FALL 17 | Materials Science| MS/PhD | 322 | IITR

Branch: Metallurgical & Materials Engineering

Field of Interest: Materials Engineering (Biomaterials, Nano-composites and applications)

Degree Goal (MS/PhD): MS or PhD (preferably PhD)

GPA/Percentage (Do not Convert to US Scale): 8.18

Topper's Percentage (or GPA): 9.6

Your rank in your class:11/117

GRE: 322 (154V + 168Q)
Toefl: not appeared yet

Internships: (If applicable)

1. IISc Bangalore : Titanium based implant materials (Dr Kaushik Chatterjee) ; Summer ‘16
2. Log9 Materials : Research & Development (Winter ‘15)- Worked on development and characterisation of MW-CNTs

Submitted or Accepted Publications: (If applicable, please do some work and copy-paste, itreally helps)

Conference:
1) GNP reinforced UHMWPE composite for orthopaedic implants, NMD-ATM ‘15 (National conference)
2) Grain Size control in metastable Ti alloys, International Symposium for Research Scholars ‘16 (accepted)

Journal:
1) Mechanical and tribological analysis of GNP reinforced UHMWPE (to be submitted)

Aggregate Publication Statistics:
Journal: 1 (hopefully)
Conference: 2

Projects: (If applicable)
1) Grain Size control in metastable Ti alloys for orthopaedic implants, IISc Bangalore
2) Polymer nanocomposites (PCL-based) for auxiliary orthopaedic accessories, B.Tech Thesis, IIT Roorkee
3) GNP reinforced UHMWPE composite for orthopaedic implants, IIT Roorkee
4) CNT reinforced cytosan composite for neuro-tissue implants, IIT Roorkee

#Additional academics case studies based on the topic of interest
#All the projects are focused on biomaterials.

Recommendations:
1) Asst Prof, IIT Roorkee, BTP guide, Strong
2) Asst Prof, IISc Bangalore, Project Guide, Strong
3) Prof, IIT Roorkee, Moderate

Misc Achievements:
- KVPY
- NTSE
- Won 3rd prize for oral presentation at NMD-ATM, 2015
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Tentative Universities :
1. Northwestern University
2. Georgia Tech
3. UT Austin
4. Penn State University
5. UIUC
6. UToronto
8. UCLA
9. TAMU
10. NCSU