Apr 2022 – Jun 2022 · 2 mos · San Diego, California, United States

• I'm appointed as the Teaching Assistant for the Physical Chemistry Laboratory (CHEM 105A) in Chemistry and Biochemistry department. I'm guiding students on three experiments that cover the fundamentals of Physical Chemistry.

Oct 2021 – Dec 2021 · 2 mos · San Diego, California, United States

• (Andrew Kummel Lab)
• Diamonds composites are favorable for heat spreader applications including high-power semiconductors and high-frequency devices due to diamond’s thermal conductivity exceeding that of copper by 3x while being insulators. I worked on polishing Diamond-polymer composite films and the aim was to increase the planarization, improve the gloss and decrease the surface roughness of the films.

Jul 2020 – May 2021 · 10 mos

• Different materials were cryogenically treated and studied thereafter. From the study, it was observed that cryogenic treatment led to grain refinement improving tensile strength by 19% for a soaking period of 10 mins and then increasing up to 30 % for the soaking period of 24 hrs. Similarly, improvement in hardness by 35% for 10 mins of soaking time and by 92 % for the soaking period of 24 hrs. was observed.

Jul 2019 – Jun 2021 · 1 yr 11 mos

• My responsibilities as a student mentor were to guide and mentor the new incoming freshmen in their academics as well as their transition to college life. The SMP fosters a strong sense of belonging through academic engagement and social involvement.
• As a Student Mentor Coordinator, I had to keep tabs on other student mentors and their mentees and submit a summary report documenting their academic performance and issues if any to the faculty coordinator.

May 2019 – Jul 2019 · 2 mos · Singapore

• Billets of Magnesium based materials viz. (Mg-Y, Mg-Ce alloys, and nanocomposites) were obtained using the DMD casting method. These billets were then given for extrusion and rods of smaller dimensions were obtained. These extruded samples were then tested for various properties like Corrosion resistance, Ignition resistance, Microhardness, Grain Size, Density, and Porosity.
• The samples were of two types; longitudinal and crossectional having dimensions 5 mm * 5 mm * 2mm, from the results it was observed that there was an improvement in Ignition resistance by 1% which increased up to 9% with increasing alloy content. Apart from the alloy, the nanocomposite of Mg and Y showed the best results for Ignition resistance with an increment of 10%.
• Similarly, for texture strengthening materials the corrosion resistance is higher for crossectional samples and lower for longitudinal samples. This trend is followed by all texture strengthening materials except for Mg-0.4 alloy.
• For texture weakening materials, Mg-1.8Y alloy has higher corrosion resistance for longitudinal samples and lower for crossectional samples however the addition of Yttria to Mg-1.8Y leads to a change in the corrosion response i.e. for Mg-1.8Y/Y2O3 nanocomposite has higher corrosion resistance for crossectional samples and lower for longitudinal samples. Thus it can be inferred that texture affects the corrosion response of the materials.

Dec 2018 – Dec 2018 · 0 mo

• Thin Film of the Polystyrene was made by solution method where the solvent was volatile in nature.
• After getting the required polymer thin films, glass, glass fiber, and talc reinforcements were added to the polymer. Various samples of 1, 5, and 10 wt. % of the reinforcements were made. Finally, characterization of the virgin polymer and reinforced polymer samples was done using SEM, FTIR, and XRD.
• The FTIR spectroscopy of the composites verifies a strong presence of Silicon and Boron, which confirms that the GF used in the present study is aluminate-borosilicate glass (i.e. E- Glass Fiber), and there is good and strong bonding between the GF and PS matrix as indicated by wagging of C-H group, a shift of mono-substituted benzene peak, and increase in the cluster of peaks in between the wavenumber range of 2300 cm-1 to 2450 cm-1.
• The XRD diffractograms of the composites show a hump indicating the amorphous nature of the composites, thereby confirming that there is only mechanical bonding between the GF and PS fabricated for the present study.

Jul 2017 – Jun 2021 · 3 yrs 11 mos

Aug 2018 – Aug 2018 · 0 mo · Nagpur Area, India

• During this workshop, I learned the basics of Atmega328 microcontroller and programming language (viz. Embedded C, Arduino). Using this microcontroller, I got hands-on experience on small scale projects like TV Remote controlled Light, Digital Thermometer, Voltmeter and Keyboard controlled LED.

Jun 2018 – Jul 2018 · 1 mo · Nashik , India

• Gained proficiency in PCB designing, I was able to design single as well as multi-layered PCBs. For designing the PCB Protel-98 software was used and for printing as well as simulating the PCB Proteus software was used. Gained knowledge on printing and simulating the designed PCB for Real Life situations as well.