A. Rao

About

Technical Specialist in Durability and Reliability with Ford Motor Company
PhD in Mechanical Engineering from Texas A&M University, College Station

Employment

• Ford Motor Company (United States) Technical Specialist
  2024 - Present
• Rivian Automotive Sr. Enginer
  2021 - 2024
• HBK World / HBM Prenscia/ nCode/ Reliasoft
  2016 - 2021
• Automotive Research Association of India Project & Trainee Engineer
  2008 - 2008

Education

• Georgia Institute of Technology MS
  2023 - 2026
• Texas A&M University MS
  2010 - Present
• Texas A&M Engineering PhD
  2009 - 2014
• Vellore Institute of Technology Masters in Technology (M.Tech)
  2006 - 2008
• Visvesvaraya Technological University Bachelors of Engineering (BE)
  2002 - 2006

Projects & Funding

Projects & funding information is unavailable.

Publications (13)

• Incentive design, infrastructure gaps, and equity in EV charging deployment: Evidence from Canada’s provincial policy experiments in British Columbia, Ontario, and Quebec
  Case Studies on Transport Policy 2026 DOI: 10.1016/j.cstp.2026.101958
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• Effect of axial preloads on torsional behavior of superelastic shape memory alloy tubes – experimental investigation and simulation/predictions of intricate inner loops
  International Journal for Computational Methods in Engineering Science and Mechanics 2024 DOI: 10.1080/15502287.2024.2342875
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• A custom designed modular, scalable test system for an efficient performance evaluation of thermoelectric devices
  Energy Conversion and Management 2022 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecmx.2022.100228
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• A thermodynamic driving force approach for analyzing functional degradation of shape memory alloy components
  Mechanics of Advanced Materials and Structures 2019 DOI: 10.1080/15376494.2018.1444229
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• A TiAlCu Metallization for ‘n’Type $ $$\backslash$hbox ${$CoSb$}$ _x $ $ CoSb x Skutterudites with Improved Performance for High-Temperature Energy Harvesting Applications
  Journal of Electronic Materials 2017
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• A quick and efficient measurement technique for performance evaluation of thermoelectric materials
  Measurement Science and Technology 2016
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• Design of Shape Memory Alloy Actuators
  2015
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• A three-species model for simulating torsional response of shape memory alloy components using thermodynamic principles and discrete preisach models
  Mathematics and Mechanics of Solids 2015
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• Internal loops in superelastic shape memory alloy wires under torsion--Experiments and simulations/predictions
  International Journal of Solids and Structures 2014
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• A two species thermodynamic Preisach model for the torsional response of shape memory alloy wires and springs under superelastic conditions
  International Journal of Solids and Structures 2013 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijsolstr.2012.11.006
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