CURRICULUM VITAEDr. Suryakanta Nayak (PhD, IIT Kharagpur, India)

Postdoctoral Research FellowDepartment of Mechanical EngineeringBlock EA, Level 3, Room: EA-03-19S/T19Faculty of EngineeringNational University of Singapore, Singapore 117576E-mail: suryakanta99@gmail.com suryakanta.iitkgp@gmail.comPhone: +65-90538016Skype Name: suryakantanayakWebpages:http://www.dak.iitkgp.ernet.in/phd/profile.php?roll=10RT90P01 http://scholar.google.co.in/citations?user=6JCkeC4AAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao

EDUCATION

Completed Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in January, 2015 from Rubber Technology Centre, Indian

Institute of Technology Kharagpur, West Bengal, India. PhD Award Date: 19th January, 2015.

Broad Research Area: Smart Polymer (Polymer-Ceramic Nanocomposites)

Thesis Title: “Electroactive Ceramic Filled Flexible Poly(dimethylsiloxane) and Polyurethane

Composites for Dielectric and Piezoelectric Applications”.

Completed Masters of Science (Chemistry) in 2008 from Indian School of Mine, Dhanbad, India.

Completed Bachelor of Science (Chemistry Honours) in 2006 from Ravenshaw Autonomous

College (Utkal University), Odisha, India.

JOB/RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

Research Associate, Department of Mechanical Engineering, National University of Singapore,

Singapore, from 30th October, 2014 to 31st January, 2015.

Research Fellow, Department of Mechanical Engineering, National University of Singapore,

Singapore since 1st February, 2015.

Four years and six months of research experience in polymer-ceramic nanocomposites (Smart

materials system) - Research experience during PhD at Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur,

West Bengal, India.

Description: (i) Development of smart polymer-ceramic micro/nano composites, (ii) Preparation of

electroceramic simple/complex oxides (powders) via solid state reaction and chemical route, (iii)

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Surface modification of ceramic nanoparticles to improve dielectric properties, and (iv) Doping of

transition/rare earth elements to the base oxide via solid state and chemical method.

Two years of research experience in corrosion and coating teachnology.

July, 2008 to June, 2010 at R & D, Tata Steel Limited, Jamshedpur, India

Designation: Research Associate

Job Profile

1 Research activities

(i) Designing of experiments.

(ii) Preparation of different coatings (organic/hybrid) using sol-gel method and water based coating

through emulsion technique.

(iii) Characterization and performance evaluation of experimental products.

2 Achievements

(i) Successfully completed two projects with pilot plant trial (It was a team work, Team size: 4).

(ii) Published three papers in international referred journals which are given in the publication list.

3 Other activities

(i) Support in preparing and maintaining lab documents as per ISO requirements.

(ii) Corrosion lab (R & D, Tata Steel Limited) instrumental support to other group

members.

Summer training (Project) in R & D, Tata Steel Limited, Jamshedpur from 7th may to 30th

June 2007

Topic: Performance evaluation of different organo-silica coatings on steel substrates (Rebars & Flats).Description:

The first objective was to evaluate corrosion behavior of different organo-silica coated steels sheets and rebars.

The second objective was to evaluate the bond strength of coated rebar in concrete medium.

M.Sc. Project-cum Dissertation

Topic: Protection performance of N-ethyl aniline as inhibitor for corrosion of N80 steel in HCl medium. Description: The objective of the project is to evaluate the inhibition performance of N- ethyl

aniline for corrosion of N80 steel in 15% HCl medium at different experimental conditions.

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Project During PhD Program

Topic: Effect of additives on electrical properties (Dielectric constant and dielectric strength) with

respect to frequency of Polyurathane and Silicone Rubber as smart material.

Description: This project was sponsored by Defence Materials Research & Development Establishment (DMSRDE), Kanpur, India undertaken by my PhD supervisors (Prof. Tapan Kumar Chaki and Prof. Dipak Khastgir, Rubber Technology Centre, IIT Kharagpur). This project was part of my PhD work where the duration of the project was 2 years (July, 2010 to June, 2012).

