Education
- Doctor of Philosophy in Chemical and Biological Engineering, 2019-2023
University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada - Master of Technology in Chemical Engineering, 2014-2015
Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India - Bachelor of Technology in Chemical Engineering, 2010-2014
Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India
- Programming
- C++ – expert
- FORTRAN – expert
- Python – advance
- MATLAB – advance
- Java – intermediate
- Bash – advance
- Julia – intermediate
- SQL – intermediate
- OpenMPI/OpenMP – expert
- GIT – expert
- High Performance Computing – expert
- Software
Industry Work Experience
- Project Engineer at Tridiagonal Solutions Pvt. Ltd., Dec’15-Jun’18
- Built computational models for solid handling processes using fluid mechanics, granular physics, and data analysis
- Developed a standard operating procedure to model the processes, including particle tumbling, coating, and drying
- Enabled industries to conduct design of experiments and optimize process operations using the projects below
- Received outstanding performance award for efficient project execution and innovative solutions in 2016 and 2017
Academic Work Experience
- Graduate Research Assistant, Univeristy of British Columbia, Sep’19-Dec’23
- Developed fast and scalable code in C/C++ to solve complex non-linear Partial Differential Equations
- Deployed the code on High-Performance Computing (HPC) platforms and proved its scalability up to 7000 cores
- Designed the framework using object-oriented programming for extensive modularity, inheritance, and adaptability
- Collaborated and guided researchers to extend the code to solve other challenging flow problems with STLs and RBCs
- Work-Integrated Learning, Math^Industry Workshop, Jul’23
- Analyzed carbon emissions from wood burning, automobiles, and wood processing machinery
- Developed a fundamental mathematical model in Python to calculate the release of toxic gas emissions from burning
- Quantified monetary gains for the industry (Innovatree Carbon Group) to use the wood for power generation
- Graduate Teaching Assistant, Univeristy of British Columbia, Sep’20-Apr’23
- Instructed 250 students every year in Python for the application of computational methods
- Designed the problem statements for tutorials to help students understand the course efficiently
- Introduced regular questionnaires and quizzes to enhance the practical learning of numerical methods
- Managed students concerns and requests to provide effective, timely, and appropriate feedback to support learning
- Graduate Research Assistant, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Jan’14-Jun’15
- Developed a Molecular Dynamics simulation on FORTRAN for the phase transition of Silicon (Si)
- Implemented mathematical techniques such as Fourier Transform to detect alterations in Si vibrational frequency
- Confirmed a unique dynamic equilibrium point with the sharp increase in four-coordinated Si molecules
Leadership skills
- Cluster administrator, COSMOS lab, University of British Columbia, Aug’20-Mar’24
- Managing the cluster to process and visualize big simulation data for all users
- Defined the standard procedure for data management from the start to the end of a certain project
- Documented guidelines on Gitlab wiki to setup and run remote visualization on clusters
- Maintainer, Gitlab, COSMOS lab, University of British Columbia, Jan’20-Mar’24
- Responsible for maintaining best practices for writing code and merging it into the master branch
- Defined the structure of an object-oriented framework for easy integration of code from multiple developers
- Created wiki to collaborate with users to document the installation, test cases, and guidelines to submit jobs on HPC
- Head, ROBOCON, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Sep’12-Mar’13
- Led a 3-tier team of 50 members to represent IITK at the National round of Asia-Pacific robotics competition
- Pitched the competition to unaware senators and professors, leading to a two-fold increase in the funding
- Introduced new fabrication and actuation methods that were readily adopted by the campus community for their projects
- Qualified among the Top 15 participants out of ~100 teams in India, and received the best design award the next year
