Sashank Shivakumar
PhD Candidate at UC San Diego
San Diego, California
Overview
Work Experience
Research Aide Technical - PhD
2025 - Current
Applied materials division (AMD), materials for harsh environments (MHE) dept. Continuing PhD thesis work on ceramic-ceramic joining for advanced energy.
Argonne National Laboratory conducts researches in basic science, energy resources, and environmental management.
Raised $41,400,000.00 from U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, US Department of Energy, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, US Department of Energy and US Department of Energy.
PhD Candidate
2020
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, fast heating ( > 100 C.s), 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, with a focus on semiconductor, LDES (Thermal/Geothermal), DER, and battery verticals.
Anzu Partners is an investment firm that invests in industrial and life science technology companies.
Shah Fellow: Technology Program Management
2021 - 2022
Institute for Global Entrepreneurs offers education, mentorship, and entrepreneurial programs to students, research staff, and alumni.
Engineer: Materials Science & Technology Development
2018 - 2020
Core technology validation for Brain Computer Interfaces.
Paradromics is developing high data-rate brain computer interfacing technology
Raised $108,406,129.00 from IPOSharks.
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