Govind M Chari
I did my PhD with Dr. Behçet Açıkmeşe at the University of Washington, where my research focused on optimization theory and high-performance implementations of optimization algorithms. Before that, I graduated summa cum laude from Cornell University in three years with a BS in Mechanical Engineering and received the Sibley Prize, awarded to the mechanical engineering graduate with the highest cumulative GPA.
I interned at SpaceX three times, where I worked on Raptor propulsion analysis, Dragon guidance, navigation, and control, and Starlink network topology. After that, I interned at Anduril on the guidance, navigation, and control team, focusing on trajectory optimization, then at Mitsubishi Electric Research Labs, where I worked with Dr. Arvind Raghunathan on optimization algorithms, and finally at Amazon as an Applied Scientist intern on the Supply Chain Optimization Technologies team.