Arshiya Kharel

- Prepared and cooked ramen, teppan, wok and fry dishes to Wagamama standards while maintaining speed and consistency during busy service - Upheld strict food safety, hygiene, and quality standards across all kitchen operations. - Ensured a clean, organised workstation during service and close to support efficient team performance.

Aim: To produce silk-based biocompatible bone scaffolds from silk moth cocoons using chemical degradation and material processing. • Designed and 3D-printed microfluidic devices for scaffold fabrication. • Characterised scaffold properties with rheological, mechanical, and microscopic testing. • Compiled findings into scientific report; contributed to weekly research group meetings.

- Taught Maths, Chemistry, and Biology online to secondary students each week. - Developed creative digital study tools and interactive lessons. - Helped students improve their grades and confidence in key subjects.

Collaborated on inclusive redesign of orthopaedic cement gun (foot-pump assist, detachable handles, colour-coded wiring). • Focused on DFMA: identified failure modes, proposed mitigations, applied Pugh/risk matrices. • Presented design to industry professionals and peers

𝗡𝗼𝘁𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗷𝗲𝗰𝘁𝘀 𝗙𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗬𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗷𝗲𝗰𝘁 – 𝗩𝗮𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗧𝗶𝘀𝘀𝘂𝗲 𝗕𝗶𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗰𝘀 | Sep 2024 – Jun 2025 • Modelled vaginal tissue biomechanics to study failure behaviour; produced novel dataset and first-class dissertation. • Skills: Tissue dissection, chemical treatments, tensile testing, stress–strain analysis, histology. 𝗚𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗽 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗷𝗲𝗰𝘁 – 𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗹 𝗖𝘆𝗰𝗹𝗲𝗿 𝗕𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗱 | Sep 2023 – Jun 2024 • Co-designed and built a PCR thermal cycler; led casing design (Fusion360, laser cutting) and subsystem integration. • Created inclusive multilingual & braille manual; validated device performance and presented to industry professionals.