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Dr. S. Anandhan

Associate Professor 

Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering,

National Institute of Technology Karnataka,

Surathkal, Srinivas Nagar (P.O.),

Mangalore-575025, INDIA.

Email: anandtmg@gmail.com

Prof. S Anandhan PhD FRSC​

Department of Metallurgical & Materials Engineering

National Institute of Technology Karnataka 

Surathkal, Srinivasnagar (P.O.), Mangaluru - 575025 

Karnataka, India.

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Education​
 
  • 2000-2004 Ph.D., Polymer Science and Technology, Rubber Technology Center, I.I.T. Kharagpur.

  • 1997-1999 M.Tech., Polymer Technology, Cochin University of Science and Technology, Kochi.

  • 1995-1997 M.Sc., Applied Chemistry, Thiagarajar College of Engineering, M. K. University, Madurai.

  • 1992-1995 B.Sc., Chemistry, The Madura College, M. K. University, Madurai.

Employment
  1. Professor, Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, NITK, India (May 2018 – current).

  2. Head, Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, NITK, India (April 2018 – January 2020).

  3. Associate Professor, Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, NITK, India (February 2012 – May 2018).

  4. Assistant Professor, Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, NITK, India (February 2009 – February 2012).

  5. Assistant Professor, Department of Materials Science, AIMST University, Malaysia (July 2007 - August 2008).

  6. Senior Lecturer, Department of Materials Science, AIMST University, Malaysia (July 2005 - June 2007). 

  7. Post Doctoral Fellow and Lecturer, Department of Textile Engineering, Inha University, Korea (March 2004 - February 2005). 

  8. Research Associate, Rubber Technology Center, IIT Kharagpur (December 2003 - March 2004).

  9. Visiting Research Associate, School of Materials Science and Engineering, UNSW, Sydney, Australia (February 2002 - May 2002).

  10. Junior Project Officer, Rubber Technology Center, IIT Kharagpur (October 2000 - November 2003).

  11. Lecturer and Head, Department of Polymer Technology, Kamaraj College of Engineering and Technology, India (August 1999 - September 2000).

Awards & Honors
  1. National Merit Scholarship for qualifying in the National Talent Search Examination, Government of India (June 1990 – April 1997).

  2. Awarded accolades for outstanding academic performance in both BSc (first rank among 240 students) and MSc (first rank among 10 students).

  3. GATE Scholarship, Government of India (September 1997 – April 1999).

  4. Doctoral Research Fellowship, Department of Science and Technology, Government of India (November 2000 – November 2003).

  5. Australia-India Council Research Fellowship, Australia-India Council, Canberra, Australia (February 2002 – May 2002).

  6. Post-doctoral Research Fellowship, Inha University and KOSEF (April 2004 – February 2005).

  7. ARCNN-ARNAM fellowship, the University of New South Wales, Australia, July 2006.

  8. Fast Track Award for young scientists, Department of Science and Technology, Government of India (2012-2015).

  9. Admitted to the Fellowships of

    • The Royal Society of Chemistry (London, UK) since 7th September 2021

    • Indian Chemical Society since 31st May 2019

    • Institution of Engineers (India) since 31st August 2017

  10. Scientific advisory committee member for

    • International Composites Conference ACUN-5, University of New South Wales, Australia, July 2006.

    • International Composites Conference ACUN-6, Monash University, Australia, November 2012.

    • International Conference on Polymers and Allied Materials (ICPAM 2014), IIT-Patna, India, May 30-31, 2014.

    • International Conference on Material Science and Technology (ICMST-2016), St. Thomas College, Kerala, India, 5-8 June 2016.

    • International Conference on Chemical Engineering and Advanced Polymeric Materials, BIT-Mesra,18-20 August 2016.

    • International Conference on Contemporary Design and Analysis of Manufacturing and Industrial Engineering Systems, NIT-Tiruchirappalli, 18-20 January 2018.

    • National Conference on Advances in Mechanical Engineering, JNNCE-Shivamogga, 20-21 April 2018.

    • Second International Conference on Polymer Composites 2018 (ICPC 2018), NITK, India, December 2018.

    • International Conference on Advances in Mechanical Engineering, JNNCE-Shivamogga,06-07 November 2020.

    • Workshop on Sustainable Approach on Automotive Brake Friction Materials for Electric Mobility, SRMIST-Chennai, 02-03 November 2023.

    • Second International Conference on Functional Materials for NexGen Applications (ICFMNA-2024), SSN College of Engineering, Chennai, 23-24, January 2024.

  11. Keynote/Invited speaker for a number of International conferences and workshops.​

  12. Chaired technical sessions in

    • International conference on Recent Advances and Challenges in Energy (RACE-2012), MIT-Manipal, India, January 2012.

    • International Conference on 'Advancements in Polymeric Materials APM-2014', CIPET-Bhubaneswar, India, February 2014.

    • International Conference on Polymer Composites (ICPC 2014), NITK, India, December 2014.

