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Lakshmi.K
Senior Lecturer

Joined on : 18/02/2002
Contact: k_lakshmiettimadai.amritaedu

Areas of Interest :Opto Electronic Properties of Polymers, Biomedical Applications, Polymer Blends & Composites


  Education Teaching Research Activities


Education

M.Tech



Teaching

2005-ODD Semester (July – Dec, 2005) Courses Taught:

Polymer Blends & Composites- VII Sem- 4 hrs/week
Polymer Testing Lab –VII Sem – 6 hrs/week
Attended CEN classes on Computational Chemistry and Modelling-10 hrs/week

2006-EVEN Semester (Jan – May, 2006) Courses Taught:

Thermoplastics and Thermosets – IV sem-4 Hrs/week
Polymer Materials Lab- IV Sem- 6 Hrs/week
Attended CEN classes on Computational Chemistry and Modelling-5 hrs/week

2006-ODD Semester (July – Dec, 2006) Courses Taught:
PE 424 Reactive Extrusion – VII Sem- 4 Hrs/week
PE 294 Polymer Testing Lab- V Sem- 6 Hrs/week


2007-EVEN Semester (Jan – May 2007) Courses Taught:

PE 434 -Tyre & Rubber products Engineering – VI Sem- 4 Hrs/week
PE 294- Polymer Materials Lab – IV Sem-6 Hrs/week


   

Research

B. Tech Projects Supervised (include student name, title & semester/yr):

Optimization of Bead Insulation compound using DOE- (2005) Mr.Sivakumar,Mr.Kumar-Apollo Tyres Chalakkudy & ASE

Conducting Polymer Composites for EMI shielding applns- 2006-2007
Ms.T.Mythili,Ms.Christeena Thomas,Mr.Prasanth Raj, Mr.Harishankaran.D.S-Fully Internal Project

Mini Project- Preparation of conducting polythiophene- Ms.Rajalakshmi,Ms Sowmya , Ms.Chandrika,Ms.arathi Sharma- VI sem- 2006

RS 003 Project on Microwave Properties of PPDA by Mr.B.Saravanan, VIII Sem.

Submitted an Interdisciplinary Project to Respond on Shear dampening of vibration Isolators as a Co Investigator.

Name of Ph.D. advisor, and Expected date of completion:

Tentative title : Microwave Properties of Conducting Polymer PVC composites
Guides : Prof .K.E.Geogge, Dept of PSRT,CUSAT, & Prof.K.T.Mathew, Dept of Electronics, CUSAT
Expected Date of Completion : November 2007


   

Activities

Presented a poster at International Winter school on Chemistry of Materials organized by International Centre for Materials Research (ICMR) Santa Barbara, USA and JNCASR Bangalore from 12-19 December 2006.

Seminars conferences attended from July 2005 to June 2007
1.Attended “ Short Term Course on Photophysics of Organic systems : Theory and applications, Organised JNCASR, Bangalore, at Bharathiyar University, Coimbatore from 1/2/2006-4/2/2006

2.Attended National Conference on Polymers in Medical Applications on 20th and 21 November 2006.

3.Attended the International Winter school on Chemistry of Materials organized by International Centre for Materials Research (ICMR) Santa Barbara, USA and JNCASR Bangalore from 12-19 December 2006

Organising Member
1.Polymers in Medical Applications on 20th and 21 November 2006.
2.Computational Chemistry and Molecular Modelling
3.Natural Fibre Reinforced Composites