Experience

Research Appointments

Aug 2024 – Present

Translational AI Center (TrAC), Iowa State University

Postdoctoral Research Associate · Ames, Iowa, USA

Postdoctoral researcher mentored by Prof. Baskar Ganapathysubramanian and Prof. Adarsh Krishnamurthy, developing finite element methods for turbulent and multiphase flows, with large-scale simulations on national supercomputing resources. Lead the solver development and turbulent flow simulations for the group's variational multiscale methods, and the neural-network rheology effort in collaboration with experimental materials scientists.

Aug 2017 – May 2024

Kevin T. Crofton Department of Aerospace and Ocean Engineering, Virginia Tech

Graduate Research Assistant · Blacksburg, Virginia, USA

Doctoral researcher co-advised by Prof. Stefano Brizzolara and Prof. Bhuvana Srinivasan, working on liquid metal walls for Z-pinch fusion. Wrote a finite volume solver from the ground up for coupled electromagnetic and free surface flow, and presented the work at APS DFD, AGU, and EFMC meetings.

Jul 2011 – Jul 2014

Larsen & Toubro Limited (L&T)

Research and Development Engineer · Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
May 2010 – Jun 2010

Indian Institute of Technology Madras

Summer Research Fellow · Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India