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Massachusetts, United States

Illinois, United States

• Developed UV resistant & biodegradable coatings in 3 weeks. (Synthesized 3 agents against UV-A, UV-B & UV-C radiation.)• Developed novel curative systems for improving abrasion resistance by 2x in the cured coating system.• Designed experiments to understand underlying polymer mechanical properties & rheology effects.• Author SOPs for new test methods developed.• Authored white papers to share findings on the performance of new systems developed in the lab.• Partner with third-party manufacturing institutions to bring new materials to market.• Mentor Technician staff on product chemistry and test methods for evaluations

Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex

• Created a ceramic coating- curable at room temperature- aimed at domestic fire protection.• Created a nano-ceramic coating - curable at room temperature- with super hydrophobicity.• Designed coating-peel test method- improved coatings to 2x adhesive strength (~30x stronger than duct tape).• Analyses from iterative testing on Silicone, Epoxy, Polyurethane and Polyaspartic resins.• Ensuring calibration and maintenance of lab equipment as per ISO 9001 quality standards.• Trained in several ASTM, ANSI, BS standards for testing and verification of materials.

Munich, Bavaria, Germany

Master Thesis: Derived elastic constants for Ti-polycrystalline bulk samples, Cu-thin films and Quantum dots.- Employed grain-to-grain interaction models: Voigt, Reuss, Neerfeld-Hill, Eshelby-Kroener and Vook-Mitt for stress-strain analysis.

Garching, Bavaria, Germany

• Analyzed polymer structures qualitatively through training in Atomic Force Microscopy.• Expertise in Photoelectron spectroscopy and Mossbauer Spectroscopy.

Garching, Bavaria, Germany

Nonlinear Optics, Atto-second Physics and Ab-initio methods.

Lemont, Illinois, United States

- Studied rare-earth superconductors- crystal structures, space groups.- Trained at the Advanced Photon Source Particle accelerator. - Received the prestigious "Graduate Student Research Award for Research at ChemMatCARS (GSRAC)."- Authored a report on Synchrotron X-Ray Crystallography and Rietveld Refinement.

Hyderabad, Telangana, India

• Built prototypes- ceramic missile heads, armor plates as a graduate trainee.• Fabricated tougher Bearing steel crankshafts- through X-Ray Diffraction studies and heat treatment- employed a High-Power Diode Laser.• Fabricated enhanced wear and corrosion resistance Stainless-Steel casting dies- through superalloy cladding.• Trained in Metallography, Electron Microscopy, X-Ray analysis and Mechanical Testing of Materials.

Master Of Science - Ms, Materials Science (Majors- Geochemistry)

– Thesis: Diffraction-based determination of Elastic Constants in Polycrystalline systems (Titanium and Copper)

Master Of Science - Ms, Materials Science (Majors- Applied Physics)

– Thesis: Single Crystal Synchrotron XRD studies - Superconductors

Bachelor Of Technology - Btech, Metallurgical And Materials Engineering

Activities and Societies: Student Editor: Musings (for 2014- 2016)- Annual Student College Magazine Student Mentor for the Literature.