PUBLICATIONS

1. * Suryakanta Nayak, M. Rahaman, A. K. Pandey, D. K. Setua, T. K. Chaki, D. Khastgir,

“Development of polydimethylsiloxane-titania nanocomposites with controlled dielectric

properties-effect of heat treatment of titania on electrical properties”, Journal of Applied

Polymer Science, 127 (1), 784-796, 2013.

2. * Suryakanta Nayak, T. K. Chaki, D. Khastgir, “Development of Poly(dimethylsiloxane)/BaTiO3

Nanocomposites as Dielectric Material”, Advanced Materials Research, 622-623, 897-900, 2013.

3. * Suryakanta Nayak, B. Sahoo, T. K. Chaki, D. Khastgir, “Development of polyurethane-titania

nanocomposites as dielectriand piezoelectric material”, RSC Advances, 3, 2620-2631, 2013.

4. * Suryakanta Nayak, Banalata Sahoo, Tapan Kumar Chaki and Dipak Khastgir, “Facile

preparation of uniform barium titanate (BaTiO3) multipods with high permittivity: Its impedance

and temperature dependent dielectric behavior”, RSC Advances, 4, 1212-1224, 2014.

5. * Suryakanta Nayak, Tapan Kumar Chaki, Dipak Khastgir, “Development of flexible piezoelectric

poly(dimethylsiloxane)-BaTiO3 nanocomposites for electrical energy harvesting”, Industrial and

Engineering Chemistry Research, DOI 10.1021/ie502565f, 2014.

6. Suryakanta Nayak, Rakesh Manna, M. Rahaman, Tapan Kumar Chaki, and Dipak Khastgir,

“Polymer-ceramic composites with controlled dielectric properties- investigation on electrical and

mechanical properties and modeling”, European Society for Composite Materials, Conference

Proceeding (ECCM 15), 2014.

7. * Suryakanta Nayak, Dipak Khastgir, Tapan Kumar Chaki, “Poly(dimethylsiloxane)-TiO2

nanocomposites for dielectric and piezoelectric applications”, Proc. of the Second Intl. Conf. on

Advances in Civil, Structural and Mechanical Engineering-CSM 2014, DOI 10.15224/ 978-1-

63248-054-5-49, 2014.

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8. A. K. Guin, Suryakanta Nayak, T. K. Rout, N. Bandyopadhyay, D. K. Sengupta, "Corrosion

behavior of nanohybrid titania–silica composite coating on phosphated steel sheet", Journal of

Coatings Technology and Research, 9 (1), 97-106, 2012.

9. A. K. Guin, Suryakanta Nayak, T. K. Rout, N. Bandyopadhyay, D. K. Sengupta, "Corrosion

Resistance Nano-hybrid Sol–Gel Coating on Steel Sheet", ISIJ International, 51 (3), 435–440,

2011.

10. B. Sahoo, S. K. Sahu, Suryakanta Nayak, D. Dhara, P. Pramanik, “Fabrication of magnetic

mesoporous manganese ferrite nanocomposites as efficient catalyst for degradation of dye

pollutants”, Catalysis Science & Technology, 2, 1367-1374, 2012.

11. B. Sahoo, K.S.P. Devi, S. K. Sahu, Suryakanta Nayak, T. K. Maiti, D. Dhara and P. Pramanik,

“Facile preparation of multifunctional hollow silica nanoparticles and their cancer specific

targeting effect”, Biomaterials Science, 1, 647-657, 2013.

12. Akshya Kumar Guin, Suryakanta Nayak, Manish Kumar Bhadu, Veena Singh, and Tapan Kumar

Rout, “Development and Performance Evaluation of Corrosion Resistance Self-Healing Coating”,

ISRN Corrosion, vol. 2014, Article ID 979323, 7 pages, 2014, DOI:10.1155/2014/979323.

13. Rakesh Manna, †Suryakanta Nayak, Mostafizur Rahaman, Dipak Khastgir, “Effect of Annealed

Titania on Dielectric and Mechanical Properties of Ethylene Propylene Diene Monomer-Titania

Nanocomposites”, e-Polymers, DOI: 10.1515/epoly-2014-0043.

