William Roshan Quadros
About William Roshan Quadros
William Roshan Quadros is a Senior Member of Technical Staff at Sandia National Laboratories, specializing in Finite Element Mesh Generation and Computational Geometry.
Current Role at Sandia National Laboratories
William Roshan Quadros has been serving as the Senior Member of Technical Staff at Sandia National Laboratories in the Albuquerque, New Mexico area since 2008. He contributes to Sandia's geometry and meshing toolkit as a CUBIT developer. As a key part of his responsibilities, he has been teaching CUBIT 100 & 200 training classes primarily to Sandia and other Government Lab analysts. Quadros is also the Scrum Master for the Sierra/Structural Dynamics team since 2013.
Previous Roles and Experience
Before his tenure at Sandia National Laboratories, William Roshan Quadros worked as a Software Developer in Research and Development at ALGOR Inc from 2005 to 2008. Prior to that, he was a Ph.D. student at Carnegie Mellon University from 2001 to 2005, where he honed his skills in Mechanical Engineering. His previous roles have significantly contributed to his expertise in finite element mesh generation and geometric modeling.
Educational Background
Quadros holds a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering with a focus on Finite Element Mesh Generation from Carnegie Mellon University, earned between 2001 and 2005. He also obtained an M.S. in Mechanical Engineering, specializing in Geometric Modeling and FEM, from the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) from 1998 to 2001. Additionally, he earned a B.E. in Mechanical Engineering from Kuvempu Vishwavidyanilaya from 1993 to 1997.
Research and Publications
William Roshan Quadros has published numerous papers in international conferences and journals related to his expertise in finite element mesh generation, geometric modeling, and computational geometry. He has delivered invited technical talks in various countries including India, Spain, France, the UK, and the USA. His contributions to academic and professional communities are further highlighted by his role as a Guest Editor for the journal 'Engineering with Computers,' and by reviewing for journals such as 'Computer Aided Design' and 'Journal of Computing and Information Science in Engineering.'
Professional Contributions and Collaborations
Quadros chaired the 20th International Meshing Roundtable Conference in Paris, France, in October 2011 and was a Session Chair at the 7th U.S. National Congress on Computational Mechanics in July 2003. He has participated in the Doctoral Thesis Committee for graduate students at both the Indian Institute of Science and Carnegie Mellon University. Notably, he is the Principal Investigator for the Medial for Meshing research collaboration involving Sandia, Carnegie Mellon University, and ITI TranscenData Europe Ltd. His founding of the IMR Social Group on LinkedIn in 2011 has also fostered a global network of over 650 researchers.