Raghavendra Sivapuram

Raghavendra Sivapuram currently pursuing a Ph.D. in Structural Engineering from the University of California, San Diego. His current areas of specialization are reduced order modleing and structural optimization as well as stress-improvement in mean-strain finite elements. He also has experience mentoring undergraduate freshmen in engineering and conducting workshops on SolidWorks and ANSYS Structural for undergraduates.

• BTech in Mechanical Engineering, IIT Guwahati, India 
• MS in Structural Engineering, University California, San Diego 
• PhD in Structual Engineering, University of California, San Diego (in process)

• Teaching Assistant for Finite Element Methods, Numerical Methods, and Structural Analysis (UCSD)
• Lectured on automobile engineering and CAE to undergraduates (UCSD)

• Sivapuram, R. & Krysl, P., Improved stress recovery for mean-strain finite elements, International Journal of Numerical Methods in Engineering (submitted in 2017)
• Sivapuram, R. & Picelli, R., Topology optimization of binary structures using Integer Linear Programming, Finite Elements in Analysis and Design, Volume 139, 2018, Pages 49-61, ISSN 0168-874X, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.finel.2017.10.006
• Sivapuram, R., Dunning, P.D. & Kim, H.A., Simultaneous material and structural optimization using multiscale topology optimization, Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization, 2016, Volume 54, Pages 1267-1281. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00158-016-1519-x
• Sivapuram, R., Dunning, P.D. & Kim, H.A. ”Multiscale topology optimization for structures with tailored porous structured materials”, 57th AIAA/ASCE/AHS/ASC Structures, Structural Dynamics, and Materials Conference, AIAA SciTech Forum, (AIAA 2016-0938), https://doi.org/10.2514/6.2016-0938
• Y. Samant Saurabh, Kaushal Kamal Jain, Sivapuram Raghavendra, Karuna Kalita, Design of Suspension System for Formula Student Race Car, Procedia Engineering, Volume 144, 2016, Pages 1138-1149, ISSN 1877-7058, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.proeng.2016.05.081