Aastha Shah
MIT Media Lab
EducationM.S., Media Arts and Sciences,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA
M.Eng, Bioengineering,
University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA
B.E. (Hons), Mechanical Engineering,
Birla Institue of Technology and Science, Pilani, Goa, India
aasthas[at]media.mit.edu
Aastha earned her bachelors degree in Mechanical Engineering at BITS-Pilani, Goa (India) during which time she completed her undergraduate thesis in the design and characterization of structural joints with hybrid lightweight materials at Technische Universität - Braunschweig (Germany).
She then explored materials, design and engineering of surgical implants and biomedical devices (with a focus on prosthetics) during her Masters in Bioengineering at the University of California, Berkeley (USA). Post-graduation, she pursued a career in R&D at a medical device consultancy in the Greater Boston Area - leading projects in design, experimentation and benchtop validation of extracorporeal fluid circuits, automated injection pens and RF cauterization devices.
At the conformable decoders, Aastha is passionate about bringing together technology and design from different realms to create flexible on-body sensors that can subtly and meaningfully extract patterns from the ever-dynamic human physiology and enhance self-awareness of the body and mind.