Saaketh Desai
About Saaketh Desai
Saaketh Desai is a Postdoctoral Appointee at Sandia National Laboratories with expertise in computational material science, focusing on microstructure evolution and martensitic transformations.
Current Position at Sandia National Laboratories
Saaketh Desai holds the position of Postdoctoral Appointee at Sandia National Laboratories. He has been in this role since 2021. His work involves advanced research in computational material science utilizing tools such as LAMMPS in conjunction with machine learning libraries like Keras and PyTorch.
Previous Experience at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
In 2019, Saaketh Desai worked as a Computational Chemistry and Material Science (CCMS) Summer Intern at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. During his two-month internship, he focused on computational material science projects, gaining useful experience that contributed to his ongoing research interests.
Research Role at Purdue University
Saaketh Desai served as a Graduate Research Assistant at Purdue University from 2015 to 2020. During his tenure, he conducted significant research in materials engineering and computational science and engineering. His work included extensive programming in Python and C++, focusing on microstructure evolution in carbon fibers and martensitic transformations in shape memory alloys. He also incorporated uncertainty quantification in materials modeling as part of his research.
Educational Background
Saaketh Desai earned his Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Materials Engineering with a minor in Computational Science and Engineering from Purdue University, where he studied from 2015 to 2020. Prior to that, he achieved his Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.) in Metallurgical and Materials Engineering from IIT Roorkee, completing his studies there from 2011 to 2015.
Internships and Early Career Experience
Throughout his academic career, Saaketh Desai gained diverse experience through multiple internships. He worked as a Summer Research Intern at the University of Muenster in Muenster, Germany, in 2014, and as a Summer Engineering Intern at Jindal Steel & Power Ltd. in Karnataka, India, in 2013. These internships provided him with a broad spectrum of practical skills and exposure to various facets of material science and engineering.