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Research Guide_MG University, Kottayam, Kerala

Research Interest

Energy and sustainability, Solar Cells

Ferroelectrics and Piezoelectrics

2D Materials, Photodetection, Contact Engineering

FeFETs and Memories, FTJ, Neuromorphic computing

Ph.D Guiding: Vidhya Sivan M.Sc, M. Phil. (Registration – M. G. University, Kottayam)

Topic: An Investigation on Ferroelectric and 2D Materials Based Electronic Devices For Detection and Memory Based Applications.

Research Award: Teacher Associateship for Research Excellence (TARE)_SERB DST, Govt of India

Research Collaboration

1. Material Research Centre, Indian Institute of Science, IISc Bangalore.Ref:  Prof. Karuna Kar Nanda
2. DST-IITM Solar Energy Harvesting Centre (DSEHC), at IIT Madras. Ref: Prof. M. S. Ramachandra Rao, Dept of Physics, IIT Madras.
3. Shibaura Institute of Technology, Tokyo, Japan Ref: Prof. Muralidhar Miryala, Superconducting Materials Laboratory, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, SIT, Japan.

Patent Filed:

Monophasic PMN-PT ceramic element and production method therefor. No. 2796/CHE/2015 dt. 02/06/2015, Publication date.09.12.2016.

Membership

Material Research Society India (MRSI)         –  Life Member     (LMB3782)

Indian Science Congress Association (ISCA) –  Life Member (L 40434)

Society For Technological Advanced Materials of India (STAMI) – Life Membership (LM-179)

Indian Association of Physics Teachers (IAPT) – Life Member– (13391- L8434).

CoESME, IISER Pune_Organizer/trainer Research Based Pedagogical Tool Workshops.

Expertise

1. Pulsed laser deposition (PLD)
2. Sputtering
3. Thermal Evaporation
4. Chemical Vapour Deposition
5. Photodetection
6. Ferroelectric loop tracer, Radiant Technologies, USA
7. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM)
8. Dielectric spectroscopy
9. X-ray diffractogram, D8 Discover, Advanced X-ray Diffraction system, Bruker
10. Witech confocal raman spectrometer

Projects Guided

1. Jijo E. P. – S. B. College, Changanasserry, M. Phil Project – Fabrication of ZnS/MoS2  heterojuction based flexible broad band photodetector.(Jan 2021 to May 2021).
2. Gokul.V -Sacred Heart College, Thevara, M.Phil Project– Realization of low temperature sintered BCZT Ceramic, through Pr doping and Rudimentary analysis. March 2018 to Sept 2018 (Experiments were carried out in IIT Madras – Ref: Prof. M. S. Ramachandra Rao, Dept. of Physics, IIT Madras)
3. Arjun Suresh. P – Sacred Heart College, Thevara, M. Phil Project – Modification of Curie temperature in PMN-PT due to Sr²⁺ doping – March 2018 to Sept 2018 (Experiments were carried out in IIT Madras – Ref: Prof. M. S. Ramachandra Rao, Dept. of Physics, IIT Madras).
4. Subin Jose, Sacred Heart College Thevara, M.Sc Project– Effect of Strontium doping in the ferroelectric and dielectric response of (1-x)PMN-xPT in the MPB compositions. (Experiments were carried out in IIT Madras). Prof. C. V. Chakkunny award for Best M.Sc Project 2017.
5. Anjaly C. L.  St. Joseph’s College for Women, Alappuzha (Kerala University), M.Sc Project-Microstructural correlation to dielectric response exhibited by ternary composition PMN-PNN-PT (experimental work was carried out at IIT Madras), 2019-2020.
6. Anju V. Sebastian, St. Joseph’s College for Women, Alappuzha (Kerala University), M.Sc Project-A study on structural and Raman mode analysis of Ni-doped PMN-PT and its effect on ferroelectric response.
7. Anaina Elsa Jose, Sacred Heart College, Thevara, Kochi (M G University), M.Sc Project-Structural and Microstructural Features of Lead-free Piezoceramic BCZT (2020-2021).
8. Jose Vince, Sacred Heart College, Thevara, Kochi (M G University), M.Sc Project-Understanding The State of The Art BCZT and Realizing Low-Temperature Sintered Ceramic (2020-2021)

Resource Person

1. Regional STEM workshop on RBPT at National Institute of Science Education and Research (NISER), Jatni, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, October 27-29, 2017.
2. Regional STEM workshop on RBPT at Jawaharlal Nehru National College of Engineering, Navule, Shivamogga, Karnataka, June 03-05, 2019.
3. Resource person: Physics Training and Talent Search (PTTS) Hyderabad Central University and CoESME, IISER

