Aug 2023 – Present · 2 yrs 7 mos

Jun 2021 – Dec 2022 · 1 yr 6 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

• Part of asset health team, driving anomaly detection solutions for steel manufacturing plant, saving millions of USD by minimizing unplanned downtime.
• Proficient in handling extensive 1s time series data (∼5-40 million rows), conducting thorough EDA and feature engineering for effective model training.
• Led multiple end-to-end use cases for critical components like rollers or brakes, deploying over 15 models with success.
• Developed functionality for handling multiple time zones in data pre-processing, and contributed to robust model evaluation metrics.
• Led client calls, gathered requirements, clarified domain knowledge, and communicated model outcomes to stakeholders.
• Mentored student to develop exploratory data and failure analysis module, cutting EDA effort by 50%.

Dec 2019 – Jan 2021 · 1 yr 1 mo

Oct 2016 – Jan 2021 · 4 yrs 3 mos

• Developed nanopatterning process resembling LEGOs at the nanoscale to assemble nanocubes into various profiles and grow them into crystals.
• Proficient in laboratory materials processing, thin-film deposition, surface science, nanofabrication including electron beam and photolithography in cleanroom, materials characterization techniques including spectroscopy, SEM, TEM, EDS, XRD, AFM, XPS, OES, chemical etching, and INSTRON UTM.
• Skilled in chemical synthesis of nanoparticles (Ag, Pd, Pt, Cu, perovskites) and working in a glovebox environment, including spin coating, sealing, thermal evaporation, device fabrication and electrical measurements with over 5 years of interdisciplinary lab experience.
• Demonstrated commitment to safety in chemical lab environments, ensuring highest standards in handling hazardous materials like HF etching.
• Advocated for collaboration, successfully initiating and completing interdisciplinary projects with colleagues from various fields and institutes, including co-supervising two master's students.
• Published 10 peer-reviewed research articles.

May 2015 – Apr 2016 · 11 mos · Institute of Polymer Chemistry – Functional Polymers, University of Stuttgart

• 1. Studied absorption properties of the functional polymer in solutions as well as thin films.
• 2. Hole mobility was determined by incorporating thin films of the polymer in different configurations of a field-effect transistor.
• 3. The morphology of the thin films was tuned by thermal annealing.

Aug 2014 – Mar 2015 · 7 mos · Stuttgart Region

• Successfully set up a lab for layer-by-layer deposition for the preparation of polyelectrolyte multilayers (PEM). I was also in charge of making nanoscale tungsten tips via electrochemical etching for atom probe tomography and ensuring the quality and consistency of the samples. Also installed a machine for layer-by-layer deposition for the preparation of polyelectrolyte multilayers (PEM) on the fabricated tungsten tips.

Aug 2013 – Feb 2014 · 6 mos · Chennai, Tamil Nadu

• The work involved the fabrication of Al-x(wt.%)Sc alloys through spray forming as well as by spark plasma sintering. The objective was to enhance the strength of the alloy and look for possible alternate light weight material for existing aerospace and structural components. The alloys were characterized and studied primarily for their mechanical properties. The effect of Sc content on the mechanical properties in Al-Sc binary alloy was investigated.
• . Mentor: Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Ravi Kumar N V.

Jul 2012 – May 2013 · 10 mos · Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology, Nagpur, India

• 1. Calculated quantitative degree of sensitization for SS samples heat treated at 750°C for durations ranging from 6 h to 40 days.
• 2. Evaluated the self-healing behavior observed after prolonged heat treatment of SS samples.
• 3. Observed restoration of corrosion resistance (~34%) for samples heat treated beyond 32 h.

May 2011 – Jun 2011 · 1 mo

• 1. Learnt the application of various characterization techniques like tensile testing, chemical composition, hardness, evaluated corrosion properties (EPR), inclusion test, studied microstructures, sensitization.
• 2. Investigated samples of steel using above-mentioned characterization techniques and presented the results to Steel Authority of India Ltd, Salem which also included pickling run-time and analysis of non-metallic inclusions.
• 3. The various machines used during the internship program are Optical Emission Spectroscope, Inductively Coupled Plasma (ICP), Optical Emission Spectroscope, Carbon Sulphur Analyzer, Potentiostat/Galvanostat, Salt Spray Chamber etc.