Research

SURFACE SCIENCE LABORATORY, Ph.D. Research
August 2019 – Present
Advisor: Dr. Hong Liang

Antimicrobial products

• Making products with finer antimicrobial/antiviral properties by fusing different nanoparticles additives in biocompatible polymers

• Inventing versatile synthesis techniques to prepare the nanoparticles to enhance their features

Membranes for water filtration

• Developing biocompatible membranes fused with nanoparticles and demonstrating their use in water filtration techniques

Plant-based materials

• Qualitative analysis of plants that are subjected to several diverse growth environments

• Manufacturing multi-characteristics products that are made from plants and are 100% biodegradable

GRADUATE RESEARCH ASSISTANT
June 2020 – August 2020
J. Mike Walker ’66 Department of Mechanical Engineering, Texas A&M University

• Fabricate the materials to replicate the superior qualities of nature-inspired materials by applying advanced manufacturing techniques

RESEARCH ASSISTANT, IIT Bombay
September 2018 - March 2019

• Developed simulation models to validate various experimental results related to electric discharge machining (EDM) and nano textured surfaces by writing novel scripts on ABAQUS/ANSYS

• Responsible for mentoring 3 Ph.D. students on matters related to simulations and programming

ELECTRIC DISCHARGE BASED SURFACE TEXTURING, Master’s Thesis
May 2014 - June 2015
Advisor: Dr. Suhas Joshi

• Developed a model on Simulia ABAQUS for single and multiple discharge EDM to find out the resulting crater depths and thus study the surface texture patterns

• Modelled and validated theoretical and experimental results for titanium alloy with different sets of input parameters like, current, voltage, temperature, cathode shape, etc.

• Application includes producing highly finished titanium surfaces used to check super hydrophobicity also biomedical procedures like orthopedic implants