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1 RÉSUMÉ SUJITH R Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, BITS Pilani Hyderabad Campus, Hyderabad , Telangana, India. sujith@hyderabad.bits-pilani.ac.in sujithrmme@gmail.com Mob: Off: ORCID ID: orcid.org/ EDUCATION Ph. D (Polymer Derived Ceramics), Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Madras M. Tech (Materials Science and Technology), Mechanical Engineering, National Institute of Technology Calicut PGD (Plastic Engineering), Central Institute of Plastics Engineering and Technology Madras B. Tech (Mechanical Engineering), Kerala University PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Aug till date Assistant Professor, BITS Pilani Hyderabad Campus, Hyderabad, India. Aug June 2015 Ad-hoc Faculty, National Institute of Technology Calicut, Kozhikode, India SPONSORED PROJECTS 1. Research Initiation Grant on project titled Synthesis of ceramic foams for hydrogen storage applications. Grant Amount: Rs. 2,00,000/- Duration: October 2015 October 2017: Funded by BITS Pilani. 2. DST Early Career Research Award on the project titled Hydrogen Storage in Mesoporous Polymer Derived Ceramics for Automotive Applications: Rs. 45,00,000/-, Collaboration with IIT Madras. Status: Approved. August 2016 August RESPOND Grant on the project titled Porous SiC ceramics as thermal protection system in re-entry vehicles: Rs: 25,00,000/-. Status: Submitted to ISRO. 1

2 AWARDS, GRANTS, CERTIFICAIONS & SCHOLARSHIPS Early Career Research Award from DST-SERB (2016) edx Verified Certificate for A Hands On Introduction to Engineering Simulations from Cornell (2016). edx Verified Certificate for Cell Biology: Mitochondria from Harvard (2016). edx Honor Code Certificate for AP Physics C: Classical Mechanics from MIT (2016) edx Honor Code Certificate for Analyzing Global Trends for Business and Society from The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania (2016). edx Honor Code Certificate for Introduction to the Quran offered by University of Notredame (2015) edx Verified Certificate for Super-Earths and Life from Harvard (2015) edx Verified Certificate for Thermodynamics from IIT Bombay (2015) Best poster award in the International Union of Materials Research, IISc Bangalore (2013) DST Young Scientist travel grant to attend conference in Germany (2012) Ph. D financial assistance by MHRD, Govt. of India ( ) Gold Medalist in M. Tech (2009) GATE scholarship by MHRD, Govt. of India ( ) RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS (PEER-REVIEWED JOURNALS) 1. R. Sujith, J. Sudagar,, A. Zimmermann, F. Aldinger, R. Kumar, Mechanical behavior of polymer derived ceramics: A review, Progress in Materials Science, In Preparation (Elsevier) 2. N. Raghukiran, R. Sujith, H. Agrawal, R. Shabadi, R. Kumar, In-situ age-hardening and grain refinement in as-sprayed Al-Sc binary alloy deposits, Journal of Alloys and Compounds, Under Revision (2016) IF: (Elsevier) 3. J. Sudagar, R. Sujith, N. Lakshman and R. Kumar, Corrosion behaviour of polymerderived SiHfCN(O) ceramics in salt and acid environments, Ceramics International (2015) (Accepted). IF: 2.69 (Elsevier) 4. R. Sujith, A. Zimmermann and R. Kumar, Crack evolution and estimation of fracture toughness of HfO 2 /SiCN(O) polymer derived ceramic nanocomposites, Advanced Engineering Materials. doi: /adem (2015) IF:1.75. (Wiley) 5. Sudagar Jothi, R. Sujith and Ravi Kumar, Corrosion of polymer-derived ceramics in hydrofluoric acid and sodium salts, Advances in Science and Technology, Vol 89, pp (2014). (Trans Tech Publications) 6. R. Sujith and Ravi Kumar, Room temperature strain rate sensitivity in precursor derived HfO 2 /Si-C-N(O) ceramic nanocomposites, American Institute of Physics Advances 2014, IF: 1.6 (AIP Scitation). 2

