Venkat Padmanabhan, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Chemical Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur
Ph: +91 3222 283946
Email: venkatp @ che.iitkgp.ernet.in
Professional Experience
Assistant Professor, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur | 2012 - present |
Lecturer/Research Associate, Texas Tech University | 2011 - 2012 |
Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Delaware | 2009 - 2011 |
Education
Ph.D. | Columbia University, New York, NY 2009 |
M.Phil. | Columbia University, New York, NY 2008 |
M.S. | Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK 2005 |
B.Tech. | Osmania University, Hyderabad 2003 |
Awards
IIChE Amar-Dye Chem award for excellence in Research and Development | 2015 |
Best Scientific Simulation Impact award, American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) | 2014 |
Howard P. Isermann Fellowship, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY | 2005 |
Best poster award, Measurement and Control Engineering Center (MCEC), Tulsa, OK | 2004 |
Best paper award, Chemical Engineering Congress (CHEMCON), Hyderabad, India | 2002 |
Graduate Students
Lipika Parida PhD Candidate (2012 - present) Thesis: Locomotion and Chemotaxis of C. elegans in complex media |
Kishore Kumar Sriramoju PhD Candidate (2013 - present) Thesis: Self-assembly in polymer nanocomposites |
Sarbani Ghosh PhD Candidate (2013 - present) Thesis: Hydrogen storage in carbon-based materials |
Mohit Garg PhD Candidate (2013 - present) Thesis: Morphology of model P3HT-PCBM composites |
Ramakrishna Arakala MTech Candidate (2016 - present) Thesis: Anti-Arrhenian behavior of polymer/clay suspensions |
Undergraduate Students
- Sayantan Dutta
Group Alumni
Graduate Students
- Poonam Kumari (MTech, 2016), Thesis: Dynamics of polymers in thin film nanocomposites
- Nawaz Ahmed (BTech/MTech, 2015/16), Thesis: Molecular simulations of nanoparticle induced thermodynamic alterations in segmented polymers
- Uday Shankar (BTech/MTech, 2015/16), Thesis: Two-dimensional self assembly of polymer-grafted nanoparticles
- Tanuj Gupta (MTech, 2015), Thesis: Self-assembly in polymer nanocomposites, Current position: Plant Engineer, Indian Oil Corporation Ltd.
- Shan Sahar (MTech, 2015), Thesis: Dynamics of polymer under confinement, Current position: Assistant Professor, TKM College of Engineering
- Narendra Karri (MTech, 2015), Thesis: Locomotion of the nematode C. elegans in complex environment
- Salman Shahid (BTech/MTech, 2014/15), Thesis: Effect of nanoparticles on structure and morphology in segmented polymer nanocomposites, Current position: Co Founder, RISE
- Jagannadh (BTech/MTech, 2014/15), Thesis: Effect of confinement on properties of polymer in thin films, Current position: Plant Engineer, Reliance Petroleum Pvt. Ltd.
- Vivek Nagal (BTech/MTech, 2014/15), Thesis: Density fluctuations in nanocomposites with semi-flexible polymers, Current position: PhD candidate at Johns Hopkins University
- Niti Agrawal (BTech/MTech, 2014/15), Thesis: Morphology of model P3HT-PCBM system for organic photovoltaics, Current position: PhD candidate at University of Maryland, College Park
- Mokkapati Akhil (BTech/MTech, 2014/15), Thesis: Effect of cooling rates on gelation in semiflexible polymers, Current position: HiTech Solutions Pvt. Ltd.
- Prashanth Prabhat (MTech, 2015) - Thesis: Entropy driven self assembly of nanoparticles
- Babji Palli (MTech, 2014), Thesis: Chain stiffness for tuning effect interactions between polymer-grafted nanoparticles in a homopolymers matrix, Current position: Plant Engineer, Haldia Petrochemicals Pvt. Ltd.
- Modini Yantrapati (MTech, 2014), Thesis: Diffusion of dyes in porous agar gels, Current position: Tata Consulting Engineers Ltd.
Undergraduate Students
- Ankit Agrawal (BTech, 2016)
- Vinod Kumar (BTech, 2016)
- B. Thanuja (BTech, 2016)
- Rishabh Sava (BTech, 2015)
- Gaurav Das (BTech, 2015)