Course: Technology of Elastomers

Teach Polymer Chemistry to Post Graduate Diploma (PGDIRI) and DIRI students for the Indian Rubber Institute.

Raytheon/Nextflex Collaboration at the Center for High-rate Nano-manufacturing:• Designed and manufactured flexible polymeric substrates for printed electronics on small scale (batch-mixed) and continuous (extrusion) process• Compounded substrates with ceramic fillers up to 75 wt% loading to extrude flexible sheets• Responsible for material selection and troubleshooting the sheet extrusion process by fixing process parameters• Analyzing and optimizing the surface morphology of… Show more Raytheon/Nextflex Collaboration at the Center for High-rate Nano-manufacturing:• Designed and manufactured flexible polymeric substrates for printed electronics on small scale (batch-mixed) and continuous (extrusion) process• Compounded substrates with ceramic fillers up to 75 wt% loading to extrude flexible sheets• Responsible for material selection and troubleshooting the sheet extrusion process by fixing process parameters• Analyzing and optimizing the surface morphology of the sheet for roll-to-roll printing purposes using profilometry and SEM techniques and defining characterization procedures for validation Show less

Vibram USA Inc./UML collaboration:• Designed and characterized novel rubber formulations to enhance the dynamic properties using nano-fillers such as single walled carbon nanotubes, graphene and nano-cellulose fibers economically• Performed dynamic mechanical characterization of rubber compounds including sample preparation as per ASTM standards, rheometry and cure-testing• Handled project tracking, including inventory, databases, project documentation along with routine… Show more Vibram USA Inc./UML collaboration:• Designed and characterized novel rubber formulations to enhance the dynamic properties using nano-fillers such as single walled carbon nanotubes, graphene and nano-cellulose fibers economically• Performed dynamic mechanical characterization of rubber compounds including sample preparation as per ASTM standards, rheometry and cure-testing• Handled project tracking, including inventory, databases, project documentation along with routine updates• Presented a poster on “Effect of CNTs on Abrasion Properties of NR/SBR Blends” at the ACS International Elastomer Conference 2016, Pittsburgh Show less

Tutored for a class of 50 undergraduate students for Plastics Process Engineering course.· Assisted them with their homework, assignments and queries.· Conducted extrusion seminars for participating members from the plastics industry at UML.

Responsible for Career Fairs. Involves working with teams and coordinating various activities such as logistics, event set-up and registrations.

Tested formulations/recipes for applications like O-rings, Gaskets and Hoses. Worked with two-roll mills, internal mixers, rubber extruders, injection molding machines and transfer molding machines. Testing involved Oscillating Disc Rheometer, Universal Testing Machines, Hardness testing and Accelerated ageing tests