    • Fourth International Conference on 'Nanotechnology for Better Living', IIT Kanpur, India, April, 2019.

    • Second International Conference on Design, Materials and Manufacture (ICDEM 2019), NITK, India, December 2019.

    • International Conference on 'Advancements in Polymeric Materials APM-2021', CIPET-Bhubaneswar, India, March 2021.

    • International Conference on 'Advancements in Polymeric Materials APM-2023', CIPET-Bengaluru, India, March 2023 (A plenary session and a session on circular economy).

    • International Conference on 'Advancements in Polymeric Materials APM-2024', CIPET-Ahmedabad, India, March 2024.

  13. Member of the panel of judges for poster and oral presentations in

    • International Conference on Polymers and Allied Materials (ICPAM 2014), IIT-Patna, India, May 30-31, 2014.

    • International Conference on Advanced Materials (SCICON '16), Amrita University, Coimbatore, December 2016.​

    • Fourth International Conference on 'Nanotechnology for Better Living', IIT Kanpur, India, April, 2019.

    • 3rd Commonwealth Chemistry Posters, Royal Society of Chemistry, 28 – 29 September 2022.

    • International Conference on 'Advancements in Polymeric Materials APM-2023', CIPET-Bengaluru, India, March 2023.

    • 4th Commonwealth Chemistry Posters, Royal Society of Chemistry, 4 – 5 October 2023.

  14. A poster titled 'Electrospinning of Poly(styrene-co-acrylonitrile)' by T. Senthil and S. Anandhan won the best poster award in the First Indo-US conference on Polymers for Packaging Applications, M.G. University, Kottayam, India, March 2012.

  15. A paper titled 'Interparticle Interactions and Lacunarity of Mechano-Chemically Activated Fly Ash' by Akshata G. Patil and S. Anandhan won the best paper award in 'Two Days-International Seminar on Frontiers of Ceramic and Materials Technology for cement Industries', organized jointly by the Indian Ceramic Society, Bangalore Chapter and Dept. of Ceramic and Cement Technology, PDA College of Engineering, Gulbarga, Karnataka, November 2014.

  16. B.Tech. thesis titled 'Synthesis of carbon nanostructures through catalytic decomposition of polymer precursors' by Nanjunda Shanmuga Velu and Suchethan Kamath, under my guidance, received an award in May 2017 for innovative thesis from Borealis, Finland. 

  17. Dr. Mohammed Khalifa, Ex-research Scholar of my group, was appointed in 2019 as a Senior Scientist by Kompetenzzentrum Holz GmbH, Austria, in recognition of my group's collaborative research with their company since 2010 .

  18. Won the prize for runner up for the idea titled 'Ashes to ashes' in the NITK faculty innovation challenge for Effective Management of Plastic and other Waste, held during Swacchata Pakhwada (An initiative of Ministry of Education, Govt of India) on 13 September 2022.

  19. My research paper titled 'A new multifunctional energy harvester based on mica nanosheets-dispersed PVDF nanofabrics featuring piezo-capacitive, piezoelectric and triboelectric effects' has been featured in a cross-journal collection celebrating the scientific accomplishments of RSC Fellows (RSC Applied Polymers, DOI: 10.1039/D3LP00080J).

  20. Received invitation to submit an ‘invited paper’ to the prestigious RSC journal ‘Dalton transactions’ in July 2023.

  21. Received the IEI young engineer award on Engineers' day (15th Sep. 23) from the Institution of Engineers (India), Mangalore chapter.

  22. Awarded IOP Trusted Reviewer status by the Institute of Physics Publishing, UK in January 2024. 

2010 - present

2010 - present

Mentoring Summary
  • Post-docs: 1 

  • Ph.D.: 9 (completed) + 3 (ongoing)

  • Master's by research: 1 (completed)

  • Master's: 44 (completed) + 3 (ongoing)

  • Undergraduate: 29 (completed) + 1 (ongoing)

  • UG interns: 1

  • Master's student from collaborating institutions: 1 (completed) + 1 (ongoing)

  • Doctoral student from collaborating institutions: 1 (ongoing)

  • INSA visiting scientist: 1

Professional Memberships
  1. Fellow - Royal Society of Chemistry (London, UK)

  2. Fellow - Institution of Engineers (India)

  3. Fellow - Indian Chemical Society

  4. Life Member - Materials Research Society of India

  5. Life Member - Asian Polymer Association

  6. ​Life Member - Society for Materials Chemistry, India

Membership in National/State level committees
  • Expert committee member of NAAC (National Assessment and Accreditation Council)

  • Expert for evaluation and assessment of of proposals received for NRDC National Innovation Award 2020

  • Referee for research proposals submitted for funded projects to Board of Research in Nuclear Sciences (BRNS)

  • Subject Expert in the Programme Advisory Committee for the selection of the Emeritus Scientist under Kerala State Council for Science Technology and Environment (2024)

Teaching

Master's/PhD Courses

  • Polymer Technology

  • Synthesis Techniques for Nanomaterials & Nanostructures

  • Advanced Characterization Techniques 

  • Nanocomposites 

  • Plastics Engineering 

  • Science and Technology of Nanomaterials 

  • Introduction to Nanoscience and Nanotechnology

  • Nanomaterials Synthesis Laboratory

  • Materials Testing Laboratory

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New Courses Introduced at NITK

  • Science and Technology of Nanomaterials (introduced in 2009).

