aashrita.github.io

Personal academic site for Aashrita Mangu, Grainger Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Chicago.

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File structure

aashrita.github.io/
│
├── index.html               ← about page
├── research.html            ← research & contributions
├── thesis.html              ← thesis index (links to html chapters + pdf downloads)
├── wiki.html                ← wiki index
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├── assets/
│   ├── style.css            ← all styles — edit here to change the look
│   ├── nav.js               ← shared nav — edit here to change nav links
│   └── photo.jpg            ← bio photo
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├── thesis-html/             ← HTML versions of each thesis chapter (readable in browser)
│   ├── front-matter.html
│   ├── ch1.html             ← introduction
│   ├── ch2.html             ← the cosmic microwave background
│   ├── ch3.html             ← the simons observatory
│   ├── ch4.html             ← small aperture telescopes
│   ├── ch5.html             ← antenna-coupled detector arrays
│   ├── ch6.html             ← observing the cmb and future work
│   ├── ch7.html             ← conclusion
│   └── figures/             ← all thesis figures (referenced by chapter html files)
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└── wiki/
    ├── note-template.html   ← copy this to make a new note
    └── your-note.html

The PDF versions of each chapter are hosted on GitHub Releases (tag: v1.0-thesis) due to GitHub Pages' 25MB file size limit. PDF links in thesis.html point there directly.

Note: GitHub release assets always trigger a download rather than opening in the browser — this is a GitHub limitation with no workaround. The HTML chapter versions are the primary in-browser reading experience.

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Design

Typeface — DM Sans throughout (clean, modern sans-serif)

Palette — cool grey-white ground (#F2F3F5), deep indigo text (#1B1F3B). Traditional Indian accent colors, one per section:

Page	Accent	Hex
about	turmeric	#C8900A
research	vermillion	#C0392B
thesis	peacock green	#1A6B5A
wiki	turmeric	#C8900A

To change an accent sitewide, edit the body.page-* rule in assets/style.css. The nav active indicator, hover states, links, and accent rule all update automatically.

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How the nav works

Every page loads assets/nav.js, which injects the nav and marks the active link. To add or rename a nav item, edit the links array in that one file only:

const links = [
  { label: "about",    href: root + "index.html" },
  { label: "research", href: root + "research.html" },
  { label: "thesis",   href: root + "thesis.html" },
  { label: "wiki",     href: root + "wiki.html" },
];

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Updating PDF links in thesis.html

The PDF hrefs follow this pattern:

https://github.com/YOUR_USERNAME/aashrita.github.io/releases/download/v1.0-thesis/FILENAME.pdf

To get the exact URL for any file: go to your GitHub release page, right-click a PDF → "Copy link address". Update all href values in thesis.html accordingly.

Chapter PDF filenames:

• front-matter.pdf
• ch1-introduction.pdf
• ch2-cmb.pdf
• ch3-simons-observatory.pdf
• ch4-small-aperture-telescopes.pdf
• ch5-detector-arrays.pdf
• ch6-observing.pdf
• ch7-conclusion.pdf
• bibliography.pdf
• thesis-amangu-full.pdf

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Thesis chapter page ranges (for re-splitting if needed)

File	PDF pages
front-matter	1–13
ch1-introduction	14–17
ch2-cmb	18–40
ch3-simons-observatory	41–53
ch4-small-aperture-telescopes	54–84
ch5-detector-arrays	85–122
ch6-observing	123–129
ch7-conclusion	130
bibliography	131–142

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Adding a wiki note

1. Copy wiki/note-template.html → rename it, e.g. wiki/scan-strategy.html
2. Fill in the <!-- --> placeholders
3. Add a card to wiki.html:

<a class="wiki-card" href="wiki/scan-strategy.html">
  <p class="wiki-card-label">instrumentation</p>
  <p class="wiki-card-title">SO scan strategy</p>
  <p>Notes on baseline scan strategy and ongoing calibration work.</p>
</a>

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Adding a research project

Duplicate a <div class="project"> block in research.html. Fields:

• project-meta — collaboration or experiment name (e.g. Simons Observatory)
• h3 — contribution title in lowercase
• p — 2–3 sentences for a reader outside your subfield; no publication required
• tag spans — topic keywords
• project-links — paper, code, or talk links (all optional, commented out by default)

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Updating the photo

Replace assets/photo.jpg. CSS crops to 180×240px from center 10% — portrait orientation works best. To adjust the crop, edit object-position in .hero-photo in style.css.

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To-do

• Fix PDF URLs in thesis.html — right-click each file in GitHub Releases to get the exact link
• Add email to index.html (marked with a comment)
• Add Google Scholar URL to index.html
• Fill in research projects in research.html
• Write wiki intro blurb in wiki.html
• Add first wiki note

Already done:

• Bio and background filled in
• Photo uploaded
• Thesis HTML chapters generated with figures and equations
• Thesis PDFs uploaded to GitHub Releases
• Per-page accent colors wired up
• Shared nav across all pages

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Deployment

Push to main on aashrita.github.io. GitHub Pages serves index.html automatically.

Settings → Pages → Source: Deploy from branch → main → / (root)

No build step. Edit files directly on GitHub if you prefer.