Soft Materials Research Laboratory
Department of Metallurgy Engineering and Materials Science
Indian Institute of Technology Indore
PhD Students
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Dr. Vinay Kumar Pandey
(IIT BHU)
Year of Award: 2020
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Research Topic: Development of conductive metallogels
Date of registration: 26/12/2018
E-mail: phd1801205006@iiti.ac.in
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Research Topic: Development of conductive,
fluorescent soft materials
Date of registration: 07/08/2021
E-mail: phd2101105006@iiti.ac.in
M.Tech Students
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Praveen Rautela
Research Topic: Development of hydrophobic nanomaterial for corrosion protection
Date of registration: 24/07/2020
E-mail: mt2102105002@iiti.ac.in
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Neha Shakya
Research Topic: Corrosion Studies and exploring COMSOL Techniques
Date of registration: 23/07/2020
E-mail: mtech2002105011@iiti.ac.in
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Shubham Garg
Research Topic: Development of superhydrophobic nanomaterial for LFP detection
Date of registration: 2022
E-mail: mt2202105006@iiti.ac.in
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Piyush Meena
Research Topic: Corrosion Studies and exploring COMSOL Techniques
Date of registration: 23/07/2020
E-mail: mtech2002105013@iiti.ac.in
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Vishal Prajapati
Research Topic: Pitting Corrosion Studies and exploring COMSOL Techniques
Date of registration: 23/07/2019
E-mail: mtech1902105005@iiti.ac.in
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Shardeshu Pandey
Research Topic: Zinc polymer based hydrophobic coating in corrosion inhibiton.
Date of registration: 23/07/2018
E-mail: mt1802105007@iiti.ac.in
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Divyanshu Gupta
Research Topic: Galvanic Corrosion Studies and Numerical Modelling Using COMSOL Techniques
Date of registration: 23/07/2019
E-mail: mtech1902105004@iiti.ac.in
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Rhishikesh Darshan
Research Topic: Corrosion Analysis of High Entropy Alloys
Date of registration: 23/07/2018
E-mail: mt1802105005@iiti.ac.in
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Harsh Vaid
Research Topic: Perovskite Solar Cell
Date of registration: 27/07/2017
E-mail: mt1702105004@iiti.ac.in
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Avi Jain
Research Topic: Hot deformation behaviour of eutectic high entropy alloys
Date of registration: 27/07/2017
E-mail: mt1702105001@iiti.ac.in
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Hariom Sharma
Research Topic: Perovskite Solar Cell
Date of registration: 27/07/2017
E-mail: mt1702105003@iiti.ac.in
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B.Tech Students
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Godi Karthikeya
Research Topic: Development of novel Soft materials for security application
Date of registration: 24/07/2019
E-mail: mems190005013@iiti.ac.in
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Ishan Bharti
Research Topic: Development of materials for corrosion protection and monitoring
Date of registration: 24/07/2019
E-mail: mems190005019@iiti.ac.in
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Hemant Kumar
Research Topic: Development of novel Carbon dots and application
Date of registration: 24/07/2019
E-mail: mems190005017@iiti.ac.in
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Saksham Yashpal
Research Topic: Fluorescent carbon dot materials
Date of registration: 23/07/2018
E-mail: mems180005025@iiti.ac.in
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Aman Vaishnav
Research Topic: Fluorescent carbon dot materials
Date of registration: 23/07/2018
E-mail: mems180005025@iiti.ac.in
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Research Topic: Synthesis of Multi-Stimuli Responsive Metallogel
Date of registration: 26/07/2016
E-mail: mems160005017@iiti.ac.in
Indraneel Sundeep Deshpande
Research Topic: Preparation and Synthesis of Covalent Organic Frameworks
Date of registration: 26/07/2016
E-mail: mems160005010@iiti.ac.in