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San Diego, California, United States

SwirlX is at the forefront of revolutionizing data center cooling with cutting-edge technology. Our mission is to provide energy-efficient solutions that significantly reduce the environmental footprint of data centers while meeting the high thermal demands of AI chips.

San Diego, California, United States

• Graduate student researcher in Dr. Renkun Chen's TEMP Lab. • Designing thin-film evaporation experiments on microporous wicking structures for efficient chip cooling. • Utilizing MATLAB to develop 1D numerical models for two-phase cooling to validate the experimental results.• Improving methods to coat polymer hydrogels on microporous wicks to mitigate trade-off between capillary pressure and permeability and reduce vapor flow resistance.

Hillsboro, Oregon, United States

• Developing a training module for thin-film deposition tools (PVD/CVD/ALD) to train field service engineers and manufacturing equipment technicians. • Using SPC charts to monitor and troubleshoot process development issues in semiconductor fabrication. • Leveraging 3D printing, rapid prototyping, GD&T techniques and selecting appropriate materials to develop module specific components fab-wide. • Performing stress and thermal analysis on prototyped components to ensure reliability at extreme operating conditions.

• Spearheaded end-to-end product lifecycle management, driving successful project outcomes by directing cross-functional teams, leading sub-system level testing, and ensuring adherence to design, manufacturing and testing timelines.• Established concrete DFMA methodology and enabled seamless collaboration and alignment among subsystems, resulting in a well-coordinated team effort.• Led a 50 person team to win awards for Best Powertrain Design in EV and runners up in Best Business Plan Presentation.

• Designed and implemented a cost-effective and serviceable air-cooled thermal management solution for EV battery.• Utilized ANSYS ICEPAK to analyze integration of dual 60 CFM fans, ensuring efficient cooling with minimal pressure drop and uniform temperature distribution.• Applied fan characteristic curves to select optimal fans, resulting in 14.3 % reduction in setup costs.• Achieved 20% decrease in maximum cell temperature resulting in increased cell life.

Mangaluru, Karnataka, India

• Directed powertrain product design including component parts analysis, assembly analysis, detailed engineering drawings, manufacturing, and system-testing• Performed root cause analysis to drive problem resolution within the powertrain, documenting a wide range of failure modes.• Contributed to technical data generation by documenting processes and outcomes, provided quality issue engineering support and participated in process improvement identification for enhanced product integrity.

Pune, Maharashtra, India

• Entrusted with reducing thermal compliance of heat spreader via topology optimization for a system-on-chip with a TDP of 20 W.• Achieved a remarkable 29.5% decrease in maximum thermal stress, 13% reduction in maximum temperature and a substantial 43.3% material cost reduction.• Optimized topology significantly elevated the heat spreader's factor of safety from 1.21 to 1.73, ensuring heightened reliability and robustness.

Mangaluru, Karnataka, India

• Designed a rectangular Flat Plate Solar Air Heater and enhanced the thermal efficiency to 74% by employing a non-uniform porous medium.• Conducted transient radiation heat transfer analysis using ANSYS Fluent and optimized the height of the porous media to 8 mm, taking into account the effects of pressure drop on the system efficiency.• Achieved a 16.82% increase in the thermo-hydraulic performance rating and a 68% collector efficiency.

Masters Of Science, Mechanical Engineering

Bachelor Of Technology - Btech, Mechanical Engineering

Activities and Societies: Mechanical Lead and Executive Member, Indian Society for Technical Education - NITK Chapter

Secondary And High School, Science

Activities and Societies: - Interhouse basketball team.Awards • Certificate of Distinction – Canadian Math Olympiad -University.