Pushkaraj graduated from University of Cincinnati (UC) with a Master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering where he specialized in Finite Element Analysis and completed his thesis on the ‘Effects of material damage and plasticity on microscopic and macroscopic static metal friction’. During his Master’s he worked as a Research Assistant for 1.5 years at the UC Simulation Center, helping Procter & Gamble with their industrial projects.
Since 2016, Pushkaraj has been working with Dassault Systèmes as an Industry Process Consultant with the SIMULIA brand. In this capacity, he has been supporting Dassault’s North American customers adopt and learn SIMULIA’s traditional software (Abaqus, Isight, Tosca) as well as applications on the 3DExperience platform (AM, Simulation Templates, Design Exploration, etc.).