  • Advanced Polymeric Materials and Technology (introduced in 2015).

Undergraduate Courses

  • Polymer Science and Technology

  • Instrumental Methods of Analysis 

  • Science and Technology of Nanomaterials 

  • Ceramics and Refractories

  • Ceramics and Polymers Laboratory 

  • Extractive Metallurgy Laboratory

 

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Contribution to Conferences/Workshops/Short term Courses
  1. Coordinator and resource person for "Short course on Basic Rubber Technology”, AIMST University, Malaysia, 06 August, 2007.

  2. Co-convener for the symposium on "Selected Topics in Metallurgical and Materials Engineering" at NITK, India, 22-24 January, 2014.

  3. Coordinator for the workshop on "Raman Spectroscopy and Microscopy" in collaboration with Renishaw India at NITK, India, 24 September, 2015.

  4. Coordinator for a two-day workshop on "Materials for Biomedical and Specialty Applications" at NITK, India, 23-24 January, 2017.

  5. Organizing Secretary for National Conference on Processing of Materials (NCOPOM-18), NITK, India, 19-21 September, 2018.

  6. Convener of an Expert lecture titled 'Biopolymers and biocomposites – Extensive research at Wood K+' by Dr. Arunjunairaj Mahendran of Kompetenzzentrum Holz GmbH, Austria at NITK, India, 8 August, 2022.

  7. Resource person for

    • ‘Winter School on Nanotechnology’, Kadi Sarva Vishwavidyalaya University, Gujarat, India, 28 Jan-1 Feb, 2008.

    • ‘National Workshop on Current trends in Advanced Polymer Composites’, Kamaraj College of Engineering, Virudhunagar, India, 4-5 December, 2008.

    • ‘National Workshop on Research Methodology’, University of Calicut, kerala, India, 23-24 February, 2010.

    • ‘Winter school on Nanoscience and Nanotechnology’, N.I.T.K., India, 22-28 February, 2010.

    • Short term training program on ‘Recent Advances in Polymer Science’, N.I.T.K., India, 1-5 August, 2011.

    • National Seminar on 'Frontiers in Chemistry', the Madura College, Madurai, India, 17 February, 2012.

    • Workshop on ‘Recent Trends in Monitoring, Control and Abatement of Air Pollution’, N.I.T.K., India, 26-28 December, 2012.

    • International workshop on ‘Color control in fly ash as a combined function of particle size and chemical composition’, Coimbatore Institute of Technology, Coimbatore, India, February 2013.

    • National workshop on 'Advanced Materials Research for Device Applications', NMAM Institute of Technology, Nitte University, Karkala, India, 25-26 July 2013.

    • Faculty Development Programme on 'Recent Advances in Materials Processing, Characterization and Applications' (RAMCA-2017), Dr. Ambedkar Institute of Technology, Bangalore, India, 20-24 March 2017.

    • DRDO-ARMREB sponsored two days workshop on 'Fire retardant composites for advanced vehicle armour', Selvam College of Technology, Namakkal, India, 27-28 February 2019.

    • Faculty Development Programme on 'Impact of Nanomaterials on the Environment', MEPCO Schlenk Engineering College, Sivakasi, India, 17-21 August 2020.

    • International online FDP on ’Smart and Nano Materials’, Department of Physics, SRM Easwari Engineering College, Chennai, India, 14-18  September 2020.

    • Online Refresher course in Chemistry with the theme 'Recent Advances in Chemical Sciences and Technology', UGC-Human Resource Development Centre, University of Mumbai and Department of Chemistry, University of Mumbai, India, 25 Sep 2021.

    • SERB-sponsored Research Facility Training Program, Department of Materials Science, Mangalore University, 21 October 2022.

    • Faculty Development Programme on 'Nanotechnology', Jyothi Engineering College, Thrissur, India, 9-13 January 2023.

    • International Faculty Development Programme on Advanced Functional Materials - 2023 (online event), Department of Physics, SRM TRP Engineering College, Trichy, 28 February - 9 March 2023.

    • SERB-funded High-end Workshop on Next-Generation Energy Storage Materials, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology-Indore, 3 – 10 July 2023.

    • International FDP on 'Modelling, Processing, and Characterization of Composites' (IFDP-MPCC), NITK & Central University of Karnataka, 13 – 17 September 2023.

    • ​Online Refresher Course in Chemistry on the theme “Applications of Advanced Analytical Techniques in Chemical Sciences”, UGC-Human Resource Development Centre, University of Mumbai and Department of Chemistry, University of Mumbai, November 22 to December 5, 2023.

Highly motivated students are welcome to join our group for PhD and MTech (by research)
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