Workshop/Seminar Organised in SH College

1. Two international Webinars under the banner of Ek Bharat Shrestha Bharat_ (SACC-Scientific and Cultural Collaborations). Aug 19 and 24, 2020.
2. Joint Coordinator: Platinum Jubilee one day international seminar on Quantum materials Department of Physics, Sacred Heart College on 18th Dec 2019 at S. H. College, Thevara.
3. Coordinator: Two-day National workshop and Hands-on training on Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) and e-learning organized in association with (EMMRC) of CEC-UGC. Calicut University, at SH College, Kochi, August 9^th and 10^th, 2019.
4. Newton-Babha STEM –Research Based Pedagogical Tool (RBPT) level – 1 workshop (4 days) for undergraduate teachers organized jointly by IISER Pune, MHRD, British council, DBT, and Sacred Heart College (Autonomous), at Sacred Heart College Kochi, Oct 11-14, 2017. (Trainers from Sheffield Hallam University, UK). (180 science faculties from across India participated. Trainers were from Sheffield Hallam University, UK).                                                                              Talks Given, Sessions Chaired and Panel Discussions
   1. Live Talk: UGC DTH Channel (live from EMMRC Calicut) National Science Day 2020, Topic :  Superconductor: a quantum material https://youtu.be/Lv5BzleStEQ
   2. Invited Talk: “The Art and Science of PMN-PT: An Exciting Family” International Web Conference (IWCSET_2020)_May 15- 16,2020 https://youtu.be/YpEaDpijWeI
   3. DBT sponsored National Science Day celebration 2021- Invited talk at St. Xaviers College, Aluva on 27^th Feb 2021. Topic: Light matter interaction: A quantum revelation.
   4. Session Chaired: “Solar Cells and Thin Films” in the Raman Optronics Webinar Series 2020, 30^th Nov 2020, Silver Jubilee celebration of the Dept. of Optoelectronics, University of Kerala.
   5. National Webinar, Christ college Irinjalakkuda, Kerala (Topic: Light Matter Interaction: Probe and Prospects), Oct 12^th
   6. Keynote speaker, Stephen Hawking Lecture Series IV, at Christ Nagar College, Maranalloor, TVM on National Science Day, Feb 28, 2022.
   7. Invited Speaker, Association of Physics Teachers sponsored Science Day Celebrations, Dept. of Physics, St. Michael’s College, Cherthala. (March 2, 2022)

Workshops/Training Attended

1. Orientation course Attended: Academic Staff College, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. Oct 8 2018 to Nov 2, 2018.
2. Refresher course in Material Science, UGC-HRDC, University of Calicut, (From 02.08.2023 to 16.08.2023).
3. Refresher course on “Cross disciplinarity in research”, Kerala State Higher Education Council, 19^th Jan 2023 to 24^th Jan 2023.
4. Refresher course in Material Science, UGC-HRDC, Kerala University, (From 29.07.2022 to 11.08.2022).
5. Refresher Course (Two weeks):  Advances in Materials Science and Applications, UGC-HRDC, Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University (JNTU), Hyderabad. July 15 to July 27,  2019.
6. Online refresher course on Materials for Photonic Applications” National level FDP, Dept. of Physics and Chemistry, Mahatma Gandhi institute of technology, Hyderabad.9^th -13Aug, 2021
7. Paid FDP on LaTeX, organized by Mercy college Pallippuram and sponsored by Spoken Tutorial Project, IIT Bombay, (19^th Nov, 2020 – 23^rd Nov, 2020).
8. National online workshop on “An Academic’s Toolkit: 40+ AI Tools for Teaching and Research” 19^th Aug to 26^th Aug, 2023 organized by Lore & Ed Research Associates, Kottayam and Assumption College, Changanasserry.
9. One Day workshop on e-Learning and MOOC, organized by St. Albert’s College (Autonomous) in association with Educational Multimedia Research Centre (EMMRC), University of Calicut, 6^th July 2019.
10. Newton-Babha STEM -Research Based Pedagogical Tool (RBPT) level – 3 workshop – WRITERS’ WORKSHOP- organized jointly by IISER Pune, British council, MHRD, and DBT at IISER Pune, Jan 20^th to Jan 23^rd, 2019.
11. NCC Pre-commission Course, at Officers Training School, Kamptee, Nagpur 24^th July 2000 to 21^st Oct 2000.
12. The intertwining strands in Physics and Mathematics: Fourier Analysis for undergraduate Physics and Mathematics teachers at Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Pune from 19^th to 23^rd January 2018.
13. Newton-Babha STEM -Research Based Pedagogical Tool (RBPT) level – 2 workshops for Trainer organized jointly by IISER Pune, British council, MHRD, and DBT at IISER Pune, March 1^st to March 4^th, 2017.
14. Newton-Babha STEM -Research Based Pedagogical Tool (RBPT) level – 1workshop for undergraduate teachers organized jointly by IISER Pune, British council, and DBT at IISER Mohali, Jan 23-25, 2017.
15. One day Hands-on training program on “Thomson Innovation-Patent and literature search” offered by the technical team of M/s Thomson Reuters and coordinated by IP Cell, IITM on 18^th March 2016 at IIT Madras, India.
16. One day workshop on advanced characterization techniques, Department of Metallurgical Engineering and Materials Science, IIT Bombay, May 20^th, 2015.
17. Workshop on Teaching methodology, organized by Stonehill college USA, at Holy Cross College, Agartala, Tripura.
18. District resource group teacher training program at Higher Secondary level conducted by SCERT – Kerala, held at Govt HSS Vallikkeezhu, Kollam. (05.02.2006 to 07.02.2006).
19. Teachers’ training in Physics as DRG, TVM organized by SCERT at GHSS, Balaramapuram, TVM. (18.07.05 to 23.07.05)
20. District resource group training organized by SCERT at Amos Centre, Kottayam (24.06.05 to 26.06.05)
21. UGC sponsored “Orientation course for Plus –Two teachers” conducted by Sanatana Dharma College, Alappuzha. (15.3.1999 to 21.3.1999).