3 7. N. Srinivasan, R. Sujith and Ravi Kumar, Processing and Characterization of Polymer Precursor Derived Silicon Oxycarbide ceramic foams and Composites, Journal of Advanced Ceramics 2013, 2, IF: (Springer) 8. R. Sujith, N. Srinivasan and Ravi Kumar, Small-Scale Deformation of Pulsed Electric Current Sintered Silicon Oxycarbide Polymer Derived Ceramics, Advanced Engineering Materials 2013, 15, IF:1.75 (Wiley) 9. R. Sujith and Ravi Kumar, Indentation Response of Pulsed Electric Current Sintered Polymer Derived HfO 2 /Si-C-N(O) Nanocomposites, Ceramics International 2013, 39, IF: 2.65 (Elsevier) 10. R. Sujith and Ravi Kumar, Experimental Investigation on the Indentation Hardness of Precursor Derived Si-B-C-N Ceramics, Journal of the European Ceramic Society 2013, 33, IF: 2.9 (Elsevier) 11. R. Sujith, A. B. Kousaalya and Ravi Kumar, Synthesis and Phase Stability of Precursor Derived HfO 2 /Si-C-N-O nanocomposites, Ceramic International 2012, 38, IF: 2.69 (Elsevier) 12. R. Sujith, A. B. Kousaalya and Ravi Kumar, Coarsening Induced Phase Transformation of Hafnia in Polymer Derived Si-Hf-C-N-O Ceramics, Journal of the American Ceramic Society 2011, 94(9) IF: 2.65 (Wiley) CONFERENCES 1. J. Sudagar, R. Sujith and Ravi Kumar, Corrosion properties of hafnia based silicon carbonitride ceramics, 13 th International Ceramic Congress (CIMTEC 2014), June 8-13, 2014, (Italy). 2. J. Sudagar, R. Sujith, and Ravi Kumar, Corrosion behavior of polymer-derived ceramics in aqueous hydrofluoric acid and sodium chloride salt, International Union of Materials Research Society - International Conference in Asia (IUMRS-ICA), Dec 16-20, 2013, (IISc) Bangalore (India). 3. R. Sujith and Ravi Kumar, Polymer Derived Silicon Carbonitride/Hafnia Ceramic Nanocomposites: Synthesis, Microstructural Evolution and Mechanical Characterization, International Symposium for Research Scholars (ISRS-2012), Dec 13-15, 2012, IIT Madras (India). 4. R. Sujith and Ravi Kumar, Mechanical characterization of polymer derived hafnia/silicon carbonitride ceramics by pulsed electric current sintering, 50 th National Metallurgists Day International Symposium (NMD-ATM 2012), Nov 16-19, 2012, Jamshedpur (India). 5. R. Sujith, N. Srinivasan and Ravi Kumar, Mechanical behavior of spark plasma sintered Si- based precursor derived ceramics, Materials Science and Engineering Conference (MSE 2012), Sep 25-27, 2012, Darmstadt (Germany) [Travel funded by Dept. Science & Technology, Govt. of India]. 6. R. Sujith, N. Srinivasan and Ravi Kumar, Indentation analysis of spark plasma sintered Si-O-C polymer derived ceramic, NRC M Symposium on Mechanical Behavior of Materials, Jan 30-31, 2012, IISc Bangalore (India). 3

4 7. R. Sujith and Ravi Kumar, Experimental Investigation on the Indentation Hardness of SiBCN Polymer Derived Ceramics, International Workshop on Advanced Ceramics for the Future, Jan 16-17, 2011, IIT Madras (India). 8. R. Sujith, A. B. Kousaalya and Ravi Kumar, Phase Evolution and Thermal Stability of Hafnium Modified Si-C-N Ceramics Produced via. Polymer Derived Ceramic Route, China International Conference on High Performance Ceramics, Dec 4-7, 2011, Xiamen (China) [Travel funded by IIT Madras]. 9. R. Sujith, D. Mathew, R. S. Rajeev, M. R. Ajith, M. A. Joseph and C. P. Reghunadhan Nair, Low Density Ceramic Polymer Hybrid Foams Influence of Nanofiller on Mechanical, Thermo-Physical and High Temperature Performance, National Conference on Recent Advances in Polymeric Materials, 2009, IIT Madras (India). 10. R. Sujith, D. Mathew, R. S. Rajeev, M. R. Ajith, L. Aravindakshan Pillai, M. A. Joseph, C. P. Reghunadhan Nair and B Velayudham, Polymer Impregnated Ceramic Ablative for Manned and Interplanetary Missions: Mechanical, Thermo-physical and Aero-thermal evaluations, National Aerospace Conference, 2009, Thiruvananthapuram (India). WORKSHOPS ORGANIZED 1. Was the organizing secretary of the One day workshop on Materials Characterization using Electron Backscatter diffraction technique at BITS Pilani, Hyderabad Campus (March14, 2016). INVITED TALKS AND SESSION CHAIRS 1. Given a technical talk on Hydrogen Storage in Mesoporous Precursor Derived Ceramics at Bioscience Department, BITS Pilani Hyderabad Campus (April, 2016). 2. Chaired the session in the 2nd National Conference on Design and Manufacturing Technologies for Product Life Cycle (DPLC-2016) on 19th -20th March, 2016, BITS Pilani Hyderabad Campus, India. 3. Chaired the session in the 5th International Conference on Materials Processing and Characterization on 12th -13th March, 2016, GRIET Hyderabad, India. 4. Given a technical talk on Shape Memory Alloys in the UGC sponsored Two Day Workshop on Smart Materials at Sree Narayana Guru College at Trivandrum, 8th and 9th March, Delivered lectures on Non-destructive evaluation for the Two day Executive Program on Damage Tolerant Design at Vizag Steel Plant, 25th and 26th February, Given a technical talk on Nanoindentation in the VTU- VGST- faculty development program on Materials Processing and Characterization Techniques at S J C Institute of Technology, Chikballapur, June,

