Summary
Shashank R is a materials and process engineering lead with 10 years’ experience specializing in metal additive manufacturing, powder metallurgy, and process development across startups and industry leaders in the Greater Boston area. He has led new-material development, powder qualification, and production process engineering for Ni, Fe, Ti, and Al systems at companies like Velo3D, Desktop Metal, and Fluent Metal, and has hands-on experience with microscopy, sintering, and post-processing. Known for practical problem-solving, he developed a laser-stitching algorithm to eliminate multi-laser artifacts and has driven recycling and sustainable feedstock initiatives in high-throughput 3D printing operations. His background includes academic research at UC Berkeley and Georgia Tech on corrosion and single-crystal processing, and a graduate certificate in applied statistics that informs his DOE-driven approach to process qualification.
10 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Engineering (MEng) Materials Science and Engineering, Master of Engineering (MEng) Materials Science and Engineering at University of California, Berkeley
Bachelor Of Science Materials Science, Bachelor Of Science Materials Science at Indian Institute of Science (IISc)
Graduate Certificate Applied Statistics, Graduate Certificate Applied Statistics at Penn State University
RV PU College
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