VENUGOPAL RANGANATHAN

Austin, TX | (737)-610-2657 | venu22@utexas.edu | LinkedIn: Venugopal Ranganathan

SKILLS
 Programming: C++, Fortran, Python, Matlab, TensorFlow, OpenMP, OpenMPI
 Software: Linux, Docker, Ansys Fluent, Star CCM+, AutoCAD, Fusion 360, Creo Parametric

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Graduate Teaching Assistant – UT Austin Jan 2023 - Present
 Teaching assistant for two undergraduate courses – Applied Mathematics II and Engineering
Computation.

Researcher – Probabilistic and High Order Inference Group – UT Austin Aug 2022 – Present
 Assisting research in the areas of Physics Informed Neural Networks for modeling Burgers
equation using TensorFlow.

Project Associate – NETLabs, Indian Institute of Science, India Aug 2021 – May 2022
 Formulated finite difference solutions of phonon Boltzmann Transport equation in Fortran to
evaluate diamond’s thermal conductivity for electronics application.
 Implemented OpenMP and OpenMPI for parallel processing of 8GB of phonon transport data and
devised numerical schemes to handle large sparse matrices.

Student Intern – Mercedes-Benz R&D India [Thesis] Feb 2021 – Jun 2021
 Engineered a flexible k-d tree nearest neighbor algorithm on Matlab capable of extracting domain-
specific pressure data to reduce data size from 250 GB to 60 MB.
 Programmed Proper Orthogonal Decomposition (POD) and Dynamic Mode Decomposition (DMD)
techniques to compute dominant frequencies from CFD pressure data to identify noise sources in
an automobile compressor.

Research Intern – Atomic Energy Regulatory Board, India May 2019 – Jul 2019
 Developed a mathematical model on Fortran to simulate leakage of 30 elements and their isotopes
from 3 nuclear reactors.
 Calculated time taken for radiation to reach surrounding areas to set up evacuation zones in the
event of an accident.

EDUCATION
The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX Aug 2022 – Present
Master of Science: Computational Science, Engineering & Mathematics (CSEM) GPA: 3.89/4.00
Relevant Courses: Parallel Algorithms for Scientific Computing, Tools & Techniques of Computational
Science, Linear Algebra, Deep Learning, Machine Learning & Data Science, Inverse Problems

Birla Institute of Technology & Science Pilani, Goa, India Aug 2017 – May 2021
Bachelor of Engineering: Mechanical Engineering GPA: 9.29/10.0
Relevant Courses: Computer Programming, Numerical Analysis, Numerical Techniques of Fluid Flow
& Heat Transfer, Probability Theory & Statistics

EXTRA-CURRICULAR
Teacher – Youth for Seva, India Oct 2021 - Apr 2022
 Taught verbal and non-verbal reasoning to 30 underprivileged eighth-grade students to prepare
them for the GMAT section of the National Means Cum-Merit Scholarship Scheme examination.
 Conducted 2 hour classes twice a week, prepared in-class problem sets and assignments for
homework.