Educational background

• Visiting Ph.D Student, Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University, Jan 2022 - June 2023.
• Ph.D Student, Aerospace Engineering, Indian Institute of Science - Bangalore, Jan 2019 - June 2023.
• M.S./M.Tech, Aerospace Engineering, Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology (IIST), Trivandrum, 2016 - 2018.
• B.S./B.Tech (Hons.), Mechanical Engineering, ABES Engineering College (AKTU, formerly UPTU), 2011 - 2015.

Work experience

• Postdoctoral Researcher - Adaptive ML team (Intrumentation & Controls Group @ AOT/LANSCE) at Los Alamos National Laboratory, July 2023 - Present.
• Project Engineer (Research) - SMSS Lab, Mechanical Engineering, IIT - Kanpur, Aug 2018 - Dec. 2018.
• Design Engineer - Richa Industries Ltd., Faridabad, June 2015 - July 2016.

Awards, honors and recognitions

• Received “Prof. Chintakindi V Joga Rao Medal” 🏅 for my PhD thesis (Best Thesis) from the Indian Institute of Science (IISc): June 2024.
• Research is highlighted as a top cited article in Ultrasonics journal (Elsevier): 2023 {Link}
• Recipient of Overseas Visiting Doctoral Fellowship (OVDF) from SERB-DST, Government of India. A merit based competitive fellowship to attend visiting doctoral program at Purdue University: 2022-2023 {Link}
• Second best poster presentation award for conference paper, organized by Liquid Propulsion System Center (ISRO) & Aeronautical Society of India: 2017
• Gold and Silver Medal for Excellence in Academics during undergrad: 2014, 2015
• Selected to participate in the US-India collaboration event at the NSF headquarters during India’s Prime Minister state visit to the US: June 2023 {Link1, Link 2}

Roles and responsibilites

(Reviewer: 30+ articles)

• Journals: SAGE: SHM; Nature: Scientific Reports; IEEE: IEEE-T-PS; IoP: SMS, MST; Elsevier: MSSP, IJAA, Engineering Structures, NDE; ASME: JNDE; Springer: Transactions of the INAE.
• Conferences: L4DC2025

(Session Chair)

• APS 2025: Session: PINNs & ML - II

A more detailed CV is available here.