VikhramSwaminathan

Education

M.S. & Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA
B.Tech., Mechanical Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli, India

Research Interests

Honors

Top Oral Presentation at Applied Materials ETch Conference	2024
Senior Member of IEEE, USA	2022
Member of Royal Society of Chemistry (MRSC), UK	2021
Spot Award for Competitive Differentiation, Lam Research	2019
Mavis Future Faculty Fellow Award – College of Engineering, UIUC	2011-13
Graduate Teacher Certificate, Center for teaching Excellence, UIUC	2012
Convocation Gold Medal in Mechanical Engineering, NITT	2002-06
RECAL Alumni Award – Overall Outstanding Student of NITT	2002-06
RECAL Best Outgoing Student, Mechanical Engineering, NITT	2002-06
J.N.C.A.S.R Summer Research Fellowship	2005

Professional Experience

Senior Product Line Manager, AIx, Applied Materials, Inc., Jun 2025-Dec 2025
Senior Staff Process Engineer, Applied Materials, Inc., Jul 2022-Jun 2025
Staff Process Engineer, Applied Materials, Inc., Sep 2020-Jul 2022
Senior Process Engineer, Lam Research Corp., Feb 2018-Sep 2020
Process Engineer, Lam Research Corp., Dec 2015-Feb 2018
Postdoctoral Research Associate in Department of Bioengineering, UIUC, Sep-Nov 2015
Research Assistant in Shannon/Bashir Research Groups, UIUC, Nov 2007-Aug 2015
Project Assistant at IISc–Bangalore, India Oct-Dec 2006

Service, Leadership & Extra-curricular

Senior Memberships in Professional and Scientific Societies: IEEE and RSC
Expert Reviewer for Peer Reviewed Journals: JSST & AIP Advances
Finisher at The Chicago Full Marathon, part of Team-Asha-UC charity	2009
Team-Asha-UC Marathon Training Co-ordinator	2010-12
President of Balls By Picasso – the English Literary Society of NITT	2005-06
Overall championships at JIPMER–Puducherry & IIM–Bangalore
Editor-in-Chief, Department of Mechanical Engineering, NITT	2005-06