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General Information

Full Name Shubhaditya Burela
Date of Birth 30th June 1994
Languages English (Fluent), German (B1)

Education

  • Jun 2026 (Planned)
    PhD in Computational engineering
    TU Berlin, Berlin, Germany
  • Jun 2021
    M.Sc in Simulation Sciences
    RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany
  • May 2016
    B.Tech in Mechanical Engineering
    National Institute of Technology, Durgapur, India

Experience

  • Oct 2021 - Present
    Research Associate & PhD Student
    TU Berlin
    • Developed and analyzed nonlinear Model Order Reduction (MOR) frameworks for complex reactive flows, including wildland fire propagation and published results in peer-reviewed journals.
    • Formulated reduced-order optimal control problems for fluid dynamics applications by deploying adjoint-based optimization.
    • Constructed custom numerical solvers in Python and C++, applying Finite Difference Methods (FDM) to efficiently solve complex PDEs for transport-dominated flows.
    • Constructed custom neural network based optimization algorithm in collaboration with researchers from Aix-Marseille university for highly nonlinear and nonconvex optimization goals.
    • Analyzed Rotating Detonation Combustion Engine (RDCE) test data by deploying ADMM equipped with nonlinear MOR to successfully separate transport phenomena and decouple highly nonlinear detonation wave interactions.
  • Jun 2019 - Jun 2021
    Undergraduate Research Assistant
    TME, RWTH Aachen
    • Coded hydrodynamic bearing calculation routines in FORTRAN for multi-body simulation software (MSC Adams / Virtual Dynamics).
    • Developed a Thermohydrodynamic (THD) model by implementing the Reynolds lubrication and energy equations to accurately calculate local oil film temperatures and kinematics.
    • Executed Finite Element simulations to analyze turbocharger thrust bearing designs, utilizing both mass-conserving (cavitation) and non-mass-conserving approaches.
    • Accelerated computational speed and software robustness by integrating sparse solver techniques into the simulation architecture.
    • Validated simulation accuracy by successfully correlating computed hydrodynamic pressures and forces against physical friction measurements from the test bench.

Internships

  • Jul 2022 - Sep 2022
    Machine Learning Intern
    Launchpad.ai
    • Engineered a promotional recommendation model utilizing XGBoost, GBRT, Python, and PyTorch, optimizing performance through rigorous hyperparameter tuning on synthetic datasets.
    • Developed a novel clustering algorithm to automatically extract hidden cohort structures, statistically proving their impact on maximizing prediction accuracy for user engagement.
  • Jun 2021 - Aug 2021
    Google Summer of Code (GSoC) Intern
    MBDyn
    • Architected a bi-directional software coupling to integrate the open-source MBDyn kinematic solver with a pre-compiled Unsteady Vortex Lattice Method (UVLM) library.
    • Engineered synchronized, real-time data transfer between subsystems to seamlessly exchange kinematic data and aerodynamic forces at every time step.

Academic Interests

  • Model Order Reduction
  • Machine Learning & Neural Networks
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics & Reactive Flows
  • Nonlinear & Proximal Optimization
  • Optimal Control

Skills & Additional Info

  • Programming & ML: Python, PyTorch, C++, FORTRAN, MATLAB, Pandas, XGBoost, Deep Neural Networks.
  • Computational Math: Model Order Reduction, ADMM, Proximal Methods, Finite Element/Difference Methods, PDEs.
  • Operating systems: Windows, MacOS, Linux.
  • Document preparation tools: LATEX, MS-Word.