First hire after cofounders raised over 300k USD to build an AI data scientist for SMB customers in a niche insurance industry.We failed.1) Cofounders weren’t aligned and split.2) I am not completely sure if the cofounders did their due diligence in customer discovery and validation because they needed help with automating data engineering tasks first. What we planned to build would be downstream of that.

Did somethings.Pretty decent culture and generally good people. My takeaway was that they made some bad hiring decisions at various stages and some of those entrenched roles were making it harder to run than it should have been

I call it the Covid job, super chill, learned a lot

First job out of grad school. 10/10 would not recommend anyone applying here.Yes you get catered lunch almost everyday but if you wanna work 80 hours a week with an all Chinese team, go here.Being an old school oil and gas industry, the culture is esp bad.

My work was in high efficiency thermoelectric materials. A technology that captures wasted heat from combustion engines and fossil fuel power plants, and converts it into useful electricity.Silicon nanowires with rough etched surfaces face an anomalous drop in thermal conductivity that's not explainable within the current theoretical framework.Our research group invented a model to explain how that happens, and how this phenomenon can be leveraged to create high power, high efficiency thermoelectric generators.Thesis: ‘Non-linear non-equilibrium thermal transport in nanowires with rough surfaces’Collaborated with the research group from Comenius University in Slovakia and jointly discovered a universality in the structural parameters affecting thermal transportExpedited signal processing convolutions and achieved 82% reduction in computational cost by implementing memoizationPresented research at the American Physical Society (APS) March Meeting in 2019, a conference attended by over 11,000 physicists over the globe Published 2 papers, one as a lead author, in leading Physics Journals:S. Abhinav and Muttalib, K.A. “Non-equilibrium phonon transport in surface-roughness dominated nanowires” (2019) J. Phys. Commun. 3 105010 Muttalib, K. A., and S. Abhinav. "Suppressing phonon transport in nanowires: A simple model for phonon–surface-roughness interaction." (2017) Physical Review B 96.7 : 075403

• Prepared and delivered instruction to 3 sections of 18 students each, every semester for junior/senior undergraduate pre-med majors as well as engineering majors• Deconstructed complex mathematical jargon into physical intuition of the concepts using animation, physical models and thought experiments that draw from day to day life• Clearly communicated course syllabi, objectives, assignments, expectations for performance in the class including the tips to excel in the course via online access to the course webpage as well as 3-page physical handouts stating the same• Delivered short videos in advance, via email, for students to understand the big idea behind the experiment• Facilitated access to experimental setup during my office hours, a week in advance for students to tinker with• Managed course related tasks such as recording student attendance and delivering final course grades as required by the program• Collaborated with the course professors and other teaching assistants to create weekly quizzes and homework assignments• Integrated collaborative learning by introducing group problem solving in the existing discussion sessions that drove attendance up from 50% to 90%• Established an inclusive environment in the classroom by forming several small groups of 3-4 students each and allowing them to work together, improving the problem solving participation and reducing hesitation to ask for help• Developed a strong credibility and an understanding of the diverse academic, cultural, socioeconomic and ethnic backgrounds of the students and faculty by relating to my own experiences as an international student

Proposed the required propulsion motor after analyzing the mechanical and electrical requirement data for the electric podStudied trade-offs between various motor topologies for high speed transportation systemsLed vibration, shock, thermal, and functional simulation testing such as fluids, electrical, leak testing to determine that compliance and safety requirements are metCollaborated with the System Loads and Analysis team to design the wheel size and pre-load on the suspension system