Krishnan Swaminathan Gopalan

Krishnan Swaminathan Gopalan is a Senior Material Research Scientist at Analytical Mechanics Associates, working as a contractor at NASA Ames Research Center since October 2020. Prior experience includes roles as a Material Scientist/Engineer and Aerospace Engineer at Science and Technology Corporation from October 2019 to September 2020, and a Graduate Research Assistant at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign from October 2014 to September 2019. Notable internships include a Summer Research Intern position at NASA Ames Research Center in 2018 and a Research Intern role at Purdue University in 2013. Krishnan holds a PhD and a Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and a Bachelor of Technology in Mechanical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad. Education includes high school achievements in Physics, Chemistry, and Mathematics from PSBBSS School, KK Nagar.