Professional Experience

Research Professor

Research Experience

Polymer Processing and Characterisation

Polymer Foaming

Wood fiber composites

Rubber Technology

Polymer compatibilization

Polymer Nanocomposites

Rubber Recycling

Ni foaming for battery applications

Design of Experiments (DoE)

Analytical Instruments

TA Instruments – Thermal analyzer DSC and TGA, TA Instruments-Dynamic Mechanical Analyzer 983, Shimadzu FTIR spectrophotometer, Leitz Laborlux 12 Pol S Optical Microscope, Porosity Pyknometer, and Monsanto Processability Tester.
Custom mode operations only - Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM), 3D X-Ray Microtomography and image analyser.

Polymer processing and Testing equipments

· Berstorff - 25mm Corotating Twin-screw extruder

· 0.75’’-1.5’’ Tandem Single Screw extruder system

· 0.75’’ Single-screw foaming extruder

· Ultrasonic single screw extruder

· Foam extruder system

· Brabender plasticorder, model PLE 330 and PLE 650

· Compression molding press.

· Monsanto oscillating disc rheometer 100S.

· Zwick / Instron - Tensile testing machine

· Izod Impact tester

Manufacture of microcellular biodegradable PHBV by extrusion foaming and its cell characterization for industrial client.
Developed a continuos extrusion process for making glass fibre reinforced Wood-Fibre composite foams.
Developed a novel method for making highly porous Nickel foams using Methyl cellulose as template in collaboration with Vale Inco Ltd.,Canada.
Extensive experience in writing project proposals.
Developed an inexpensive environmentally friendly method for recycling waste tires designing a high performance counter rotating twin screw extruder.
Succesful in using Garlic as a substitute for Diallyldisulphide as devulcanizing agent in Waste rubber recycling in twin extruder.
Optimization of extruder performance by Design of Experiments methodology involving less number of experiments.
Proposed a Four-parameter rheometric model for curing behavior of Ground Rubber Tire/Natural Rubber blends.
Developed a new technology for recycling industrial waste Polyurethane using Ultrasonic polymerization.
Artificial Neural Network – Genetic Algorithm based product recipe optimization for producing automobile brake pedal pad.
Full time Co-Advisor for 3 PhD students, 2 M.Sc students and 1 M.Eng. student.
Webmaster of my current research group official website.
Published 18 papers in reputed international journals.

Ph. D. from Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India. 2005

Master of Technology in Polymer Technology, CUSAT, Kochi, India 1999

Master of Science in Chemistry, Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai, India 1997

Bachelor of Science in Chemistry, Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai, India 1995