Education and Experience

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BS (by Research) in Materials

Indian Institute of Science

2018-2021

Organic Nano electronics Group 

Department of Materials Engineering

Indian Institute of Science

May 2018 – August 2018:   (Delhi   Metro Rail Corporation): Characterizing corrosion of cable wires:  various catenary wires obtained were tested under stimulated environments for   several days to obtain their corrosion rates. Worked   on characterization of corrosion and anti-corrosive coatings for steel;   fabricated nano composite encapsulant films. 

August 2018 – July 2019:   Cellulose based biodegradable packaging materials from sugarcane bagasse:   Hemicellulose and Cellulose were extracted from sugarcane bagasse and   fabricated to obtain free standing films. Various crosslinking agents and   reinforcements were used to tailor mechanical properties and degradation   kinetics and characterized. Thin films in the range 100 microns thickness   were fabricated and tested for transmission, tensile properties, surface   morphology and thermal properties. Samples with various loadings of PVA and   Crosslinking agents were fabricated to study degradation under different   relative humidity, UV illumination and under wet soil, with the help of   elastic modulus, surface roughness, transmittance in certain wavelength,   residual weight analysis and SEM-EDS.   

2019-2021: Device fabrication- OFET: Aiming towards fabrication of low voltage organic transistors for sensor applications. Have trained in Wafer cleaning, lithography, deposition techniques, metal lift off, wet etch, ellipsometer and probe station. Targeted on: 1) utilizing polymers such as hemicellulose, cellulose, PVA and sol-gels for dielectrics in OFET(optimizing thickness, modifying dielectric constant by chemical modification) ; 2) Fabrication of OFET based chemical sensors; 3) Using flexible substrate for OFETs 4) Estimating lifetime of transistors with different dielectric materials 

Investigation of lignocellulose-based materials for electronics application

PhD in Nanoscale Engineering

Department of Nanoscale Science and Engineering

University at Albany - SUNY

2022-Present

Dunn Group

Department of Nanoscale Science and Engineering

University at Albany - SUNY

Prof. Kathleen Dunn

Jan 2022 – Present: (Funded by Naval Nuclear Laboratory, USA) Focused on dealing with coolant water chemistry to address the formation and transport of corrosion products inside a nuclear reactor. These nanoparticles can impede coolant flow, collect on fuel rods (where they are known as CRUD), or break free to transport radioactive material to other portions of the coolant system. Since working within the reactor is prohibitive, I synthesize and test CRUD particles in a laboratory and use that data to inform a model of particle behavior in a pipe flow.