5 WORKSHOPS ATTENDED One day workshop on MATLAB, July 22, 2016, BITS Pilani Hyderabad Campus (India). National Conference on Composite Materials, February 12-13, 2016, Taj Deccan Hyderabad (India). Intensive Teaching Workshop, January 7-9, 2016, BITS Pilani Hyderabad Campus (India). Workshop on Interdisciplinary Research, November 2-3, 2015, BITS Pilani Hyderabad Campus (India). Workshop on Advanced X-ray Techniques and Applications (AXTA-2013), April , Indian Institute of Technology Madras (India). Workshop on computational materials thermodynamics: Hands-on training with thermo-calc, December 18-21, 2011, Indian Institute of Technology Madras (India). Workshop on Mechanical Behavior of Systems at Small Length Scales- 3, Indian Institute of Science and Hysitron Inc, September 18-21, 2011, Trivandrum (India). Workshop on teaching assistant training program (TATP 2011), July 25 27, 2011, Wipro and Indian Institute of Technology Madras (India). Workshop on mechanics and physics of fracture, Feb 28 Mar 2, 2011, Indian Institute of Mathematical Sciences Chennai (India). ADMINISTRATIVE RESPONSIBILITES Doctoral Advisory Committee (November 2015 till date) SME for the curriculum development of B. Tech in Engineering Design (February 2016 till date) Developed the course handout for the course Composite Materials and Design for B. Tech in Engineering Design (WILP). JOURNAL REVIEW ACTIVITY International Journal of Manufacturing Technology & Management PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS 5

6 Indian Society of Heat and Mass Transfer (Life member) The Society for Polymer Science (Life member) Deutsche Gesellschaft für Materialkunde (Basic membership) Associate Member Institution of Engineers (Corporate Member) COURSES TAUGHT At BITS Statistical Quality Control WILP Course for M Tech and MBA (2016 winter) Materials Testing and Technology PG Course for M. Tech in Design (2015, 2016 winter) Materials Science and Engineering UG Course for B. Tech in Mechanical and Manufacturing (2016 winter) Composite Materials & Design UG Course for B. Tech in Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering (2016 summer) Materials Processing Minor course for B. Tech in all branches (2016 summer) Casting & Welding UG Course for 6th Semester B. Tech in Manufacturing (2016) At NIT Calicut Thermodynamics of Materials PG Course for M. Tech in Materials Science and Technology (2014) Materials Science and Metallurgy - UG Course for 3rd Semester B. Tech in Mechanical Engineering (2014) Ceramics Science & Technology PG Course for M. Tech in Materials Science & Technology and Nano Science (2015) BACHELOR STUDENT THESIS Student Dissertation title Supervisor/Cosupervisor Anirudh Ramesh Probing of Dr. John Philip nanostructure (IGCAR Kalpakkam) formations in nanofluids using light scattering Shiva Vishnu Yerva Polymer Energy Dr. Balaji Storage Device with Krishnamurthy (BITS- Electrochromic Pilani, Chemical Function Engineering) Completion Year Dec, 2016 May,

7 OTHER STUDENT PROJECTS POST GRADUATE Student Project title Project type Completion Year B Jignesh Design of the load cell for the creep testing machine Design Project 2016 Kulkarni Ashwin Preparation of Design Project 2016 experimental set up, manuals and designing the experiments for rectangular test specimens for fatigue UNDER GRADUATE Student Project Title Project type Completion Year K S L Sailesh Reddy Finite element Design Oriented May, 2016 analysis of natural Project fiber based composite material Sai Sudeep Dwaraka Constitutive Laboratory Oriented May, 2016 modelling and Project thermo-mechanical analysis of titanium alloy V V R Mahendra Constitutive Laboratory Oriented May, 2016 modelling and Project thermo-mechanical analysis of titanium alloy K Aravind Design of Seiverts Study Oriented May, 2016 apparatus for Project hydrogen storage applications 7