Akash Sonthalia

Akash Sonthalia is a Senior Mechanical Engineer at Aeva since June 2023, having previously served as a Mechanical Design Engineer at Aeva, Inc from June 2021 to March 2023. Prior experience includes roles as a Mechanical Engineer at Lutron Electronics and Corning Incorporated, and a Graduate Research Assistant at the Robotics Institute, where work focused on electro-mechanical design and prototyping of robots. Academic contributions include serving as a Graduate Grading Assistant at Carnegie Mellon Tepper School of Business and conducting research at Carnegie Mellon University and the Indian Institute of Science, emphasizing finite element modeling and structural testing. Akash holds a Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University and a Bachelor of Engineering in Mechanical Engineering from PESIT, Bangalore.