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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