Neal Bhandarkar

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  • Title
    Target Fabrication Engineer (NIF TFAB)
  • Email
    bhandarkar2@llnl.gov
  • Phone
    (925) 423-8405
  • Organization
    PLS-MSD-MATERIALS SCIENCE DIVISION

Current position

Target Fabrication Engineer (TFE)

June 2019 – Present

Coordinate with a variety of teams (designers, physicists, fabrication centers, vendors, assemblers, NIF Target Chamber safety, and facility) to bring a target from a conceptual idea to a physical target that is shot at NIF, with attention to a variety of mechanical, materials, and characterization details & platform development.  Primarily involved in Discovery Science and Facility development targets.

B.S. Chemical Engineer, University of Minnesota, 2018

Publications

For a full list, see ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0539-4216

Social media

https://www.linkedin.com/in/neal-bhandarkar-126a10b7