Nishkal Kashyap Hi, I'm Nishkal kashyap
And I am
a highly driven individual
a mechanical engineer
a full-stack developer
doing multi-desciplinary engineering
all round smarty pants
building things
23 years old
Here's what I'm all about
I'm a Mechanical Engineer and a self taught full-stack developer, building things, developing new technologies, blogging, promoting sustainability, and heralding entrepreneurship.
Most recently, I've been involved with desktop application development using the Electron framework, Angular, React.js and Node.js to build my first commercial project - QuarkJS.io (see below)
I am particularly fascinated with multi-disciplinary engineering.
To this end, I have undertaken a plethora of projects spanning a wide variety of disciplines including full-stack development, software engineering, combustion powertrain engineering, mechanics and electronics.
Furthermore, I have also been a part of several inter-disciplinary student teams at university, particularly the Formula Student initiative at Delhi Technological University.
Skills
| Programming Languages | JavaScript, TypeScript |
| Frontend technologies | Electron.js, Angular 2+, Vue.js, React.js, Babel, Webpack, SCSS/CSS, HTML |
| Backend technologies | Node.js, Express.js, Cloud Functions, App Engine, heroku |
| Databases | Firebase Database, Firebase Firestore |
| DevOps | Travis CI and Appveyor CI |
| Electronics & MCU's | Arduino based boards, Node MCU, ESP, Nextion HMI display, OBD-2 (ELM-327) |
| Core Engineering | Solidworks, IC Engines, Automobile electronics, Manufacturing processes |
Quark
My first entrepreneurial undertaking - Quark, is
a full fledged application development and distribution platform for Windows, Mac and Linux based operating systems.
Since it's public announcement in August 2019,
the project website has been viewed over 125,000 times and the Quark software itself has been downloaded by over 10,000 developers around the world.
Also, this project is a beneficiary of the Google Cloud Startup Program!
Quark development environment
Quark development environment is a cross-platform, integrated development environment powered by the same code editor as of Microsoft's Visual Studio Code (VSCode),
specifically designed to build Quark apps.
The IDE boasts of features like an integrated terminal,
multiple theme support, more than 150 different editor settings, an inbuilt package manager,
and a fully-configurable build system (webpack).
Quark App store
Currently under active development. Quark appstore
is a full-fledged application distribution platform.
Once completed, users will be able to create, share, download and monetize applications on Quark app store.
The aim of the app store is to help open-source developers to build and monetize their creations.
This project was recently open-sourced on GitHub.
Documentation, DevOps, E2E testing and Status page
Quark follows all the best practices of software development,
has a neat documentation
coupled with continuous integration and end-to-end tests on
Travis CI.
The software also boasts of novel features like 'automatic-updates' with multiple release channels namely 'stable', 'insiders' and 'nightly' release.
Also, in case of service disruption, Quark has a status page that users can subscribe to via email, and get notified on the issue.
DR17
Chief engineer and Deputy Team Leader at Team Definaz Racing. Under my leadership, the team secured its best-ever overall position at Formula Student UK and finished Second Overall at Formula Student Bharat (teams best result till date).
Formula Student India, January 2018
Participated in the Formula Student Bharat competition and led the team to an overall Second position.
Responsible for the design and development of the combustion powertrain, systems integration and electronics of the vehicle.
Formula Student UK, July 2017
Participated in the Formula Student UK competition held at the Silverstone Formula 1 track, near London.
Secured the best ever overall position by the team.
During the time, I was responsible for the design of the engine and its sub-systems (fuel tank, exhaust manifold, intake manifold, radiator design) and electronics of the vehicle.
Electronic steering wheel
Developed this carbon fiber reinforced, touch controlled, electronic steering wheel.
Built with Arduino and Nextion HMI display, the steering wheel served as the central command center for all the vehicle electronics that includes the
pneumatic gear shifter, data acquisition system/data logger, drag reduction system and the variable geometry intake manifold.
Data acquisition system
Built with Arduino and Processing, this data acquisition system handles more that 20 different sensors.
The data is sent in real time via a radio transmitter mounted on the car and received on the client side via a receiver connected to a laptop.
Finance Management App
Built a finance management app for the team. The app was built using Ionic 3, Angular 4 at the frontend and Firebase Firestore at the backend.
The app was used in production from August 2017- July 2018.
Variable geometry intake manifold
This project won the second best innovation award in the Formula Student UK competition.
I've also published a research paper on the same.
Built on top of a banned Formula 1 technology (variable resonance induction system),
this system massively improved the overall vehicle performance, mainly power of the engine at the top end
and throttle response of the engine on the bottom end of the RPM range.
Dynamometer
The aim of this project was to acquire, analyse and apply the output characteristics of the engine in further optimizations and calculations like engine performance, intake-exhaust simulations, fuel consumption calculations, etc
Learn moreDR16
Worked as a junior engineer in the powertrain department at
Team Definaz Racing.
- Participated in Formula Student UK competition in July of 2016 at Silverstone Formula 1 circuit
- Participated in Formula Student India competition in January of 2016 at Buddha International circuit
- Developed several subsystems of the vehicle.
- Also presented the vehicle at Auto-expo India 2016
Formula Student UK, July 2016
Participated in the Formula Student UK competition held at the Silverstone Formula 1 racing circuit.
Responsible for the design and development of the intake manifold, exhaust manifold and the cooling system of the engine.
Formula Student India, January 2016
Participated in the Formula Student India competition held at the Buddha International Circuit.
Responsible for the design and development of the intake manifold, exhaust manifold and the cooling system of the engine.
Also presented the car to various sponsors at the 2016 Auto Expo show, held in Greater Noida. It is Asia's largest and the world's second-largest motor show.
Design and manufacturing of various subsystems
- Air intake manifold for a 4-cylinder internal combustion engine(IC engine)
- Exhaust manifold for a 4-cylinder internal combustion engine(IC engine)
- Designed and manufactured the Oil sump
- Radiator design
Deep in the sea all molecules repeat the patterns of one another till complex new ones are formed. They make others like themselves and a new dance starts. Growing in size and complexity living things masses of atoms DNA, protein dancing a pattern ever more intricate. Out of the cradle onto dry land here it is standing: atoms with consciousness; matter with curiosity. Stands at the sea, wonders at wondering: I a universe of atoms an atom in the Universe.
– Prof. Richard Feynman, Nobel Prize in Physics - 1965