Hirsch index:
h Index Scopus = 2 (5)
EXPERIENCE:
Research Experience
Expertise
Design and fabrication of Magnetothermal characterization setup using micro-electro-mechanical systems techniques
Material characterization using Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM), Atomic Force Microscope (AFM)
Device characterization using Physical Property Measurement System (PPMS) and system controller using Python.
Numerical simulation using COMSOL, and ANSYS
Solid modelling using SOLIDWORKS, and AUTOCAD.
Mentored and tutored total 850 students in 9 mechanical undergraduate classes.
Projects
Magneto-thermal transport characterization to measure Spin Seebeck effect for thermal energy conversion.
Uniaxial tensile testing MEMS device to study mechanical behavior of nanoscale thin films
Thermal transport characterization in nanoscale thin films using 3(omega) characterization
Numerical simulation of dissimilar materials joining processes
Stress analysis of different kind of plates subjected to different kinds of loading using FEM.
Nano-Fabrication Experience
• Experience in 100/1000 cleanroom at Center for Nanoscale Science and Engineering (CNSE) University of California, Riverside.
• Experience in MEMS design (L-edit layout editor) and optical lithography (Karl Suss MA6) with expertise in using positive, negative photoresist and lift-off process.
• Experience in thin film material disposition using E-beam evaporation techniques (Temescal BJD 1800), Thermal evaporation (Temescal BJD 1800), and Sputtering system (AJA ORION 5).
• Experience in dry (Bosch) and wet etching (HF, HNO3) including Deep Reactive Ion Etching, ICP etching (Oxford Cobra Metal Trench Etching System).
• Oxide layer deposition using CVD (Low Pressure Chemical Vapor Deposition system), Plasma Enhanced Chemical Vapor Deposition system (Plasmatherm 790).
• Annealing using RTA (Rapid Thermal Annealing) (RTP-600S)
• Good hands on Film thickness measurement (Filmetrics F40), Ashing using Tabletop Plasma etcher (EMS model 1050X), Thin film surface roughness measurement using AFM (Dimension 5000 scanning probe microscope), SEM and Wire Bonding (4526 Auto-Step-back Wedge Bonder)
Awards and Honors
2016 - 2020 Dean’s Distinguished Fellowship Award from University of California Riverside.
2019 Top photo award (Culture category), ISO UCR.
2018 Certified SOLIDWORKS Associate (CSWA).
2017 - 2018
Representative of Mechanical Engineering Graduate Student Association (MEGSA).
2016 - 2018
Ambassador for Clearing the Air program at University of California, Riverside (UCR).
2016 Certificate of Academic Excellence and Silver Medal in M. Tech.
2014 - 2016
AICTE PG Scholarship, India.
Work Experience
2017 - 2020 Teaching Assistant, ME Dept, University of California Riverside (UCR)
2016 - 2018
Ambassador for Clearing the Air program at University of California, Riverside (UCR)
2017 - 2018
Representative of Mechanical Engineering Graduate Student Association (MEGSA)
2015 - 2016
Project Researcher, Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, NIT Rourkela, India
Professional Organization Memberships
2019 - 2020
Material Research Society (MRS)
2020 - 2021 American Physical Society (APS)
EDUCATION:
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Mechanical Engineering
University of California, Riverside, USA
Dissertation Title – “An Experimental Study of Spin Seebeck Effect in Ferromagnetic/Semiconductor Heterostructure Thin Films”
September 2016 – September 2020
GPA: 3.91/4
Master of Technology (M. Tech) in Mechanical Engineering
National Institute of Technology, Rourkela, India
August 2014 – May 2016
GPA: 8.90/10
Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.) in Mechanical Engineering
Gandhinagar Institute of Technology, India
August 2009 – June 2013
GPA: 9.01/10
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