Ravi Shankar . S
Undergraduate Student,
Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering,
Indian Institute of Technology , Kharagpur.
Kharagpur-721302, West Bengal , INDIA .
Contact Information:
Correspondence Address:
Room No.C-228, Rajendra Prasad Hall of Residence,
Indian Institute of Technology , Kharagpur.
Kharagpur-721302, West Bengal , INDIA .
Phone: +91 (0) 9434368763
Permanent Address :
19/a Trilinga Apartments, Flat no. 203,
Opposite Sanjeeva Reddy Nagar Police Station,
Sanjeeva Reddy Nagar,
Hyderabad - 500038
Andhra Pradesh ,India.
Phone: +91 (0) 40-55663979
Email : [email protected]; [email protected]
Educational Status :
B.Tech [Hons.] - IIT Kharagpur (Dept of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering)
Currently in Fourth(Final) year
Completed 10 th standard from Niraj Public School , Hyderabad ,
Completed 12 th Standard from S.R.M Junior college, Hyderabad ,
Academic Interests:
- Nano-materials
- Carbon fibers and other advanced new materials.
- Programming (process modelling and optimisation)
Under graduation :
CGPA(Cumulative Grade Point Average): 7.32/10.0 (At the end of six semesters)
Higher Secondary :
Board of Intermediate Education (Andhra Pradesh)
Aggregate: 90.9%, Maths: 98% ,Science: 92.92%
10th Standard :
Indian Certificate of Secondary Education.
aggregate: 82.5% Maths: 83.00% Science: 94%
Projects Involved in:
1.) “ Fabrication, Testing and Development of Nanocrystalline Spincoated SnO 2 Detection Layers in Gradient Gas Sensor Microarrays”, under Prof. Horst Hahn, and Dr. Joachim Goschnick, at the Institute of Nanotechnology and Institute for Instrumental Analysis, Research Center Karlsruhe, Germany. (2005-till date)
2.) ‘Development and Characterization of Hydroxyapatite based Bio-composite for Biomedical Applications' , under prof. Indranil Manna, Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering IIT Kharagpur. (2004-till date).
3.) ‘Synthesis and Characterization of polymer based nano-composites for functional applications ' , under Prof. Indranil Manna, Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering IIT Kharagpur. (2004-till date).
4.) " A new evolutionary approach to rigid domain optimization problems with an application to stealth technology " under Prof. S. K. Barai, Department of Civil Engineering, IIT Kharagpur - term project for "Soft Computing Tools in Engineering Applications" (July - November, 2004).
5.) 'Tribological Testing of Laser Glazed AISI1080 Rail Steel ', under Dr. Shrikant V. Joshi, Head Surface Engineering Division, Advanced Research Center for Powder Metallurgy and New Materials (ARC-I), Hyderabad . (May -July 2004)
6.) ‘ Production of Nano-Crystalline Materials using Electro deposition techniques ', under prof. Indranil Manna, Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering IIT Kharagpur. (2003-2004)
Publications, Conference presentations, Term Papers etc.
1.)' Synthesis and characterization of Nano-Crystalline Materials using Electro deposition techniques ‘ in COMPOSIT 2004 a departmental conference held by the Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, IIT Kharagpur.
2.) Delivered a lecture and submitted a term paper on the ‘ Science and Engineering of Carbon Fibers ' as a part of the course "Introduction to Material Science" during autumn 2003.
3.) Term Paper on “ A fuzzy logic approach to modeling the mechanical behaviour of functionally graded materials” for the course "Soft Computing Tools in Engineering.
4.) Term Paper on “ Application of Artificial Neural Networks in Polymer materials science ” for the course "Soft Computing Tools in Engineering.
5.) Term Paper on “Application of Genetic Algorithms for optimal design of composite materials” for the course "Soft Computing Tools in Engineering.
6.) Term Paper on “ Pearlitic Transformation ” for the course Phase Transformation and Heat treatment.
7.) Poster on “ Nanostructure Enhanced Electronic Nose Microsystem” to be presented in the European Nanotechnology Conference “FRONTIERS”, September 18-21 2005. ( Results of the work done in the Institute of Nanotechnology , Forchungzentrum Karlsruhe, May –July 2005.
8.) " A new evolutionary approach to rigid domain optimization problems with an application to stealth technology " under Prof. S. K. Barai, Department of Civil Engineering, IIT Kharagpur - term project for "Soft Computing Tools in Engineering Applications" (July - November, 2004). Paper accepted at the Second World Congress on Lateral Computing, December 16-18, 2005, Bangalore , India .
Skills:
• Operating Systems: Windows (95, 98, 2000 and XP), Linux
• Programming languages: C, C++ and Matlab.
• Software Packages: MS-Office, Star Office, Origin, Auto-CAD.
• Characterization Techniques: SEM, TEM, XRD, AFM and all the other basic characterization methods (Hardness, Metallography, Optical Microscopy etc.)
• Materials Processing Techniques: Basic knowledge in Powder Metallurgical sintering techniques including Spark Plasma Sintering (SPS) and Laser aided Glazing (Project done), welding and drilling techniques using CO 2 and Nd: YAG lasers.
• Testing Techniques: Experience in Tribological Testing (Project done) and basic knowledge in all the primary testing techniques (Hardness, Tensile and Compressive testing.)
• Advanced Processing Techniques: Ball milling, Electrodeposition and Spin Coating
Extra Curricular Activities:
1.) Part of Symposium organization team of “ COMPOSIT 2004” , conducted by Department
of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, IIT Kharagpur.
2.) Am a part of the Basketball team at IIT Kharagpur.
3) Was a volunteer of the Organizational team for accommodation team for our cultural fest " Spring fest 2003 ”.
4.) Played Cricket for my coaching club at under 16 level (Hyderabad District Cricket Association).
5.) Was a member of the National Sports Organization for the past one year (2003-2004).
6.) Was an active National Service Scheme volunteer for one year (2002-2003).
7.) Was a head of the organizational team for the cultural event, Hard Talk for our cultural fest, “Spring fest 2005”.
8.) Was the organizational head for the Technical Paper contest and webteam of our annual departmental conference “COMPOSIT 2005” , conducted by Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, IIT Kharagpur.
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