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Shakti Kumar

@shaktikumar

Computational Materials Scientist at IIT Kanpur, reproducing alloy behavior with tested Python workflows validated against experiment.

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At IIT Kanpur, my PhD work focuses on creep and high-temperature deformation of alloys. I build reproducible computational-materials workflows in Python and check them against experiments or published data.

In my Computational Materials Science Portfolio, I calculated aluminium's creep activation energy from first principles, obtaining 1.26 eV against 1.28 eV measured. I also reached 80% phase-prediction accuracy on a 1,545-entry high-entropy-alloy dataset.

As an AI Training Task Author at Alignerr (Labelbox), I author an engineering reinforcement-learning task, including its problem design, reference solution, and deterministic Python grader. I also teach at IIT Kanpur and have provided step-by-step GATE Mechanical solutions through Unacademy.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

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AI Training Task Author

Alignerr (Labelbox)

Jan 2026 - Present (9 months)

Authoring an engineering reinforcement-learning task for frontier AI models, including problem design, reference solution, and a deterministic Python grader, reviewed and tested through a Git/CI workflow.

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Teaching Faculty

GeeksforGurukul

Nov 2024 - May 2025 (6 months)

Taught courses and provided educational support.

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Graduate Teaching Assistant

IIT Kanpur

Jul 2023 - May 2024 (10 months)

Conducted tutorials and rubric-based evaluation for graduate courses.

Education

Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework

Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur logoIK

Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur

PhD, Materials Science & Engineering

2025 -

Ongoing PhD in Materials Science & Engineering focusing on creep and high-temperature deformation of alloys.

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Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur

M.Tech, Aerospace Engineering

2022 - 2024

M.Tech in Aerospace Engineering from IIT Kanpur, with thesis on compressible elliptic vortex ring dynamics.

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Rajkiya Engineering College, Banda

B.Tech, Mechanical Engineering

2018 - 2022

Grade: CPI 7.85

B.Tech in Mechanical Engineering with CPI 7.85.

Tech stack

Software and tools used professionally

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