Education
PhD in Mechanical Engineering | December 2012 – May 2017
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, USA
Master of Science (MS) in Mechanical Engineering | August 2010 – December 2012
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, USA
B.E. (Hons.) in Mechanical Engineering | August 2006 – May 2010
Birla Institute of Technology and Science-Pilani, Goa Campus, India
Honors and Awards
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Outstanding ME dissertation award | MechSE, UIUC | 2017
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Mavis Future Faculty Fellowship (MF3) | College of Engineering, UIUC | 2015
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List of teachers ranked excellent by their students (for TAM 251: Introduction to solid mechanics) | Spring 2015
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Third place, GRAMS MechSE research expo poster competition | UIUC | 2015
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Best poster award, Review meeting, NSF Center for Novel HVT Materials and Structures | Denver, CO | 2015
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Research Internship in Science and Engineering (RISE) fellowship, Indo-US Science and Technology Forum | 2012
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Conference travel award, Society of Engineering Sciences | 2012.