Section I · Engineering

Engineering.

Education

Degrees & honors

  • B.S., Electrical Engineering, concentration in signal processing, minor in Human Rights · Stanford University · Electrical Engineering Student Design Project Award, 20252021 - 2025
  • M.S. Candidate, Materials Science and Engineering · Stanford University2025 - 2027
  • Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) Commercialization FellowJun - Sep 2025
  • CISAC Honors Student · Center for International Security and Cooperation2025 - 2026
  • Tutorial in Medical Anthropology · Magdalen College, University of OxfordJan - Mar 2024
Thesis

Honors thesis

Aftershock: Modelling Resilience in the United States Critical Minerals Supply Chain.

CISAC Honors Program in International Security Studies · Stanford University · 2026 · Advisor: Prof. Srabanti Chowdhury · Committee: Andrew Grotto

A causal model of how mineral markets respond to coercive supply shocks. It tracks production capacity, inventories, prices, and processing concentration across six minerals (graphite, rare earths, cobalt, lithium, nickel, uranium), and is tested against twelve historical shocks from 2006 to 2024.

The model predicts year-on-year price moves with 70% accuracy out of sample. Resilience turns on concentration at the most exposed stage of the chain, usually processing rather than mining. Graphite is the most exposed U.S. chain: under a hypothetical 95% Chinese export ban, modelled odds of recovery within three years are zero for graphite, cobalt, rare earths, and lithium. The binding constraint is not stockpile size, it is the time required to rebuild processing capacity.

Stanford SearchWorks ↗  ·  doi.org/10.25740/pv210xj5153 ↗

Publications

Papers

By me
  1. 2026 Gopisetty, S. Aftershock: Modelling Resilience in the United States Critical Minerals Supply Chain. CISAC Honors Program in International Security Studies, Stanford University. Honors thesis · Advisor: Prof. Srabanti Chowdhury · Committee: Andrew Grotto. Stanford SearchWorks ↗ · doi.org/10.25740/pv210xj5153 ↗
  2. 2025 Kaplan, H., Gopisetty, S., Opferman, A., Reinhold, A., Williamson, E., & Volmar, E. Critical Minerals and the Business of National Security: Engineering competitive incentives into America's mineral strategy. Stanford Gordian Knot Center for National Security Innovation. Stanford Digital Repository ↗ · doi.org/10.25740/mr919dh8962 ↗
About me
  1. 2025 SellingtoDefense. Hacking for Defense (H4D): Meet Team ChipForce. Stanford H4D, Selling to Defense Substack. A profile of the six-person ChipForce team building demand-side incentives to prioritize U.S. and allied critical minerals. Read ↗
Research

Research homes

  • Mineral-X, Research Project Lead, advised by Dr. Jef Caers · building a predictive engine using structural causal modelling to map the downstream effects of critical-mineral supply-chain disruptions for policymakers and industrySep 2025 - present
  • Dresselhaus-Marais Lab, Research Assistant · developing a laser-based minerals-processing tool as an alternative to conventional chemical extraction; technoeconomic analysis with Lawrence Livermore National LaboratoryFeb 2025 - present
  • Stanford Gordian Knot Center, National Innovation Scholar · investigating the economic impacts of critical-mineral supply-chain dependencies and the strategic levers to strengthen the U.S. chain2025 - present
  • Molecular Imaging Instrumentation Lab, Research Assistant · transportable MRI and PET for low-access regions, field-line simulations and signal-processing pipelinesJun 2024 - Oct 2025
  • Artificial Retina Project, Research Assistant · FPGA low-latency gaze display for visually impaired implant patientsMay 2024 - Oct 2025
  • SupplyShield (DIU-sponsored), Co-Founder & Chief Design Officer · critical-mineral supply intelligence platformMay - Oct 2025
  • Hoover Institution, Research Fellow · Biostrategies & Leadership under Dr. Drew EndyJul 2024 - Jan 2025
  • CREDO / Hoover Institution, Research Assistant · post-Carnegie-Unit competency model for K-12Jul 2023 - Feb 2024
  • PAWS, Pediatric Apple Watch Study, Designer & Developer (with Apple) · Swift app for pediatric arrhythmia trackingJan - Jun 2023
Professional

Industry

  • Materials Processing @ The Boeing Company, Jun - Sep 2025Washington
  • Consultant @ Gravity Medical Technology, Jan 2025 - Jan 2026India
Volunteering

Service & community

  • Board Member, Stanford Library SystemsNov 2024 - present
  • Team Strategist & Chief of Professional Development, REM ConsultingSep 2022 - present
  • Development Team Intern, Witness to Mass IncarcerationJun - Oct 2022
  • President & Founder, Initi8 Nonprofit (150+ weekly free-tutoring sessions, 70 volunteers, three Title I programs)Sep 2019 - Sep 2022
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