Aug 2020 – Jun 2021 · 10 mos · Ithaca, New York, United States

• Material R&D, Prototype Development, Quality testing, failure analysis, process modeling & optimization, scale-up design for commercialization of next-gen laminated fiber composites made using bio-components such as proteins, starch, plant fibers/fabrics & nanofillers.
• Minor Project - Surface modification to increase hydrophobicity of microfibrilated cellulose and study of surface morphology
• Managerial: Mentored and supervised one undergraduate student on research project.

Oct 2019 – May 2020 · 7 mos · Ithaca, New York Area

• Worked on Kintra-Cornell Jumpstart project, a collaboration between Kintra fibers & Cornell center for materials research. I was involved in analyzing biodegradable polymeric fibers and CNCs through physical, mechanical and chemical characterization including Particle size analysis , Gel fraction Quantification, polymer end-group analysis, Rheometry, NMR, Tensile and Thermal behavior

Aug 2019 – May 2020 · 9 mos

• As a lab assistant for PHY2207 and PHY2208 courses, my responsibilities included,
• 1) reviewing of course materials and preparing for teaching prior to the start of classes (this entails working through all of the course labs); 2) attending lab lectures and lab staff meetings; 3) conducting two laboratory sections per week and grading lab notebooks; 4) helping to grade major course examinations; 5) holding weekly office hours to meet with individual students; and 6) participate in on-going teaching assistant training.

May 2019 – Aug 2019 · 3 mos

• Conducted research for my Master's thesis on fabrication and characterization of Advanced Green composites as a part of my M.S programme in Materials science and Engineering with summer funding support provided by the Department of Fiber Science and Apparel design

Jan 2019 – May 2020 · 1 yr 4 mos

• As a supervisor I was responsible for maintaining a smooth dining hall shift by ensuring that all workers have been trained on their stations and always have something to do. I plan when students will go on break and how to organize clean up. As a student supervisor at Cornell Dining, I set goals for effective work, organize workflow and ensure that student workers understand their duties. I monitored the student worker productivity and provided constructive feedback and training. Receiving complaints from students or student workers or staff and resolving related problems was my responsibility. Passing on information from management to employees and vice versa was crucial. As a supervisor I also decided rewards and promotion based on performance of student workers. I ensured that all student workers adhered to legal and dining policies and procedures.

Aug 2018 – Aug 2020 · 2 yrs

• I have worked on developing Advanced Green Composites in the Fiber Science Department mentored by Professor Anil Narayan Netravali. My project objectives and achivements include:
• Fabrication of biodegradable or green polymer composites by bonding natural fibers and plant-based green epoxy resin
• Synthesized green epoxy using wet chemical synthesis and applied process optimization and DOE to develop an industrially scalable resin synthesis methodology.
• Conducted research towards producing alternatives to carbon/Kevlar fiber composite parts found in automotive and aerospace applications
• Achieved a 30 percent improvement in fiber strength and 60 percent improvement in Young's modulus of the fiber post chemical and mechanical fiber modifications.
• Engineered unidirectional fiber composites with optimal resin dispersion and impressive resin-fiber interfacial bonding/adhesion
• Project Motivation was to create energy efficient, environment friendly light weight composite materials, for industrial applications, that are fully sustainable and biodegradable.
• Managerial: Mentored one undergraduate student on their senior year research projects.

Aug 2017 – Apr 2018 · 8 mos

• Aided in designing a variant of electro-active polyamide composite coating with nano sized copper oxide reinforcement for anticorrosive applications.
• Developed and tested 4 unique compositions of the composite coating film using wet chemical polymer composite synthesis and characterization techniques
• Attained a 75 percent reduction in the corrosion rate of bare 304 stainless steel surface by applying polymer composite coating

May 2017 – Apr 2018 · 11 mos

Jul 2016 – May 2017 · 10 mos

Dec 2015 – Sep 2016 · 9 mos

• AXIS'16 - INFORMALS

Nov 2015 – Nov 2015 · 0 mo

May 2015 – Oct 2015 · 5 mos

• AXIS'15 - INFORMALS

Aug 2014 – May 2015 · 9 mos

May 2017 – May 2018 · 1 yr · Singapore

• Engineered Mg-Zn-Eggshell nanocomposites using Powder metallurgy and melt deposition techniques.
• Applied process optimization and DOE to improve overall efficiency while maintaining composite stability.
• Characterized the nanocomposites to analyze their structure, mechanical response, thermal stability, dimensional stability, and in-vitro corrosion behavior. Authored 3 journal publications based on this work.

Dec 2016 – Dec 2016 · 0 mo · Vishakhapatnam Area, India

• Received training on various process pipelines and metallurgical engineering aspects involved in the manufacturing of steel products.

May 2016 – Dec 2016 · 7 mos · Hyderabad, Telangana, India

• Critically analyzed 3 different aerospace grade titanium alloys (Ti-6Al-4V, Beta-21S, OT4-1) and concluded the most versatile alloy composition
• Studied and tested a total of 150 specimens for their surface texture and mechanical properties post high temperature oxidation
• Performed hardness test on each specimen at radially symmetric locations and examined them using SEM/EDS to determine the effects of oxidation on alloy robustness
• Identified different patterns in the micro-hardness distribution of titanium alloys, isothermally oxidized at 500ºC and 800ºC

Dec 2015 – Dec 2015 · 0 mo · Hyderabad, Telangana, India

• Received training in metal working processes and mechanical testing involved in the production of Aluminum and Steel products