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I completed my PhD from the Aerospace and Ocean Engineering Department at Virginia Tech. My research interests include multidisciplinary design optimization, sensitivity analysis, aircraft design, structural and fluid dynamics, structural vibration control, impact testing of composites and ceramics. Before starting my PhD, I worked at Airbus Engineering Center, India and MSC Software, India. I completed my Bachelor of Technology and Master of Technology from the Department of Aerospace Engineering at Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay (IITB).
I have been very lucky to get great advisors! My PhD advisors at Virginia Tech were Dr. Robert Canfield and Dr. Mayuresh Patil. Back at IITB, my graduate advisors were Dr. P. M. Mujumdar and Dr. Ashok Joshi. I also got valuable guidance from Dr. N. K. Naik during my undergraduate years.
You can download my CV here.
Education
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Ph.D. Aerospace and Ocean Engineering, Virginia Tech, 2016
M.Tech. Aerospace Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay (IITB), 2009
B.Tech. Aerospace Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay (IITB), 2008
Industrial Experience
- Airbus Engineering Centre, Bangalore, India (Apr. 2010 - May 2011) Associate Engineer in Loads and Aeroelasticity Team
- MSC Software (Symphony Technology Group), Pune, India (Jul. 2009 - Mar. 2010) Senior Application Engineer in Verification and Validation Team
- Department of Statistics, University of Klagenfurt, Klagenfurt, Austria (May 2007 - Jul. 2007) Intern for the project 'Spatial prediction using Bayesian Trans-Gaussian Kriging' with Dr. Jurgen Pilz
Awards and Achievements
- Awarded Dr. Shankar Dayal Sharma Gold Medal for being the most outstanding student in general proficiency, excellence in academic performance, extra-curricular activities and social services among all 1600 degree recipients of IIT Bombay in the year 2009.
- Awarded Institute Silver Medal and Boeing Scholar Award for standing 1st among Dual Degree (B.Tech, M.Tech) students of Aerospace Engineering Department, IIT Bombay in the year 2009.
- Awarded Virginia Tech, AOE Department Pratt Fellowship based on outstanding performance as a graduate student, for the academic year 2014-2015.
- Won 6th place in 2nd International Cold Formed Steel Student Design Competition in 2012.
- Finalist in AIAA 2015 Student Competition: Qualified for the final round of student competition at AIAA Multidisciplinary Analysis and Optimization Conference, Jun. 2015.
- Best paper presentation: Won the first prize for the project on 'Composites Structures' in national level students' paper presentation competition at 'Zephyr 2006', Aerospace Engg. Association, IIT Bombay.
- Indo-German Winter Academy 2007: One of the seven students to represent IIT Bombay at the annual Indo-German students meeting at Guwahati, India; Presented a talk on 'Finite Element Analysis of Dynamic Systems'.
Nonintrusive Continuum Sensitivity Analysis Tools (NiCSAT)
Publications
Teaching
- Teaching Assistant, AOE Department, Virginia Tech Aerospace Propulsion (Fall 2011)
- Lab instructor, AOE Department, Virginia Tech Computational Methods (Fall 2013, Fall 2014)
- Lab instructor, Aerospace Department, IIT Bombay Structures Lab (Fall 2008, Spring 2009)
Structural Dynamics and Vibrations (Spring 2012)
Vehicle Structures (Fall 2012)
Thin Walled Structures (Spring 2013)
Applied Aerodynamics (Spring 2014)
Engineering Design and Optimization (Spring 2015)
Some interesting websites
- Collection of many useful C, C++, FORTRAN, MATLAB programs by John Burkardt
- Unstructured grid generators and related software Triangle, A Two-Dimensional Quality Mesh Generator and Delaunay Triangulator by Jonathan Richard Shewchuk
Distmesh , A Simple Mesh Generator in MATLAB by Per-Olof Persson
BATTRI, 2-D Finite Element Grid Generator by Keston Smith and Ata Bilgili