Sridhar Canumalla

About Sridhar Canumalla

I love leading engineering teams to design and build devices that open up new experiences with Augmented Reality and Wearable Computing. I enjoy solving complex, interdisciplinary problems to realize the simplest design possible, especially in tight design spaces. Specialties: Mixed Reality, Wearable Computing, System Engineering, Thermal & Mechanical Product Design, Portable Electronics, IC Packaging, Reliability Engineering, Failure Analysis, Composite Materials, Acoustic Microscopy, FEA, CFD, JMP, Materials Engineering and DFSS Certification - Black Belt in Design for Six Sigma (DFSS) Author of Book \"Portable Electronics : Design, Materials and Reliability\"

Experience

1. Senior Director, Mechanical Engineering, Mixed Reality

   Microsoft

   Sep 2022 — Present · Redmond, WA, US

   Development of Mixed Reality devices for Consumer, Enterprise and Public Sector application Leading engineering teams responsible for solving problems in wearable computing devices and engineering them to extreme outdoor environments including desert heat, solar radiation, rain, snow, sand storm, salt fog, arctic cold, drop and mechanical impact. Product Development responsibilities include - Thermal Engineering including Simulation (CFD) and Verification, Thermal management algorithms - Materials Engineering, materials selection, coatings and adhesives, testing - Structural Engineering including impact, thermal mechanical stress - Designing in Reliability for optical and electronics products for moisture, corrosion and other extreme environments - Advocate and expert help for using Statistics and Data driven optimization in product and process development

Education

• Penn State University

  PhD

• Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University

  BS