Chaitanya Kesanapalli
Naval Architect & Marine Engineer at Chevron
Houston, Texas, United States
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Top SchoolChaitanya Kesanapalli is a Naval Architect and Marine Engineer based in Houston with eight years of experience blending academic research and industry practice to support deepwater platform integrity at Chevron. He progressed from graduate research and teaching at Texas A&M—where he pursued a PhD in Ocean Engineering—to hands-on roles including a Chevron naval architecture internship, marine terminal engineering, and now naval architect responsibilities for offshore assets. His background spans R&D internships and project work from IIT Madras to SOFEC, giving him a strong mix of computational, experimental, and field-oriented skills. Known for connecting rigorous research methods to practical engineering solutions, he brings particular strength in translating complex hydrodynamic and structural analyses into operational integrity strategies for deepwater facilities.
8 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Indian Institute of Technology MadrasDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Ocean Engineering, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Ocean Engineering at Texas A&M University
English, Telugu, Hindi
Github Skills (87)
solver10
bem10
anaconda10
electrical-engineering10
ide10
hydrodynamics10
qt9
python-development9
fluid-simulation9
python9
language-server-protocol9
spyder9
fortran9
chemical-engineering9
development-environment9
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
ckesanapalli/capytaine
Jul 2021 - Dec 2022
Python BEM solver for linear potential flow, based on Nemoh.
Contributions:52 pushes, 11 branches, 1 comment in 1 year 4 months
pythonbempotential-flowsolverflow-based
ckesanapalli/DualSPHysics
Mar 2019 - Dec 2022
C++/CUDA/OpenMP based Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics (SPH) Solver
Contributions:10 pushes, 3 branches in 3 years 9 months
cudaparticlecppgpuc-plus-plus
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