Shuvam Mondal

I completed my Bachelor's degree in Physics and proceeded with Astrophysics for my Master's degree. During this period, I learned about observational, theoretical, and computational methods relevant to astrophysics. Working as a HiWi student gave me the opportunity to learn skills from my peers and taught me about some current frameworks relevant to astrophysics. My thesis, which focused mostly on comparing / building multiple algorithms taught me a lot about the importance of computational work for space-based missions. I am interested in vehicle automation, trajectory planning, and localization simulations to begin with. But am open to working on all projects that interest me.

Spokesman for the Society of Physics : 01/2017 - 01/2019

Represented the group while informing junior students about events (Seminars with external speakers) held by the the Society of Physics.

Graphic Design Work for MVM and Society of Physics : 01/2016 - 01/2018

Created various posters, banners and a magazine cover for the Marathi Vangmay Mandal at St.Xavier's College (Mumbai) as well as created banners for the Society of Physics.

Self- Employed creator and host of e-commerce site : 10/2019 - 12/2019

Created website (ThessaDecor) using HTML, CSS, JavaScript and Bootstrap.
Designed a new logo for the brand (Adobe Illustrator).
Hosted the website and launched multiple ad campaigns through Facebook.

HiWi for Dr. Rolf Kuiper : 01/2020 - 01/2021

Ran simulations for expansion of high-density regions around massive stars with and without self-gravity in order to visualize pressure and density variations in the framework called Pluto. Created script to convert .dbl files to .tab.

Bachelor of Science (Physics) 

Thesis Topic - Calculating the pollutant flux between Atmospheric layers of Mumbai.

-Adapted the fixed box model to estimate pollutant flux velocity and hence pollutant concentrations between the different atmospheric layers over Mumbai.
-Applied kriging methods to sections of Mumbai (based on sampling heights of the buildings) and visualized the pollutant flux across layers using QGIS for Mumbai.
-Repeated the calculation and visualization for three seasons.

Master Astro and Particle Physics

Thesis Topic - Estimation of the Localization Accuracy of the Nano-satellite Constellation (HERMES) using TDOA Algorithms.

-Adapted pre-existing algorithms to fit the HERMES mission.
-Created scripts in Python and C++ to compare the algorithms with different initial conditions (Source positions, Detector configurations and Detector numbers).
-Plotted the improvement across algorithms for the different initial conditions as well as calculated the intrinsic errors within the algorithms.