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Sashank Shivakumar

PhD Candidate at UC San Diego

San Diego, California

Overview

Work Experience

  • PhD Candidate

    2020 - Current

    Novel joining schemes for SiC subassemblies in concentrating solar power. Synthesis, consolidation, processing and characterization of advanced high temperature materials - bulk nanocrystalline/UFG/FG refractory multicomponent alloys, oxides, silicides, and borides. Extensive experience with: sintering techniques (FAST-SPS, tube, vacuum, and controlled atmosphere furnaces), custom processing equipment design, powder metallurgy, air sensitive materials handling etc. Characterization techniques: XRD, SEM, EDS, EBSD, FIB-SEM.

  • Senior Analyst: VC Investment

    2022 - 2022

    Portfolio support and sourcing for/of companies deploying breakthrough materials science and manufacturing technologies.

  • Shah Fellow: Technology Program Management

    2021 - 2022

  • Engineer: Materials Science & Technology Development

    2018 - 2020

    Core technology validation for Brain Computer Interfaces.

  • Volunteer Researcher and Graduate Teaching Assistant

    2017 - 2018

    Nanocomposite Carbon Nanotube paints and coatings for non-invasive structural health monitoring of concrete via tomographic approaches. (ARMOR Lab, Prof. Kenneth Loh) TA for PHY2CL (Aug '17 - June '18) - Physics Lab: Electricity and Magnetism

  • Consultant

    2015 - 2016

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