CV

General Information

Full Name Sufyan M. Shaikh
Languages English, Hindi, Marathi, Urdu

Education

  • 2023
    PhD - Metallurgical and Materials Engineering
    Indian Insitute of Technology Madras, Tamil Nadu, India
    • Intrinsically ductile refractory high entropy alloy design using density functional theory (ab-initio atomistic modeling).
  • 2023
    Master of Technology - Metallurgical and Materials Engineering
    Indian Insitute of Technology Madras, Tamil Nadu, India
    • Unraveled the role of enthalpy of formation in improving the intrinsic ductility of refractory alloys.
  • 2015
    Bachelor of Technology - Metallurgical Engineering
    Government College of Eningginering Pune, Maharashtra, India
    • Surface Mechanical Attrition Treatment (SMAT) of Al6061-T6 alloy.
    • Surface alloying of Al6061-T6 with Si using SMAT.

Experience

  • 2023-Present
    Senior Engineer, Technology Development - Advanced Modeling
    Micron Technology, Hyderabad, India
    • Helped teams design better semiconductor memory chips using Advanced FEA simulations.
    • Collaborated with international teams and fabs on various RnD projects.
    • Developed Design of Experiments (DOE) scheme for FEA of semiconductor memory products.
  • 2023
    Intern, Technology Development - Advanced Modeling
    Micron Technology, Hyderabad, India
    • Developed 24 codes and bash scripts for finite element analysis of stress development during semiconductor manufacturing process.
    • Benchmarked the developed FEA code against the commercial FEA software.
    • Developed Design of Experiments (DOE) scheme for FEA-based stress simulations of silicon wafers during semiconductor manufacturing process.
  • 2022
    Intern, Metals and Modeling
    General Electric Global Research Center, Bengaluru, India
    • Literature survey on the current state-of-the-art superalloys and their Refractory High Entropy Alloys (RHEA) alternatives.
    • Literature survey on the H-embrittlement of Ni-based superalloys.
    • Authored 2 research reports on RHEA and H-embrittlement of superalloys for scientists.
  • 2015 - 2017
    Materials Lab Engineer
    Bekaert India Technical Center, Maharashtra, India
    • Managed Materials Lab team of 4 analysts with annual budget of INR 2.2M.
    • Head of the SEM-EDS and Advanced Metallography facility in India.
    • Collaborated with teams from 5 countries on multiple R&D projects.
    • Successfully renewed ISO/TS16949 (IATF 16949) certification of the Materials Lab.
  • 2013
    Materials Lab Intern
    Bekaert India Technical Center, Maharashtra, India
    • Systematic study of metallogrpahic sample preparation process for stainless steel.
    • Optimized sample preparation process leading to 22% time savings.
    • Developed 2 etchants and etching techniques.

Honors and Awards

  • 2023
    • Govt. of India, Science and Engineering Research Board International Travel Support Award for attending the TMS-2023 Annual Meeting & Exhibition at California, USA.
  • 2022
    • Larry Kaufman Scholarship, CALPHAD Inc., Sweden. One of the only 12 recipients worldwide in 2022.
  • 2021
    • Augumenting Writing Skills for Articulating Research (AWSAR) Award, Dept. of Science & Technology, Govt. of India. Top-100 among 2063 participants all over India.
  • 2020
    • Best Poster Award, 3rd International Workshop on High Entropy Materials, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, India. Winner among 77 teams from India.
  • 2018
    • Upgraded to Integerated Master of Technology & Doctor of Philosophy program at IIT Madras.
  • 2017
    • Selected for Masters at IIT Madras, IIT Gandhinagar, IIT Hyderabad, IIT Kanpur, IIT Kharagpur.
  • 2015
    • Govt. of India-Ministry of Steel Scholarship. One of the only 4 recipients of scholarship of ₹120,000 among 70 students for academic excellence.
    • All India Rank of 299 among 3745 participants from India in the Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE).
  • 2014
    • Best Poster Award, National Metallurgists' Day-Annual Technical Meet, Govt. College of Engineering Pune, India

Other Interests

  • Poetry, Psychology, Behaviorial Economics, Traveling.