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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).

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.

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.

Senior Engineer, Advanced Modeling - Technology Development

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.
• Develop advanced models and give insights to team on DRAM, NAND, and High Bandwidth Memory semiconductor products.

Intern, Advanced Modeling - Technology Development

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.

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.

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.

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.

• Culture Champion Award by Sanjay Mehrotra, CEO, Micron Technology, Inc. for delivering exceptional performance KPI during development of NAND memory product.

• Govt. of India, Science and Engineering Research Board International Travel Support Award for attending the TMS-2023 Annual Meeting & Exhibition at California, USA.

• Larry Kaufman Scholarship, CALPHAD Inc., Sweden. One of the only 12 recipients worldwide in 2022.

• Augumenting Writing Skills for Articulating Research (AWSAR) Award, Dept. of Science & Technology, Govt. of India. Top-100 among 2063 participants all over India.

• Best Poster Award, 3rd International Workshop on High Entropy Materials, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, India. Winner among 77 teams from India.

• Upgraded to Integerated Master of Technology & Doctor of Philosophy program at IIT Madras.

• Selected for Masters at IIT Madras, IIT Gandhinagar, IIT Hyderabad, IIT Kanpur, IIT Kharagpur.

• 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).

• Best Poster Award, National Metallurgists' Day-Annual Technical Meet, Govt. College of Engineering Pune, India