# Sanika D. Barve, PhD

> New Product & Materials Innovation | Device Development | PhD in Mechanical Engineering

Location: Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/sanikadbarvephd

## Work Experience
### Consultant @ Stealth Startup
Jan 2026 – Present | Boston, MA
R&D and validation of functional mechanisms and material interactions of end-effectors integrated in a novel robotic consumer product.

### Doctoral Research Fellow @ Boston University College of Engineering
Jan 2020 – Jan 2025 | Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Mechanics of Slender Structures (MOSS Lab, Advisor: Dr. Douglas P. Holmes)

### Graduate Teaching Fellow @ Boston University College of Engineering
Jan 2020 – Jan 2021 | Boston, Massachusetts, United States
ME303 Fluid Mechanics (Fall 2020: Remote Labs, Fall 2021: Discussion Lead)

### Surgical Robotics Research Associate @ Johnson & Johnson
Jan 2017 – Jan 2018 | Blue Ash, Ohio, United States
Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Front-End Preclinical Research Digital Surgery Platform (Verb Surgical)

### Undergraduate Capstone @ University of Cincinnati College of Arts and Sciences
Jan 2016 – Jan 2016 | Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
Physiology & Biomechanics of Cycling (Advisor: Dr. Bruce C. Jayne)

### Undergraduate Research Assistant @ Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Jan 2015 – Jan 2015 | Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
Experimental Hematology and Cancer Biology (Gene Transfer & Gene Therapy, Pan Lab), Awarded Honors Research Grant

### Undergraduate Research Assistant @ University of Cincinnati - College of Engineering and Applied Science
Jan 2013 – Jan 2014 | Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
Department of Biomedical Engineering (Advanced Biomolecular Engineering, Wendell Lab)


## Education
### Doctor of Philosophy - PhD in Mechanical Engineering
Boston University

### Master of Science - MS in Mechanical Engineering
Boston University

### Bachelor of Science - BS in Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Minor in Mathematics
University of Cincinnati


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/sdbarve

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Last updated: 2026-04-18