Research And Development Associate

• Jun 2023 - Present

Graduate Research Student

• Oct 2022 - May 2023

Researched on the study of self-healing mechanism of ceramic oxides through sintering. Rheology of powders were studied to control the density and porosity after sintering. PVD, Raman spectroscopy, tribological tests, nano indentations were the characterizations techniques done to understand the properties of Vanadium and Molybdenum oxides. Researched on the study of self-healing mechanism of ceramic oxides through sintering. Rheology of powders were studied to control the density and porosity after sintering. PVD, Raman spectroscopy, tribological tests, nano indentations were the characterizations techniques done to understand the properties of Vanadium and Molybdenum oxides.

R&D Intern

• May 2022 - Aug 2022

Studying the Effect of Isothermal Sintering time on Mechanical and Optical properties like hardness, fracture toughness, translucency, opacity for different vendor Zirconia powders at different Yttria levels Researched the effect of sintering temperature for a vendor powder at different Yttria levels Studying the effect of pressable YSZ doped (3Y with 0.15wt% Ta2O5 & 5.3Y with 0.48wt% MgO) at different sintering temperatures Studying the Effect of Isothermal Sintering time on Mechanical and Optical properties like hardness, fracture toughness, translucency, opacity for different vendor Zirconia powders at different Yttria levels Researched the effect of sintering temperature for a vendor powder at different Yttria levels Studying the effect of pressable YSZ doped (3Y with 0.15wt% Ta2O5 & 5.3Y with 0.48wt% MgO) at different sintering temperatures

Junior Research Fellow

• Mar 2021 - May 2021

Contributed to a project on the eco-friendly treatment of “red mud” for recycling and waste utilization from aluminum extraction. Contributed to a project on the eco-friendly treatment of “red mud” for recycling and waste utilization from aluminum extraction.

Student Intern

• Dec 2019 - Apr 2020

• Synthesized BCZT, a ceramic material through two synthesis routes i.e. solid-state and sol-gel. The obtained powders were finely grounded, calcined and pellets were made ready for sintering. Characterizations like XRD, XPS, and SEM were performed for its complete perovskite phase • Heat treatment cycles were optimized by varying the heating and cooling rates • Assisted in electroding the ceramic pellets to induce the conduction behavior and completely understand that the polycrystalline ceramic samples have ferroelectric domains but are arranged in random • High density sample was subjected to poling to measure piezoelectric charge coefficient which was recorded as 10pC/N • Further investigations of electrical properties through ferroelectric studies were obtained through the hysteresis curves and the results confirmed the potentiality of lead-free BCZT bulk ceramics processed by solid-state route for actuator applications than the sol-gel samples • Researched on other sintering techniques like Spark Plasma Sintering, microwave sintering and compared the percentage of density study to the temperature and also gave a presentation on the effect of porosity • Prepared technical reports and presentations, and presented at various industry platforms, e.g., Tata Steel Show less

Student Intern

• May 2019 - Aug 2019

Worked on the Synthesis methods and performed characterizations through XRD, SEM, FESEM of graphene-coated Mild Steel and Aluminum alloys which were heat-treated, and electrochemical potentiodynamic polarization studies were conducted to study their corrosion properties under the guidance of Dr. Swati Ghosh Acharyya, Associate Professor, School of Engineering Sciences and Technology. Worked on the Synthesis methods and performed characterizations through XRD, SEM, FESEM of graphene-coated Mild Steel and Aluminum alloys which were heat-treated, and electrochemical potentiodynamic polarization studies were conducted to study their corrosion properties under the guidance of Dr. Swati Ghosh Acharyya, Associate Professor, School of Engineering Sciences and Technology.