* These papers are part of my PhD thesis work

(† Corresponding Author, Guided Rakesh Manna in his M.Tech. work at Rubber Technology

Centre, IIT Kharagpur, India)

BOOKS

1. * Suryakanta Nayak, Tapan Kumar Chaki, Dipak Khastgir, “Polymer-ceramic composites as

dielectric and piezoelectric material”, LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing, OmniScriptum

GmbH & Co. KG, Heinrich-Böcking-Str. 6-8, 66121, Saarbrücken, Germany, ISBN 978-3-659-

42658-2, 2013.

2. Suryakanta Nayak, Banalata Sahoo, Tapan Kumar Rout, “Sol-Gel Nanotitania Coating for

Improved Surface Properties of Metals”, LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing, OmniScriptum

GmbH & Co. KG, Heinrich-Böcking-Str. 6-8, 66121, Saarbrücken, Germany, ISBN 978-3-659-

51528-6, 2014.

* Part of my PhD Thesis Work.

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BOOK CHAPTER

1. Suryakanta Nayak and Tapan Kumar Chaki, “Effect of hybrid fillers on the non-linear

viscoelasticity of rubber composites and nanocomposites”, Non-linear viscoelasticity of rubber

composites and nanocomposites. Chapter 6, Springer, P. Deepalekshmi, Sabu Thomas (Eds.),

ISBN 978-3-319-08702-3, 264, pp 317, 2014.

PATENT

1. Suryakanta Nayak, Tapan Kumar Chaki, Dipak Khastgir, “A Process for the preparation of

capacitative barium titanate nanoleaves”, Indian Patent Application No 755/KOL/2013, June,

2013.

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE PAPERS

1. Suryakanta Nayak, *A. K. Guin, T. K. Rout, N. Bandyopadhyay, D. K. Sengupta,

“Characterization and performance evaluation of nano-hybrid Ti-Sol-Gel coatings”, World

Corcon’09-TP 130, Sept. 20 – Oct. 1, 2009, Mumbai, India, NACE International Conference.

[Got Best Paper Award]

2. Suryakanta Nayak, *A. K. Guin, T. K. Rout, N. Bandyopadhyay, D. K. Sengupta, “A study on

corrosion behavior of nano-hybrid titania sol-gel coatings”, East asian and pacific area corrosion

conference and expo., Corcon 2010, Paper No. : PC 46, Sept. 23-26, 2010, Goa, India, NACE

International Conference.

3. *Suryakanta Nayak, M. Rahaman, A. K. Pandey, T. K. Chaki, D. Khastgir, "Silicone Rubber-

Titania (TiO2) Micro Composites for Dielectric Applications", International Conference on

Advances in Polymer Sciences and Rubber Technology (APSRT-2011), IIT Kharagpur, India,

March 3-5 2011.

4. Suryakanta Nayak, *D. Khastgir, T. Chaki, “Ceramic-polymer composites as dielectric

materials” by Fray International Symposium Cancun, Mexico, 27 Nov.-01 Dec., 2011.

5. *Suryakanta Nayak, T. K. Chaki, D. Khastgir,  “Polymer-ceramic composites as dielectric

material”, 2nd International Conference on Advanced Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology

(ICANN-2011), IIT Guwahati, Assam, India, 8-10th December, 2011.

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6. *Suryakanta Nayak, D. Khastgir, T. K. Chaki, “Electrical and mechanical properties of PDMS-

TiO2 or metal doped TiO2 nanocomposites”, International Conference on Advancements in

polymeric Materials (APM 2012), Ahmedabad, Gujrat, India 10-12th February, 2012.

7. Suryakanta Nayak, R. Manna, M. Rahaman, T. K. Chaki, *D. Khastgir, “Polymer-ceramic

composites with controlled dielectric properties-Investigation on electrical and mechanical

properties and modeling”, 15th European Conference on Composite Materials, Venice-Italy,

June 24-28, 2012.

8. *Suryakanta Nayak, T. K. Chaki, D. Khastgir, “Development of Poly(dimethylsiloxane)/BaTiO3

Nanocomposites as Dielectric Material”, International Conference on Nanostructures,

Nanomaterials and Nanoengineering (ICNNN-2012), 6-7 Oct, Singapore, 2012.

