Yuvarajendra Reddy: “My research is about digital twins for sustainability in Production metrology”

In the field of experimental mechanics at Luleå University of Technolgoy, Yuvarajendra Reddy is a doctoral student, working on developing tools for Digital Twins in production metrology sectors.

Where do you come from? Where have you been?

I am a southern Indian from a city called Bengaluru, known as the Silicon valley of India. My place is known for its pleasant-balmy weather throughout the year and its lush greenary. And, the food is unbelievably delicious and offers a wide range of varities to satisfy every taste. I am a single child, and grew up in a joint family with my grandparents. As of now, I've visited most of the Schengen countries and Balkan countries (19 to be specific) and am looking forward to visiting more. My perspective of seeing things changes as I travel, which exposes me to cultural differences, meeting strangers, experiencing nature, and, the most important, the thrill of being in a foreign place is my kind of dopamine.

What brought you to Luleå University of Technology?

Upon graduating from my hometown with a Bachelor's degree in Aeronautical Engineering, my parents technically forced me to go overseas for my master's degree just to get me out of my comfort zone. And, that's how I moved to Linköping in Sweden for my master's in Aeronautical engineering. Despite my master's, I was still not done with learning, so I considered getting another degree in Machine Learning. At that point, I discovered the PhD position at LTU, which seemed like the perfect fit for me to bridge fluid dynamics with machine learning and make a career out of it.

What is your research contribution to Creaternity?

Creaternity strives to reduce virgin resource extraction and carbon footprint by increasing the lifetime value of a product. One way to tackle this through Digitalization is by implementing Digital twins in manufacturing sectors, optimizing the resource utilization to its most. A digital twin generally consists of software platforms, algorithms, hardware components and modules of physical systems. I work on developing tools that allow Digital Twins to interact with physical systems in real-time and make decisions on the fly from empirical data and models, that bind the system to work in optimal conditions, thereby reducing wastage of resources.

Why is Creaternity important?

'The more the merrier'. Creaternity is an interdisciplinary platform, that brings many individual stakeholders from academia and industry from different areas to work on the same end goal. Creaternity promotes collaboration, that aids in breaking down the problem into simpler parts and approaching the problem with different mindset, leading to reduced R&D time in achieving carbon and resource neutral society.

Where are you going?

I would prefer the 'journey' than the 'destination'. Though, the destination is quite satisfying, it goes against the principle that I adopted 'Seek Discomfort'. At this stage of my journey, I am not particular about anything, and will base my decisions on the future developments. Industry and management are two areas, that I have on my mind, but research is 'the' area of my expertise.

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