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