Education

• B.Tech(Hons.) in Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, 2016
• Ph.D in Chemical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, 2021
  • Thesis : Mathematical Modeling and Optimization of Heat Exchanger Design in Process Flowsheets

Research experience

• PostDoctoral Research Associate (Fall 2021 - Present)
  • Center for Nonlinear Studies and Applied Math & Plasma Physics Group, Los Alamos National Laboratory
  • Project(s): Modeling and optimization algorithms for hydrogen-natural gas mixture in pipeline grid network, Algorithmic development for global convergence of complementarity optimization problems
  • Supervisor: Anatoly Zlotnik and Kaarthik Sundar
• Wallace Givens Research Associate (Summer 2020)
  • Mathematics and Computer Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory
  • Project: Decomposition strategy for multi-period AC Optimal Power Flow models
  • Supervisor: Youngdae Kim
• Graduate Research Intern (Summer 2018)
  • Systems Model based Development, United Technologies Corp. Carrier
  • Project: Finite Element application to solve the PDE Heat equation along with modeling of non-smooth phase change using complementarity constraints
  • Supervisor: Rui Huang
• Undergraduate Research Intern (Summer 2015)
  • Energy, Environment and Chemical Engineering, Washington University in St. Louis
  • Project: Simulation and Experinmental Design of a co-current non-premixed ethylene flame under negative gravity
  • Supervisor: Prof. Rajan Chakrabarty

Awards

• CNLS PostDoctoral Fellowship (2021-2023)
• Finalist in TC Model-Based Optimization for Robotics Best Paper Award (2019)
• FOCAPD NSF Conference Travel Award (2019)
• CMU Dean’s Fellowship (2016)
• Undergraduate Student Excellence Award, IIT Bombay (2016)

Service

• Invited Peer Reviewer
  • Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research (I&ECR)
  • Computers & Chemical Engineering
  • American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) Journal
  • IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology (TCST)
  • IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control (TAC)
  • Optimization and Engineering
  • Optimal Control, Application and Methods
  • Reliability Engineering and System Safety
  • American Control Conference (ACC)
  • Conference on Decison and Control (CDC)
  • Power Systems Computing Conference (PSCC)
• LANL Student Mentorship
  • Mo Sodwatana (Stanford)
  • Luke Baker (Arizona State)
  • Robert Ferrando (Univ of Arizona)
  • Ayrton Jimenez (Univ of Arizona)
• IIT Bombay Student Mentorship
  • Freshmen & Sophomores
• Center for Nonlinear Studies (CNLS) Postdoctoral Seminar Organizer (2022)

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