Doctor Nina Vaidya

Dr. Nina Vaidya undertook her undergraduate study in Engineering at the University of Cambridge, England, UK and Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering at Stanford University, CA, USA. Nina works on advanced optical and material design and fabrication techniques. Her innovation and work on graded index immersion optics and 3D printing to create high-quality nanometer-smooth optical devices is published as a first author Nature papers https://news.stanford.edu/2022/06/27/new-optical-device-help-solar-arrays-focus-light-even-clouds/ and her work on the space based solar power was featured in a BBC world service interview and created functional space prototypes https://www.spacesolar.caltech.edu/

Before her Ph.D., Nina worked as a strategy consultant for international engineering companies & original equipment manufacturers in Europe and Asia. Nina was a Stanford DARE (Diversifying Academia, Recruiting Excellence) scholarship recipient and involved in outreach activities such as an IEEE industry liaison, a WIE (Women In Engineering) officer, and a fundraising coordinator for the EWB (Engineers Without Borders).