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Summary
-  10+ years of experience in developing highly scalable software using C++, message-passing-interface (MPI), and GPUs for diverse scientific applications:
- Specialization in hypersonic flows during Ph.D. projects.
 - Focus on nanoelectronics while contributing to open-source software during postdoctoral work.
 
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Experience in working on diverse modeling techniques, including:
- Specialization in kinetic methods for high-temperature molecular gas transport.
 - Expertise in matrix-based algorithms for quantum transport in nanomaterials.
 - Experience in linear stability analyses of compressible flows.
 
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7+ years of experience contributing to collaborative, interdisciplinary projects.
 
Work Experience
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2022 - Present Berkeley, CA
Postdoctoral Scholar
Center for Computational Sciences and Engineering (CCSE)Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory - Interdisciplinary collaborations through DOE-funded co-design projects.
 -  Scientific, open-source software development & high-performance computing. 
- Use of MPI, GPU, modern C++ (including templates), Python for analysis, AMReX library.
 - Scaling, profiling, and performance optimization strategies for matrix-based algorithms and root-finding methods.
 
 -  Modeling of self-consistent quantum transport in nanomaterials (Quantum-eXstatic). 
- Modeling of carbon nanotube field effect transistors (CNTFET).
 - Nonequilibrium Green's function (NEGF) method for electrons and phonons.
 - Electrostatics with embedded boundaries.
 
 -  Modeling of electromagnetic waves in microelectronic circuits. 
- Finite difference time domain (FDTD) method.
 - S-matrix characterization of transmission lines.
 
 
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2014 - 2022 Champaign, IL
Graduate Research Assistant (Ph.D. & M.S.)
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign - Interdisciplinary collaborations through projects funded by ONR, AFOSR, NASA.
 -  Scientific software development & High-performance computing. 
- Use of MPI, GPU, C++, Python & Bash.
 - Scaling, profiling, and performance optimization strategies for statistical methods.
 - Adaptive mesh refinement (AMR) of octree grids with embedded boundaries.
 
 -  Kinetic transport in high-temperature gas dynamics. 
- Direct Simulation Monte Carlo (DSMC) method.
 - Modeling of shock-wave/boundary-layer interactions (SWBLI).
 - Multi-scale modeling of thermal protection material on spacecraft's heatshield.
 
 -  Linear stability analyses of hypersonic flows. 
- Generalized eigenvalue problems.
 - Parallel communication-reducing algorithms for proper-orthogonal and dynamic-mode decomposition.
 
 
 
Education
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2022 Champaign, IL
Ph.D. in Aerospace Engineering
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign  -  
2015 Champaign, IL
M.S. in Aerospace Engineering
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign  -  
2011 Mumbai, India
B.E. in Mechanical Engineering
Vidyavardhini's College of Engg. & Tech., Mumbai University - Thesis: Efficiency analysis of Aerospike nozzles.
 
 
Awards and Achievements
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2020 - 2022 - Recipient, FRONTERA Leadership Resource Allocation (LRAC) award
 
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2020 - Recipient, Aerospace Engineering Outstanding Graduate Student Fellowship
 
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2020 - Selectee, MAVIS Future Faculty Fellows (MF3) Program
 
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2011 - Recipient, Best Undergraduate Project award
 
 
Certifications
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2024 - Design Patterns (Coursera certificate)
 
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2022 - Argonne Training Program on Extreme Scale Computing (certificate)
 
 
Select Academic Courses
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Math, numerical modeling & analysis
- Mathematical Methods I
 - Vector and Tensor Analysis
 - Uncertainty Quantification
 - Atomic Scale Simulations
 - Concurrent Matrix Computations
 - Numerical Solutions Applied to Heat Transfer and Fluid Mechanics
 
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Physics
- Physical Chemistry I
 - Statistical Thermodynamics
 - Molecular Gas Dynamics
 - Introduction to Plasma Physics
 - Foundation of Fluid Mechanics
 - Aerospace Propulsion
 - Advanced Gas Dynamics
 - Finite Element Analysis