Sathvika Kottapalli graduated with her MSME in Spring of 2025 and successfully defended her thesis “Impact of Oxygen Injection Parameters on Refining in Industry-scale EAF using CFD”. She started working in CIVS as a Graduate Research Assistant in 2023 under the supervision of Professor Chenn Zhou. Her technical work focused on applying advanced CFD techniques to electric arc furnaces (EAF). In particular, she determined the impact of oxygen injection during the refining stage on the decarburization process and FeO generation. Her work has been presented in conference venues and discussed in conference and journal publications. After graduating, she now works as a Design Release Engineer (DRE). She works on releasing and validating production-ready components of interesting automobiles like Dodge, Ram, Jeep, etc. The role is a mix of design, problem-solving, and real-world engineering, and discovering how concepts turn into vehicles on the road.

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