Education
- PhD (Mechanical), Magna Cum Laude, University of Karlsruhe, Germany, Mar. 2006
- MSc (Mechatronics), Cum Laude, Hamburg University of Technology, Germany, Oct. 2001
- BE (Mechanical), Distinction, Karnatak University, India, Oct. 1996
Experience
- Postdoctoral Research Associate, Division of Engineering, Brown University, USA, Oct. 2007 - till date
- Associate Scientist, Institute for Reliability of Components and Devices, University of Karlsruhe, Germany, Oct. 2003 - Sep. 2007
- Young Scientist, Institute for Materials Research II, Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe GmbH, Germany, Feb. 2002 - Sep. 2003
- Research Assistant, Robert Bosch GmbH, Germany, Oct. 2000 - Mar. 2001
- Research Assistant, Institute for Microsystems Technology, Hamburg University of Technology, Germany, May. 2001- Oct. 2001; Nov. 1999 - Sep. 2000
- Marine Engineer, Mitsui OSK Lines, Japan, 1997 - 1998
- Purchase Engineer, Kinetic Honda, India, 1996 - 1997
Short Bio
- I am currently employed as a Postdoctoral Research Associate in Engineering at Brown University. My current research involves modeling equilibrium composition profiles / morphology evolution of strained alloy coherent and dislocated quantum dots.
- Before coming to the USA, I worked as an Associate Scientist at the Institute for Reliability of Components and Devices, University of Karlsruhe, Germany and I collaborated with GKSS Forschungszentrum GmbH, Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe GmbH. Here my research involved modeling and simulation of wear in ceramic micro-machines using finite elements. This work was funded by the German Research Foundation within the framework of a collaborative research center named “ SFB 499 – Design, production and quality assurance of molded micro parts constructed from metals and ceramics”. The code that I developed for this purpose was named the "Wear-Processor" which is now used by Robert Bosch GmbH for developing advanced wear resistant coatings for engine applications. I received my doctorate in engineering sciences in mechanical engineering from the University of Karlsruhe (elite university) in March 2006 for the above work. Before coming to Karlsruhe, I studied at the Hamburg University of Technology for my master of science in mechatronics. While studying for my masters I worked on fluid-thermal coupled field finite element analysis of a micro machined thermal conductivity sensor used in a micro gas chromatograph for my thesis and also worked on thermo-mechanical finite element analysis of thin metal films used in automotive sensors at Robert Bosch GmbH.
- I arrived in Germany from Dharwad, India where I studied for my bachelor's in mechanical engineering. Following my undergraduate studies, I worked as a purchase engineer for Kinetic Honda and later as a marine engineer for Mitsui OSK Lines.
Selected Publications
- V. Hegadekatte,
S. Kurzenhäuser, N. Huber, O. Kraft, A predictive modeling scheme for
wear in tribometers, Tribology International, 2008, 41. p. 1020 - 1031.
- N. V. Medhekar, V. Hegadekatte, V. B. Shenoy, Composition maps in self-assembled alloy quantum dots, Physical Review Letters, 2008, 100, p. 106104.
- V. Hegadekatte, N. Huber, O. Kraft, Finite element based simulation of dry sliding wear, Modelling and Simulation in Materials Science and Engineering, 2005, 13, p. 57 – 75. (Featured on the cover)
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