Manan Bhardwaj

Control Engineer · Green Revolution Cooling · Austin, Texas

I keep servers cool and radar warm.

Servers that run submerged in dielectric fluid. A solar-heated battery that kept radar working below -30 °C. Opposite ends of the thermometer, same loop every time: sense the physical world, decide in firmware, prove it on the bench.

Now
Green Revolution Cooling
Based in
Austin, Texas
Focus
Control, power, embedded

At a glance

None of these numbers are typed in. They are counted from the files that build the rest of the site, so they move when the work does.

Experience
4 yr 9 mo
across overlapping roles, counted once
Roles
8
automotive, IoT, radar, medical, data center
Projects
9
built end to end
Skills
42
evidenced across 7 domains

Where the time went

6 dated roles, 2021 to now. The overlaps are real: the contracts ran alongside the tutoring business and the degree.

Where the work has been

How many roles and projects touched each domain. A count of evidence, not a rating.

  • Embedded 8 4 roles, 4 projects
  • Control 6 3 roles, 3 projects
  • Power 6 3 roles, 3 projects
  • Hardware 6 3 roles, 3 projects
  • Software 5 2 roles, 3 projects
  • Test 4 4 roles, 0 projects
  • Process 4 4 roles, 0 projects

Projects

Jun 2023 - Present

RF energy harvesting rectenna

A rectenna cell that ties in series or parallel, so ambient RF can be harvested off whichever antenna you connect.

  • RF design
  • Energy harvesting
  • PCB design
  • SPICE

May 2023 - Present

Local Llama

Llama compiled to run locally with document processing layered on top, so it reads through files and writes scripts with no internet connection.

  • Local LLMs
  • Python

Aug 2020 - Dec 2020

Smart beehive

The University of Texas at Dallas

Remote monitoring for a live hive, built so the instrumentation never disturbs the colony.

  • I2C
  • Raspberry Pi
  • Low-energy wireless
  • Sensor integration
  • Embedded C/C++

Aug 2022 - Jan 2023

Smart garden

The University of Texas at Dallas

A garden that identifies what is planted in it and waters accordingly, rather than on a timer.

  • Closed-loop control
  • Sensor integration
  • Control systems
  • Embedded C/C++

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Contact

Open to conversations about control systems, power electronics, and embedded work. Email reaches me fastest.