# Akshay Nalla

> Engineering at Airtable

Location: Palo Alto, California, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/akshaynalla

## Work Experience
### Software Engineer @ Airtable
Jan 2024 – Present

### Engineering @ Applied Intuition
Jan 2021 – Jan 2024 | Mountain View, California, United States

### Master's Research Student @ XLab Stanford
Jan 2020 – Jan 2021
•	Conducted mechanical compression tests on commercial graphene aerogels samples and analyzed mechanical testing data to quantify foam-like properties
•	Ran stress-relaxation tests on graphene aerogel samples and fitted data to a Maxwell model through linear regression in Python to determine viscoelastic properties
•	Helped write literature analyzing growth properties and structures of graphene aerogels based on manufacturing methods
•	Project design aiming to synthesis sensing devices on the International Space Station using high power plasma sources

### Structural Analysis Engineering Intern @ Northrop Grumman
Jan 2018 – Jan 2019 | Gilbert, Arizona, United States
• Designed and verified structural integrity of lift fixtures using finite element analysis (FEMAP)
• Wrote scripts to conduct bolted joint analysis on spacecraft mass simulators based on input parameters
• Conducted trade studies to optimize satellite design and material selection
• Optimized spacecraft model designs to optimize deflections of solar arrays

### Undergraduate Research Assistant @ Wang Research Laboratory, Arizona State University
Jan 2017 – Jan 2019 | Tempe, Arizona
• Created thermoelectric fabrics from liquid phase dispersions
• Created liquid phase dispersions of 2D MoS2 for use in biosensing applications
• Combined MoS2 dispersions with H2O2 with TMB to demonstrate nanozymatic behaviors of thin film MoS2
• Observed nanozymatic behavior of MoS2 in oxidizing dopamine for biosensing
• Developed a wax paper-based sensing system for detecting dopamine through color changes

### Undergraduate Researcher @ AIMS Center
Jan 2017 – Jan 2019 | Arizona State University
• Manufactured carbon nanotubes based thin films called CNT buckypaper for integration in composite T-Joints
• Characterized self-sensing properties of buckypaper membranes in CFRP composite joints
• Manufactured Carbon fiber (CFRP) composite stringer panels and carbon nanotube (CNT) integrated CFRP stringer panels using wet layup method
• Performed mechanical characterization of composite and nanocomposite T-joint properties
• Developed MATLAB scripts for automated numerical analysis and post processing of experimental data
• Developed MATLAB scripts to assist in computationally simulated microstructure generation of composite samples using image analysis


## Education
### Master's degree in Aerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering
Stanford University

### Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering
Arizona State University


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/akshay-nalla-303971138

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Last updated: 2026-03-29