9. *Suryakanta Nayak, T. K. Chaki, D. Khastgir, “Development of polyurethane/titania composites

as dielectric material prepared by melt compounding-Effect of pressure on electrical properties”

Advances in Materials and Processing-Challenges and Opportunities (AMPCO 2012), 2-4 Nov,

IIT Roorkee, India, 2012.

10. *Suryakanta Nayak, T. K. Chaki, D. Khastgir, “Dielectric and Impedance behavior of BaTiO3

filled Polymer Nanocomposites”, International Conference on Recent Advances in Composite

Materials (ICRACM-2013), 18-21 Feb, Goa,Organized by IIT Varanasi, India, 2013.

11. Suryakanta Nayak, T. K. Chaki, *D. Khastgir, “Dielectric and mechanical properties of

polyurethane-titania nanocomposites prepared by melt compounding-Effect of pressure on

electrical properties”, International Conference on Recent Advances in Composite Materials

(ICRACM-2013), 18-21 Feb, Goa,Organized by IIT Varanasi, India, 2013.

12. *Suryakanta Nayak, T. K. Chaki, D. Khastgir, “Dielectric Relaxation Behavior of Flexible

Poly(dimethylsiloxane)/BaTiO3 Nanocomposites”, International Conference on Rubber and Rubber

Like Materials (ICRRM-2013), 6th-9th March, IIT Kharagpur, India, 2013.

13. Suryakanta Nayak, T. K. Chaki, *D. Khastgir, “Piezoelectric, Dielectric and Mechanical

Behavior of Polyurethane-titania Nanocomposites”, International Conference and expo on Recent

Advances in Polymer and Rubber Science and Technology (RAPT-2014), 22nd-25th January,

University of Calcutta, Kolkata, India, 2014.

14. *Suryakanta Nayak, T. K. Chaki, D. Khastgir, “Electrical and mechanical properties of PDMS-

BaTiO3/V-doped BaTiO3 nanocomposites: effect of pressure and temperature on dielectric

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properties”, International Conference on Functional Materials (ICFM-2014), 5th-7th February, IIT

Kharagpur, India, 2013.

15. Suryakanta Nayak, *T. K. Chaki, D. Khastgir, “Polyurethane-Titania Nanocomposites as

Pressure Sensitive Dielectric Elastomer”, International Conference on Nanotechnology,

Nanomaterials and Thin Films for Energy Applications (Nano Energy 2014), 19-21 February,

University College London, UK, 2014.

16. Suryakanta Nayak, Dipak Khastgir, *Tapan Kumar Chaki, “Poly(dimethylsiloxane)-TiO2

nanocomposites for dielectric and piezoelectric applications”, Proc. of the Second Intl. Conf. on

Advances in Civil, Structural and Mechanical Engineering-CSM 2014, UK.

* Presenting Author

NATIONAL CONFERENCE/SYMPOSIUM PAPER

1. *Suryakanta Nayak, T. K. Chaki, D. Khastgir, “Development of dielectric materials using

polymer-ceramic composite”, Symposium on Frontiers in Polymer Chemistry IIT Kharagpur,

W.B., India, 30 November, 2011.

* Presenting Author

WORKSHOPS PARTICIPATED

1. ACS on campus (25th November, 2013) organized by Department of Chemistry, IIT Kharagpur,

West Bengal, India.

2. Workshop on "Get the Best from Scifinder and its New Features" organized by Central Library, IIT

Kharagpur on 9th January, 2014, Venue: IIT Kharagpur, West Bengal, India.

3. Author workshop jointly organized by Springer and IIT Kharagpur held on 12 th February, 2014,

Venue: IIT Kharagpur, West Bengal, India.

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP/ASSOCIATION

Life member of the Society for Polymer Science, India 2012 onwards

INSTRUMENTAL KNOWLEDGE7

I have worked with all the below mentioned Instruments.

