Vijaykumar Varma, Ph.D. Email & Phone Number

Differdange, Lu

Sanem, Luxembourg District, Lu

Luxembourg

□ Led and contributed to the development of various AI-driven combinatorial materials approaches to attract high-value research funding.□ Developed funding proposals as Principal Investigator for FNR-CORE and FNR-ATTRACT projects focused on accelerated materials discovery.□ Led a commercialization project on a data-image processing tool on improving analysis speed and efficiency.□ Obtained funding and led the development of a prototype for rapid materials screening and closed-loop synthesis, accelerating the materials discovery process by 2-5x.□ Collaborated with leading European research institutes in the Netherlands and Germany.□ Fostered collaborations with researchers and industry partners in Luxembourg, the EU, and internationally.

Singapore

💼 Projects at NTU, Singapore (Position: Senior Research Fellow) (1) Structural alloys and metals project on AI/ML for TiAl alloys development (2) Flow chemistry for AI integrated accelerated materials fabrication. (3) Magnetic grippers for soft robotics useful for Semicon and high-precision micro control (4) Magnetic cooling tech development for batteries and LEDs and its genetic optimization⭐ Key Collaborations and Summary⋄ Collaboration: IHPC, IMRE, A-STAR (Singapore), HUJ (Israel), and USF (USA)⋄ 5 High-Quality Journal Articles (in preparation), 2 Invited Talks, and 1 book chapter ⋄ Applied ML and rapid flow chem methodology predicting superior materials and performance ⋄ Excellent Teaching Ratings of 4.8/5 for UG Courses at NTU, Singapore⭐Responsibilities⋄ Apply ML-based Bayesian approach to obtain cost-effective, innovative solutions and accelerated discovery of novel high-performance TiAl alloys for aircraft industries⋄ R&D, DOE, ML, execute, analyze experiments, develop superior materials, and multiphysics simulations.⋄ Kick-start activities, contributing to grant writing, new device-materials design⭐Outcomes ⋄ Developed comprehensive materials databases, demonstrating ML and flow chem-based materials discovery ⋄ Mentored a team of researchers; led to 3 magnetic grippers development⋄ Hands-on experience in design, quality optimization, FMEA, and troubleshooting.⋄ Developed rapid combinatorial flow chemistry device for high-yield synthesis and ML integration

Singapore

💼 Projects at NTU, Singapore (Position: Research Fellow) (1) Magnetic cooling technology for solar cells, LEDs, & batteries. (2) Flow chemistry for AI integrated accelerated materials fabrication. (3) Energy harvesting by bulk magnetic alloys.⭐Key Collaborations and Summary🔹 Collaboration (HUJ, Israel), A-STAR (Singapore), UNT (USA), and Mumbai University (India). 🔹 11 High-Quality Journal Articles, 1 Patent, 2 Keynote, 4 Invited Talks, and Several Conference Presentations. 🔹 Established collaborations with 5 companies for technology commercialization by networking in events and conferences.🔹 Excellent Teaching Ratings of 4.6/5 for UG Courses (NTU, Singapore): 1. Metals & Ceramics 2. Semiconductor Lab. ⭐Responsibilities 🔹 Research Group and Project Team Leader, R&D, DOE, execute, analyze experiments, device development, simulations.⭐Outcomes 🔹 Conducted R&D of novel magnetic tech by experiments and simulations. 🔹 Developed analytical, numerical models, thermal analysis setups, and devices. 🔹 Hands-on experience in design, quality optimization, FMEA, troubleshoot. 🔹 Achieved the highest performance, all KPIs by innovative, cost-effective solutions. 🔹 R&D of rapid combinatorial flow synthesis for high yield, benchmark materials, and magnetic metal alloys.

Singapore

Magnetic Nanofluids for Cooling Devices with Electricity Harvesting from Waste Heat

School Of Materials Science And Engineering, Singapore

💼Projects at NTU, Singapore (Position: Ph.D. Researcher) (1) Magnetic Structures by Droplet Micro-Magnetofluidics (DMF).(2) Magnetofluidic Spreading for Lab-on-a-Chip Applications.⭐Key collaborations and Summary🔹 Collaboration with SIMTech (Singapore), NTU Labs, and Indian Universities.🔹 Ten High-Quality Publications and Several Conference Presentations. 🔹 Achieved personal and project KPIs. Lab course teaching with excellent feedback⭐ Responsibilities🔹 Ph.D. Scholar, project team leader, R&D, DOE, setups, simulation models, chip fabrication, characterizations. ⭐Outcomes🔹 Founded the field of DMF. Established cutting-edge lab, high precision setups for droplet merging, magnetic separation, polymerization, micromixing, precise separation, and bacteria trapping.🔹 Developed and performed complex multiphase, multiphysics simulations.🔹 R&D of rapid, 3D micro photopolymerization of fast-moving polymeric structures. 🔹 R&D of magnetic microfluidic devices for microscale mixing, sorting, detection.

Pune Area, India

💼Projects at Pune University, India (Position: RA) (1) Surface passivation of nano-aluminum.(2) Carbon doping of nano-alumina ceramic.⭐ Key Collaboration and Outcome🔹 Successful collaboration with the Indian defense lab resulted in low-cost, rapid, green technology for industrial-level synthesis of high-quality nanomaterials. 🔹 Published 2 articles and achieved all milestones of the project.⭐ Responsibilities🔹 DOE, nanomaterial synthesis, analysis, doping, good equipment condition⭐ Outcomes🔹 1000 times cost reduction by innovative materials manufacturing tech. 🔹 Developed superior materials by continuous R&D and FMEA for propellant applications with a higher burning efficiency and storage life at a minimal cost.🔹 Developed rapid thermal tech for industry scale doping and synthesis by carbon doping of nano-alumina ceramic at a large scale for dosimetric applications.

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