Dr. K.Rajesh Kumar Email & Phone Number

Guest Scientist at Depart of inorganic chemistry, University of Cologne. Ph.D in Corrosion science and technology from IIT Bombay and M.Tech in Corrosion science and technology with more than 5.5 years of experience in Industrial and acdemaic Research & Development, Application Development and Technical Service.Summary of Skills and Experiences :• 5.5 years experience in high performance coatings, i.e. polyurethane, epoxy, acrylic, silicon, bitumen, tar based specialty products mainly for steels, metals and FRP composites.• Associated with the designing and development of products, estimation & costing, raw material choosing and procurement.• Independently initiate, lead, manage and handle new projects with all activities like installation, testing and commissioning of different laboratory equipments.• Experience in customer complaint handling and trouble shooting.• Development and implementation of SAP PP module • End user of SAP.SpecialtiesReeserach Themes• New Product and Technology Development Department• New Coating and Resins synthesis Like Polysiloxane, Thermo polymer and sol gel techniques.• Development of a novel stimuli responsive hydrophobic & hydrophilic reversible switching coating based on fluoro and non-fluoro copolymer• Development and synthesis of chloride free environmental friendly zinc silicate coatings (PATENTED).• Syntheses of one and two pack acrylic Polysiloxane for high performance coating applications• Development of one pack Acrylic and Epoxy Polysiloxane coating• Syntheses of inorganic-organic hybrid polymer (Sol-Gel)• Development of High performance corrosion resistant Coating. • Development of coatings based on new technologies such as superhyrophobic, wood and tiles scratch resistance coatings• Development of Nano coating, anti fingerprint, and anti fog coatings.• functionisation of pigment and fillers and improve coating perfirmancesSpecialties: Nano coating, Lotus effect coating, Silicon, Polysiloxane, Silane and Sol Gel, chemistries Polyurethane, Epoxy, Polymer composites, Thermo responsive polymers.Green coatings, High performance corrosion resistant and functional Coatings, Corrosion Inhibitor characterization techniques.

Listed skills include Coatings, Polymers, Corrosion, R&D, and 6 others.