Triparna Mahata is a Ph.D. student in Mechanical Engineering at Purdue University since Fall 2023. She is co-advised by Prof. Bansal and Prof. Subbarayan in Mechanical Engineering. She aims to empower materials through theoretical modelling and computational approaches with experimental assistance in the field of semiconductor packaging. She hold her B.Tech. (Honours) in Mechanical Engineering and M.Tech. in Mechanical Systems Design in a dual degree program (5 Y) from the Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur in 2023. She enjoys listening to music and geeking about movies and philosophy.