(1) LCR meter for dielectric analysis, (2) High resistance meter for volume/surface resistivity

measurement, (3) TGA/DTA and DSC for thermal analysis, (4) DMA for thermo-mechanical analysis,

(5) X-ray diffraction (XRD) techniques for crystallographic study, (6) UV-Visible Spectroscopy, (7)

FTIR spectroscopy, (8) Dynamic light scattering (DLS) for particle size analysis, (9) Universal testing

machine for mechanical properties (Tensile/Tear Strength) measurement, (10) Image Analyzer, (11)

Field emission scanning electron microscope (FESEM), (12) High resolution transmission electron

microscope (HRTEM), (13) Atomic force microscope (AFM), (14) X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy

(XPS), (15) Thermal conductivity test, (16) Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) for

corrosion resistance study, (17) Potentiostatic method for corrosion rate study, (18) Kelvin probe for

surface potential measurement and (19) Autolab electrochemical workstation etc.

Knowledge of handling / maintenance / calibration of laboratory equipments.

Knowledge of Thin layer chromatography plate preparation & analysis and also worked with

Column Chromatography.

Have knowledge to create programs for different CCT cycles in the Humidity Chamber.

Have a good hand in phosphating of steel (CRCA) sheets by the spray and dip processes

which are used for automobile bodies and furniture’s.

COMPUTER/SOFTWARE PROFIENCY

Operating Systems: Windows 95/98/2000/XP/2007, VISTA.

Technical Software: Chemdraw, Chemsketch, Origin, Image J, Math Type, Zsimpwin, and

Endnote etc.

Other Software: MS Office, Adobe Photoshop.

Certificate in Diploma in Computer Application.

Languages Known: C, FORTRAN 77.

ACHIEVEMENTS

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a. Achieved 3rd rank (All-India Rank) in the examination conducted by Indian School of Mines,

Dhanbad, India for the M.Sc. admission program.

b. Recipient of merit-cum-means scholarship at Indian School of Mines, Dhanbad for the years

2006-07 and 2007-08.

c. Recipient of eligibility form for national merit scholarship after Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.)

degree.

d. 2nd Position in B.Sc. out of 40 students.

e. I was an active member of YOGA Community, Indian School of Mines, Dhanbad, India.

f. Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) Qualified in 2010.

STRENGTHS

Good communication skills both over the phone and face to face, in-depth understanding of subject,

analytical skill, good practical hand, hard working, sincere, patience to work under pressure, working

in a group.

PERSONAL PROFILE

Father's Name: Sridhara Nayak

Mother’s Name: Malati Nayak

Date of Birth: 12-09-1984

Sex: Male

Category: General

Blood Group: O + ve

Nationality: Indian

Marital Status: Married

Languages: English, German, Hindi, & Oriya

(Read , Write & Speak)

Permanent and Corresponding Address

C/O – Sridhara Nayak

Vill-Garam, PO-Chanarpur

Via-Alanahat

Jagatsinghpur-754107

Odisha, India.

Mobile: +91-98535 09536 (Home)

+91-73814 02452 (Home)

EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION

YEAR DEGREE BOARD/UNIVERSITY PERCENTAGE/OGPA

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2015 PhD Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, India

Degree Awarded

on 19th January, 2015

2008 M.Sc. Chemistry Indian School of Mines, Dhanbad, India

80.4% / 8.04

2006 B.Sc.

(Chemistry-Honours)

Ravenshaw College,

Utkal University, Odisha, India

77.7 %

(1st Class with distinction)

REFERENCES

Prof. Tapan Kumar Chaki, Rubber Technology Centre, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, Kharagpur-721 302, West Bengal, India, Phone: +91-3222-283182, Email: tapan@rtc.iitkgp.ernet.in.

Prof. Dipak Khastgir, Rubber Technology Centre, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, Kharagpur-721 302, West Bengal, India, Phone: +91-3222-283192, Email: khasdi@rtc.iitkgp.ernet.in.

Dr. Tapan Kumar Rout, Principal Researcher, Global Programs-New Technology & Strategy, R & D, Tata Steel Limited, Jamshedpur–831001, Jharkhand, India, Phone: +91-657-2148884, +91-8092088390 (Mobile), Fax: +91-657-2271510, Email: tapankumarrout@tatasteel.com.

DECLARATION

I hereby declare that the above written particulars are true to the best of my knowledge and belief.

Date: 26.03.2015 SURYAKANTA NAYAK

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