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Dr. Balakrishnan Shankar

Dean, School of Engineering, Amritapuri | Professor, Mechanical Engineering, School of Engineering, Amritapuri

Qualification: Ph.D
bala@am.amrita.edu
Research Interest: Material Science

Bio

Dr Balakrishnan is currently the Dean of engg in the Amritapuri campus,Amrita. . After completing his PhD at UT Austin in Materials science he worked in AMAT ( Applied materials), Bay area , Ca for seven years before joining Amrita in 2006. His research interests include advanced materials-electronic materials, magnetic materials, 2 D materials, materials for electromagnetic shielding , hydrogen storage . His international collaborations include Penn State IFW, institute of solid state materials , Dresden. He has over 66 publications including leading journals like Nature.He is also the chairman if the mech engg dept at Amritapuri and Director of the Center for Flexible Electronics and advanced materials.

 

Publications

Journal Article

Year : 2021

Study on conventional and microwave assisted sintering of Cu-FA composites

Cite this Research Publication : Rajesh Raveendran, Balakrishnan Shankar, J. Harikrishnan, Ajay Ritwik, A. Hari Krishna, Q. Usman, and R. Hari Sankar, “Study on conventional and microwave assisted sintering of Cu-FA composites”, Materials Today: Proceedings, vol. 39, pp. 1677-1681, 2021.

Publisher : Materials Today: Proceedings

Year : 2018

Magnetic and dielectric properties of nickel-ferrite-embedded natural rubber composites

Cite this Research Publication : Sankar S. Menon, Radhu Krishna, Lida Wilson, Sreedha Sambhudevan, B. Shankar, Anshida Mayeen, and Nandakumar Kalarikkal, “Magnetic and dielectric properties of nickel-ferrite-embedded natural rubber composites”, Polymer Bulletin, vol. 75, pp. 5217–5234, 2018.

Publisher : Polymer Bulletin

Year : 2018

Magnetic Properties of Copper Doped Nickel Ferrite Nanoparticles Synthesized by Co Precipitation Method

Cite this Research Publication : V. Anjana, Sara John, Pooja Prakash, Amritha M Nair, Aravind R Nair, Sreedha Sambhudevan, and B. Shankar, “Magnetic Properties of Copper Doped Nickel Ferrite Nanoparticles Synthesized by Co Precipitation Method”, IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering, vol. 310, p. 012024, 2018.

Publisher : IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering

Year : 2015

Design and Development of an Intelligent Rover for Mars Exploration (Updated)

Cite this Research Publication : A. S, VJ, U., Kalathil, S. T., Simon, A., CM, H., Mathew, D. P., Maya Menon, Basil, P., Ramachandran, R., Sengar, A., Balakrishnan, A., Dutt, K., Murali, A., Tilak, C. Krishna, Suresh, A., Suresh, A., B. Shankar, and Dr. Ganesh Udupa, “Design and Development of an Intelligent Rover for Mars Exploration (Updated)”, The Mars Society with permission, 2015

Publisher : The Mars Society with permission

Year : 2011

Nanotube substituted source/drain regions for carbon nanotube transistors for vlsi circuits

Cite this Research Publication : Sa Dutta and Shankar, Bb, “Nanotube substituted source/drain regions for carbon nanotube transistors for vlsi circuits”, Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, vol. 11, pp. 11015-11018, 2011.

Publisher : Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology

Conference Paper

Year : 2017

Inverse Kinematics of a Dual Linear Actuator Pitch/Roll Heliostat

Cite this Research Publication : J. Freeman, B. Shankar, and G. Sundaram, “Inverse kinematics of a dual linear actuator pitch/roll heliostat”, in AIP Conference Proceedings, 2017, vol. 1850

Publisher : AIP Conference Proceedings, American Institute of Physics Inc.

Conference Proceedings

Year : 2019

Determination on the effect of ti addition on the mechanical behavior of as-cast cu-6Sn alloy

Publisher : AIP Conference Proceedings doi:10.1063/1.5130228

Year : 2019

Effect of Matrix Type and Doping on Polyaniline based Natural Rubber Nanocomposites

Cite this Research Publication : M. Sajith, Jose, B., Sreedha Sambhudevan, Sreekala, C. O., and Shankar, B., “Effect of Matrix Type and Doping on Polyaniline based Natural Rubber Nanocomposites”, AIP Conference Proceedings, vol. 2162. p. 020109, 2019.

Publisher : AIP Conference Proceedings

Year : 2017

Development of medical imaging X-ray shielding materials based on natural rubber/nano composites-thermal degradation studies

Cite this Research Publication : Sreedha Sambhudevan and B. Shankar, “Development of Medical Imaging X-ray Shielding Materials based on Natural Rubber/Nano Composites-thermal Degradation Studies”, 2017 International Conference on Intelligent Sustainable Systems (ICISS). 2017.

Publisher : 2017 International Conference on Intelligent Sustainable Systems (ICISS)

Patents

Year : 2010

Chakshuyaan

Cite this Research Publication : Balakrishnan Shankar, “Chakshuyaan”, 2010.

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