Engineer Mechanical

KARTHIK REDDY LYATHAKULA

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Computational engineer with over ten years of experience in software development, mathematical modeling and multiphysics simulations.

PhD student with a focus in the areas of predictive modeling, machine learning, surrogate modeling, structural failure analysis, uncertainty quanti cation, damage prognostics, structural health monitoring.

Industry experience as an Applications Engineer at COMSOL Multiphysics to particularize multiphysics model- ing for several clients from inception to support, to training COMSOL modules ensuring industry-level solutions. EDUCATION

PhD in Mechanical Engineering Aug 2015 - 2021

North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA. GPA: 4.0/4.0 Master of Engineering in Mechanical Engineering Aug 2009- Jul 2011 Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India.

Bachelor of Technology in Mechanical Engineering Sept 2005- May 2009 Kakatiya Institute of Technology and Science, Warangal, India. SKILLS

Programming Python, MATLAB, R, C, C++, FORTRAN, Javascript, HTML. Softwares Rstudio, Tableau, OpenRe ne, SQL, Django. Technical Uncertainty Quanti cation, Mechanical Design, Optimization, HPC, Machine Learning, Deep Learning, Data Mining, Predictive Modeling, Mathematical & Statistical Modeling, Digital Image Processing, Digital Signal Processing, Multi-physics, FEA, CFD, NDT Heat Transfer, Fracture Mechanics, Structural Health Monitoring, Prognostics. Modeling Packages COMSOL Multiphysics, ABAQUS, SOLID WORKS, Ansys, AutoCAD. WORK EXPERIENCE

Visiting PhD Scholar, National Institute of Aerospace May 2018 - Present Integrated Structural Health Management Lab Hampton, VA, USA Research Assistant, North Carolina State University May 2016 - Present Smart Structures and Materials Lab Raleigh, NC, USA

Developed damage diagnostics and prognostics framework for fatigue critical mechanical structures.

Developed hybrid surrogate models for physics based simulations using machine learning techniques.

Worked on damage quanti cation methods for mechanical structures using signal processing, image processing, deep learning techniques.

Applications Engineer Aug 2011 - June 2015

COMSOL Multiphysics Bangalore, India

Worked on projects that demand knowledge from multiple physics ranging- solid mechanics, uid mechanics, electric eld, acoustics, heat transfer, two-phase ow, phase change and chemical reactions.

Collaborated with the Multi-body dynamics module development team to develop new features and models.

Delivered lectures at several COMSOL conferences and workshops. Research Assistant, Indian Institute of Science Jan 2010-July 2011 Spray and Combustion Lab Bangalore, India

PROJECTS

Exploratory data analysis of car accidents in the united states and predictive modeling of accident severity using di erent classi cation algorithms.

Sampling from high dimensional space with complex, non-linear constraints.

Django website for sampling from high dimensional space with complex, non-linear constraints project.

Bayesian tracking methods to estimate a probabilistic fatigue life in a structural plate.

Comparison of di erent operational modal analysis methods for system identi cation in mechanical structures.

A C++ program to solve compressible Euler equations using Discontinuous Galerkin methods.

A parallel FEM code in FORTRAN to simulate the propagation of Lamb waves in complex 3D plates.

Numerical study to simulate utter in a at plate by modeling uid structural interaction physics.

Simulations to manipulate bio-particles for drug development using dielectrophoretic forces.

Simulation of condensation inside an electrical enclosure by modeling phase change.

Simulations to calculate transmission loss in di erent kinds of mu ers. RELEVENT GRADUATE COURSES

Structural Health Monitoring, Fracture Mechanics, Uncertainty Quanti cation, Design Optimization, Stress Waves, Mathematical Modeling of Physical and Biological process, Finite Element Methods, High-Performance Computing, Computational Fluid Dynamics, Advance Solid Mechanics, Dynamics and Controls, Numerical Methods, Engineering Materials, Fluid Mechanics, Turbulent Shear Flows, Convective Heat Transfer, Radiative Heat Transfer. PUBLICATIONS

Karthik Reddy Lyathakula, Fuh-Gwo Yuan, A Robust Probabilistic Fatigue Life Prediction for Adhesively Bonded Joints via Surrogate Model. (Under Review)

Karthik Reddy Lyathakula, Fuh-Gwo Yuan, Fatigue Damage Prognosis of Adhesively Bonded Joint via an Arti cial Neural Networks (ANNs) based Surrogate Model. (Under Review)

Karthik Reddy Lyathakula, Fuh-Gwo Yuan, Demonstration of Prognostics Health Monitoring (PHM) in Adhe- sive LapJoints using Simulated Studies, Proceedings of the 12th IWSHM, September10-12, 2019.

Karthik Reddy Lyathakula, Fuh-Gwo Yuan, Optimization of Surrogate Models for Adhesively Bonded joints.

(Under Review)

Wang, Ziping, Xian Xue, Xingjia Li, Zhengxuan Jiang, and Karthik Reddy. "Study on Attenuation Properties of Surface Wave of AE Simulation Source Based on OPCM Sensor Element." Journal of Sensors 2018 (2018).

Wang, Ziping, Lei Qian, Zhengxuan Jiang, Xian Xue, and Karthik Reddy. "Vibration e ects of standing surface acoustic wave for separating suspended particles in lubricating oil." AIP Advances 10, no. 4 (2020): 045013. AWARDS AND ACHIEVEMENTS

2015-2016 Provost Doctoral Fellowship

2009 Scored 99.99 percentile in GATE exam

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