Kranthi balusu
Chief Technology Officer at LeapFast Manufacturing Inc.
Richland, Washington, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolKranthi Balusu is a CTO and computational mechanics specialist with eight years of experience translating multiscale solid mechanics research into practical simulation tools and engineering solutions. Trained as an aerospace engineer with a PhD and a perfect 4.0 GPA from UT Arlington, he has deep expertise in crystal plasticity FEA, dislocation dynamics, and material testing, paired with production-level programming in Python, Fortran, C, and C++. His career moves from hands-on research and postdoctoral roles to a computational scientist at a national lab and now leading technology at a manufacturing startup, reflecting a rare blend of academic rigor and product-focused engineering. Notably, he contributed to nonlinear additive-manufacturing FEA testing at ANSYS and has guided graduate research on microscale plasticity, showing both tool development and mentorship strengths. Based in Richland, WA, he brings a practical, HPC-aware approach to solving complex materials problems for industry applications.
8 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Indian Institute of Technology MadrasDoctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Aerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering, 4.0/4.0, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Aerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering, 4.0/4.0 at The University of Texas at Arlington
Telugu, Hindi, English
Github Skills (3)
visualization6
machine-learning6
tensorflow5
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
kranthibalusu/Crystal-plasticity-
Aug 2017 - Apr 2019
Contributions:13 commits, 11 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 7 months
kranthibalusu/TVSeriesWriting
Jun 2019 - Jul 2019
Contributions:34 pushes, 1 branch in 28 days
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