Tayabali Kesury

Tayabali Kesury is a Lidar Characterization and Test Engineer at Aeva since January 2022. Previously, Tayabali served as a Graduate Research Assistant and Team Lead at Indiana University–Purdue University Indianapolis from January 2020 to February 2022, contributing to the Indy Autonomous Challenge and working on autonomous vehicle simulations using ANSYS SCADE and ANSYS VRXPERIENCE. As a Teaching Assistant, Tayabali educated over 60 students in finite element analysis and managed a class of 150 students. Additionally, Tayabali was involved in localization and mapping for the Agricultural Robot (Agbot 2.0). Earlier in academic pursuits, Tayabali held leadership roles with Team MHSSC Racing, including Team Captain and Head of Department for a national kart racing competition. Tayabali holds a Master of Science in Mechatronics, Robotics, and Automation Engineering from Purdue University and a Bachelor's in Automotive Engineering from M.H. Saboo Siddik College of Engineering.