ft wingspan Vertical take-off landing (VTOL) model capable of autonomous flight
Roles
Fabrication Head
PR and Marketing
Workshops
While pursuing our undergraduate degree, my team and I decided to encourage students in chasing projects outside the scope of the curriculum. Through our workshops we taught students the basics of programming and how to use the Arduino micro-controller. We even conducted a workshop on Introduction to Machine learning with the help of our industry subject matter expert
Roles
Organization head
Resource person
Operation Rahat 2017, IIT Bombay
The very first UAV competition that we participated in after joining the autonomy club was Operation Rahat 2017 at IIT Bombay and successfully completed the obstacle course
Roles
Systems Designer
DRAMATICS CRCE
"Wicked Games"
A regular session between a psychiatrist and patient takes a different turn once they start discussing the violent and erratic dreams of the patient. Throughout the course of the session, revelations are made which shock the patient to the very core. At the end, the doctor does something completely out of the blue, he pulls out a gun! The only question is what will he do next?
Roles
Actor
Director
Writer
"Soch, Na"
A satire play that mirrors the structure of our society through the medium of a game show. It highlights the prejudice and problems that are deep rooted into our day to day lives.
Roles
Director
Writer
“Family Matters?”
Family is where our love belongs but not all families share the same ideology. Dive into the world of chaos as greed takes its evil turn and places brother against brother. A play that begs the question, are all intentions out of the goodness of one's heart?
Roles
Director
Writer
PUBLICATIONS
Dynamic realtime indoor environment mapping for
Unmanned Autonomous Vehicle
navigation
2nd prize in IEEE International Conference on Advances in Computing, Communication & Control, 2019
Christo Aluckal, Yash Turkar, Yashom Dighe, Sumedh Deshpande, B. K. Mohan,
Yogesh Agarwadkar, Sunil Surve, Brijmohan Daga
IEEE International Conference on Advances in Computing, Communication & Control, 2019