Shruthi Kumar Raj, Ph.D. Email & Phone Number

Irvine, Ca, Us

Gurgaon, Haryana, In

Investing in startups in Climate tech, Medtech, Healthcare.

Irvine, Ca, Us

Led cross-functional vehicle attribute delivery for Rivian's entire product line, collaborating with Product Design, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, and Quality teams. Report directly to the VP of Attributes, ensuring alignment and high-level decision making.Owned vehicle environmental durability throughout product lifecycle - setting initial targets, validation, and securing sign-off for North American and European markets ensuring superior performance of all Rivian vehicles across diverse environments.Championed product development standards by defining requirements, test methods, and performance criteria for vehicle systems. Steered critical risk mitigation efforts for all Rivian programs, balancing business value and engineering efforts. My leadership in identifying and mitigating risks resulted in significant cost savings, exceeding $1 million in just one year through proactive lab-based testing and optimization.

Irvine, Ca, Us

Supported Launch of Rivian's flagship R1T and R1S vehicles alongside an Electric delivery van | Developed Vehicle & Component corrosion validation standards and guidelines for all of Rivian | Defined attribute targets for all Rivian products | Established workflows and implemented processes to promote improved cross functional collaboration with Design, Failure analysis and Materials Engineering teams.

A social impact Education startup offering career exploration experiences in the US.

Bangalore, In

I strongly believe that education is not just a path forward but a gateway to breaking the cycle of disadvantage and building a future where everyone can thrive. With this mindset that education is the key to unlocking a child's potential, I co-founded "The Hopes Foundation". For many years, we have witness firsthand, situations where talented students are forced to abandon their dreams due to financial constraints. The Hopes Foundation strives to be a lifeline to such children, providing critical financial assistance to continue their education. But our impact goes deeper.... We also conduct interactive, educational career workshops in Tier-3 schools to instill a growth mindset among students, a skill often missing in underprivileged communities. We want to give young minds, brimming with potential the knowledge and tools to navigate the job market and forge a brighter future for themselves and their families. At The Hopes Foundation we don't just want to change lives; we want to ignite them.

Atlanta, Ga, Us

- Fundamental research on corrosion mechanisms in existing aluminum products, developing next generation high corrosion performance aluminum alloys for application in automotive, aerospace and Food and Beverage industries. - Managed projects aimed at understanding influence of alloy/microstructure relationships, pretreatment and intermetallic particles on corrosion behaviour of parent and /or painted aluminum sheet metal. - Supervised laboratory ASTM/ISO standard cyclic and accelerated corrosion tests and corrosion performance validation of aerospace and automotive aluminum alloys.

East Lansing, Mi, Us

- Collaborated with Department of Defense and Boeing to enable transition from hexavalent chromium coatings to other sustainable coatings in aerospace applications. - Investigated properties of Additively manufactured aluminum and compared against tradition rolled Aluminum productsInstrument

Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, De

- Led an investigation to understand corrosion of automotive closure panels' hem joints leading to high OEM warranty costs. - Guided research on surface treatments, e-coat and alloy choices and provided suggestions for robust hem joint durability- Supervised ASTM standardized corrosion tests, analyzed results and published peer reviewed article

Nitrogen doped graphene electrodes for energy storage applications | High power density device fabrication and characterization | Battery electrode materials synthesis | Carbon, graphene, carbon nanotubes | Superhydrophobic substrates and coatings

Rolla, Mo, Us

Electrochemical CO2 conversion using palladium and gold catalysts | Electrocatalysis | Aerogel SiC synthesis and characterization | Analytical Chemistry

Singapore, Sg

Experimental electrochemistry | Electrode kinetics | Lithium ion button and coin cells | Device fabrication and testing

Bangalore, Karnataka, In

Battery Hybrid Supercapacitors | Synthesis and Characterization of Anode, Cathode Materials | Device fabrication to power household appliances

Doctor Of Philosophy - Phd, Analytical Chemistry / Electrochemistry

Bachelor Of Technology - Btech, Chemical & Electrochemical Engineering