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I'm Apeel — a Mechanical Engineering student at Shanghai Jiao Tong University and a recent exchange student at KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm. Originally from Kathmandu, Nepal.
My work spans a wide range: I've shipped 2D games in Elm, built Java CI servers from scratch, trained neural networks in NumPy, contributed to production open-source bots, and designed analog circuitry for a levitating platform. I'm equally comfortable with code, hardware, and motion design.
Outside of technical work, I've co-founded an education club, organised a NASA hackathon, led a national-level maths competition with 1,000 attendees, and served on the Board of Directors of a mathematics NGO. I like shipping things that are actually finished.
Led a 3-person team to ship a polished 2D top-down shooter in Elm using the Messenger framework. Features invisible ghosts with distinct AI behaviours, hand-crafted particle effects, and a CI pipeline for automatic compilation checks. Also produced the full game trailer in DaVinci Resolve.
Built a Java-based CI server in a 5-person team that sequences git checkout, Maven build, test execution, and GitHub commit status reporting on every push event. Enforced a two-stage branch protection workflow with ~70% code coverage across unit and integration tests.
Built a single-layer softmax classifier from scratch in NumPy on CIFAR-10, achieving 39.3% test accuracy. Implemented the full training pipeline including data normalisation, forward pass, cross-entropy loss, and analytic backpropagation verified against PyTorch autograd to machine precision (~1e-16 error).
Designed analog circuitry for 1D stabilisation of a levitating platform using a Hall Effect sensor and PWM-driven electromagnets. Replicated MIC502 PWM controller functionality in Arduino for flexible control loop tuning, and designed all mounting hardware in SOLIDWORKS.
Contributed to a production Discord bot serving the Python Discord community. Implemented exponential backoff retry logic across four cogs and centralised moderator alerting on startup failure. Wrote unit tests mocking HTTP calls to verify backoff behaviour.
Built a two-layer fully connected network with ReLU from scratch in NumPy on CIFAR-10, achieving 49.77% test accuracy with cyclical learning rates, coarse-to-fine λ search, and data augmentation. Verified analytic backpropagation against PyTorch autograd to machine precision (~1e-16 error).
Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU)
Sep 2024 – Present
Pursuing Mechanical Engineering at one of China's top engineering universities. Coursework spans control systems, analog circuits, and design engineering — with hands-on lab projects including a maglev linear motion platform.
KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm
Jan 2026 – Jun 2026
Completed a semester abroad focused on software and ML: Machine Learning, Deep Learning in Data Science, Fundamentals of Software Engineering, and Computer Game Design. Contributed to multiple team projects and open-source repositories.
SJTU, with Prof. Kwee Yan Teh
Feb 2025 – Present
Designing and building an experimental maglev linear motion platform. Responsibilities include analog circuit design, Arduino-based PWM controller replication, and iterative SOLIDWORKS modelling of mechanical mounts.
Mathematics Initiatives in Nepal (MIN)
Jul 2023 – Aug 2024
Promoted to the Board after serving as Event Moderator. Established international collaborations, oversaw multiple departments (events, content, graphics, IT), and led the Education To All (ETA) campaign across government schools to reduce rote learning.
NASA Space Apps Challenge — Bhaktapur, Nepal
Jul 2023 – Nov 2023
Organised the NASA Space Apps Challenge hackathon for Bhaktapur district. Secured NRs 50,000 in sponsorship, coordinated a full 36-hour event with telescope sessions for participants to observe Jupiter and the Moon, and managed all logistics end-to-end.
Partnership in Education (PiE), St. Xavier's College
May 2022 – Apr 2024
Co-founded a club for underprivileged students, serving as Grade 10 class teacher and mentor. Guided fellow teachers, helped students prepare for the SEE, and provided academic and mental health support. Recognised as the longest-serving member.
Open to internships, collaborations, or just a good conversation. If something on this site caught your eye, reach out.