Sneha Prabha Narra

Sneha Prabha Narra is an Assistant Professor in the Mechanical Engineering Department at Carnegie Mellon University. She received her B.E. in civil engineering from Osmania University in 2012, followed by M.S. degrees in computational mechanics and mechanical engineering from Carnegie Mellon University in 2013 and 2015, respectively, and a Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from Carnegie Mellon University in 2017. After completing postdoctoral training at the NextManufacturing Center, she joined Worcester Polytechnic Institute as an assistant professor in 2018 before moving to Carnegie Mellon University in 2021. Her research interests include additive manufacturing, advanced manufacturing, and digital twins. She is currently serving as the Associate Editor of the Additive Manufacturing journal and is actively involved in organizing AM symposia and workshops.

Sneha Prabha Narra is an Assistant Professor in the Mechanical Engineering Department at Carnegie Mellon University, specializing in additive manufacturing. Her research focuses on the design of additive manufacturing processes, the relationship between process parameters and material properties, and the characterization of materials produced through these processes. She investigates how processing variables influence defect structures, porosity, and microstructural evolution in metals such as Ti-6Al-4V and Inconel 718. Her work also explores the fabrication limits of thin-wall structures and the use of non-spherical powders in powder bed fusion. Narra's research contributes to the development of process qualification frameworks and high-fidelity thermal simulations for additive manufacturing.