He teaches first year engineering, and miscellaneous courses in the Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering. His research interests include the design, modeling and control of novel robot manipulators, and Architectural Robotics. He has previously competed in Science as Art looking at the esthetics of robot motion paths and microelectronic circuitry. Apoorva received a B.E. in Instrumentation Engineering from Mumbai University and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical Engineering from Clemson University focusing on nonlinear control.