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Hi, I'm Gaurav Nilakantan, PhD.

Technology and Business Leadership in Composites.

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A Little About ​Myself.

​I am a Composites Subject Matter Expert (SME) with expertise in manufacturing, experimental testing, and FEA modeling of textiles, polymer matrix composites, and ceramic matrix composites for armor, aerospace, satellites, hypersonics, and other applications.

I currently work at Boeing Research & Technology (BR&T)  supporting Boeing Defense, Space & Security (BDS) programs. I focus on technological and organization transformation to continuously accelerate and mainstream enterprise-wide innovation, improvement, and productivity to enhance Boeing's competitiveness.

I have previously worked in both Industry and Academia and have made seminal and major research contributions to the field of composites.

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Business / Technology

Science / Research

  • Government CRAD proposals and programs
  • Composites supply chain, Composites Make-Buy
  • Composites technology roadmaps and emerging technologies
  • Composite material and process qualification and specification
  • Business process improvement, Cost reduction, LEAN
  • Tool modernization, Process automation
  • Accelerating and mainstreaming enterprise-wide innovation
  • Data and information capture, Data analytics
  • Knowledge transfer, Mentoring, Training
  • Composites manufacturing and experimental characterization
  • 3D weaving of textile preforms
  • Composites reuse and recycling
  • Composites design, modeling, and analysis
  • Composite material allowables and statistical analysis
  • Multiscale and probabilistic modeling of composites
  • Ballistic impact, thermal, structural, damage behavior of composites
  • Textile and composite modeling preprocessing software
  • Implicit and explicit finite element analysis
  • Supercomputing, scripting, user-defined material modeling
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Education and Certifications

  • PhD, Materials Science and Engineering, University of Delaware, 2011
  • MS, Mechanical Engineering, University of Cincinnati, 2006
  • BE, Mechanical Engineering, Visveswaraiah Technological University (India), 2003

  • Leadership at All Levels, Massachusetts Institute of Technology xPRO, 2020
  • Accounting and Finance for the Non-Finance Manager, University of California San Diego, 2020
  • Six Sigma Green Belt for Process Improvement, University of Southern California, 2019
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