Portfolio · 2026
Samarth Rastogi
I design, build, and test thermal and energy systems — most of it hands-on, in the shop.
Mechanical Engineer
Purdue BS/MS
Shop-built & tested
Featured work
Engineering ThermOcean A desalination platform powered entirely by the ocean's own temperature gradient — no grid, no fuel. Treated as an energy problem, the cost fell out of it. Course project Simulation of Electrical Machines Reverse-engineered an interior permanent-magnet synchronous machine end-to-end in FEMM, then designed a polyphase induction motor from scratch that matched nominal torque exactly. Course project Microsystem Packaging Thermal Simulations FEA of solder microbumps under thermal cycling, a physics-based review of InFO advanced packaging, and chip-level cooling analysis from immersion boiling to heat pipes.
Status
Currently
Final-year mechanical engineering student at Purdue, heading into a master's — lately pointed toward where energy meets computing. Leading a 20-person team through two DOE collegiate competitions while keeping shop hours training the next 400 machinists.
For evaluators
Where to start
Evaluating me for a role or a lab? Start with ThermOcean, then the resume.