Shrey Upadhyay

Shrey Upadhyay

MS Student
Majoring in Quantum Science and Technology


Shrey Upadhyay is an R&D Engineer at the University of California, Los Angeles working in the quantum optimization of sensing hardware through the application of quantum algorithms via simulations. He holds a Master's degree in Quantum Science and Technology from UCLA, where he conducted research on developing novel techniques for quantum network optimization and error correction under the supervision of Prof. Enrique Lopez Droguett. During his Bachelor of Science in Physics, Shrey was a founding member and led a startup focused on quantum finance and portfolio optimization along with working on quantum error correction protocols and architectures.

Devasmit Dutta

Devasmit Dutta

MS Student
Majoring in Civil and Environmental Engineering


My name is Devasmit Dutta. I’ve completed my undergraduate in Civil Engineering at Indian Institute of Technology, (IIT) Bhubaneswar. Currently I’m a 2nd year Masters student at UCLA, in structural mechanics track in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. My research interests are finite element modeling and simulation applications for structural engineering and reliability systems. Also, I like to work on physics based and machine learning applications such as AI for wildfire simulation. 

Anna Cosmin-Spanoche

Anna Cosmin-Spanoche
MS Student

Majoring in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering



Anna Cosmin-Spanoche is a first year Master's student in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering. She obtained her B.S. in Aerospace Engineering, with a minor in Statistics and Data Science, at UCLA this past spring. Her current research at the Garrick Institute for the Risk Sciences (GIRS) focuses on human-system safety for heavy-duty automated vehicles. Her previous research at GIRS was in Human Reliability Analysis for Nuclear Power Plants, in a project with the Japanese Nuclear Regulatory Authority (J-NRA). She also has experience with safety and reliability in the aerospace industry, having interned twice at The Boeing Company, in their enterprise-wide Safety Management System group as a systems engineer. 

Camila A. Correa Jullian

Camila A. Correa Jullian

Camila is a PhD candidate of the Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering department. Her current research is focused on characterizing, modeling, and simulating operational safety risks of human-system interactions in automated systems and Connected and Automated Vehicles (CAV), collaborating with the UCLA Mobility Lab.

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Karthik Sankaran

Karthik Sankaran
M.S. Student

B.Tech. Indian Institute of Technology

Karthik is a Graduate Student in Materials Science & Engineering who completed his undergraduate education in Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay. His research involves finding failure models for predicting the reliability of Composite Materials under the guidance of Professor Mosleh. His previous work includes Modelling and Simulation of Hydrogel Networks (Monash University, Melbourne), DFTB simulation of cement components (B.A.R.C., Mumbai), and Mechanical Testing of Farming Equipment to improve quality of materials in use (IIT Bombay).

Minh Cao

Minh Cao
Ph.D. Student

B.S. University of California, Los Angeles

Minh Cao is currently working as Programming Analyst and candidate M.S student in Bioengineering at UCLA. He is an expert in Signal processing, Android development and Cloud computing. His research interests mainly focus on applications of sensor networks and cloud computing in IoT mobile health care domain.