Project Mechanical Engineering

Subramanyam V. Kasisomayajula

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Coatings and Polymeric Materials

North Dakota State University

Fargo, North Dakota 58105

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OBJECTIVE

To obtain a leading position involving in both scientific research and management fields in a premier

organization specializing in Renewable Energy, Microelectronics and Corrosion

EDUCATION

North Dakota State University, Fargo, USA

Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D) (From August 2007 - Present) (Expected May 2011)

Department of Coatings and Polymeric Materials,

Research Project : Alternative polypyrrole/TiO2 composite synthesis using photocatalytic

activity of TiO2

Indian Institute Of Technology (IIT) Kanpur, India

Master of Science (5 Yr. Integrated) (Bachelors + Masters) (2001-2006)

Department of Chemistry, June 2006

Research Project : Synthesization and Characterization of porphyrin derivatives and

functional dendrimers

PROFESSIONAL SKILLS

Organic chemistry laboratory experience: Preparation of Benzil from Benzoin, Benzopinacol by

reductive coupling, Benzopinacolone, Triphenyl methanol using Grignard reaction and reactions

such as Aldol Condensation, Perkin reaction, Fischer Indolisation, and Wittig reaction.

Inorganic chemistry laboratory experience: Preparation of transition metal complexes Nitro- and

Nitrito-Pentammine Cobalt (II) Chlorides, Cis- and Trans-Potassium Di-oxalatodiaquochromate

(III), Organocobaloximes, and Tris (Acetyl Acetonato) Iron (III).

Instrumentation Skills: Steam distillation, Vacuum distillation, pH metry, Conductometry,

Colorimetry, Polarimetry, Moving boundary method, Chromatographic techniques (HPLC, TLC,

and GPC), Spectroscopy (NMR, EPR, UV-VIS, and IR), Single Crystal and Powder X-Ray

Diffraction Measurements, Cyclic Voltametry, Scanning Electron Microscopy, Transmission

Electron Microscopy, Atomic Force Microscopy and Laser Surface Profilometry.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Graduate Research Assistant, From August 2007 onwards, Department of Coatings and Polymeric

Materials, North Dakota State University, USA

Synthesis of polypyrrole/TiO2 composites using the photocatalytic activity of TiO2 as a novel

method

Investigation for the application of polypyrrole/TiO2 composites for corrosion protection of

active metal substrates using electrochemical experimental techniques

Project Associate, From December 2006 to June 2007, Department of Mechanical Engineering, IIT

Kanpur, India

Synthesis of the dielectric insulating materials using polymer nano-composites with epoxy

resin as Polymeric material, and alumina (Al2O3) and titania (TiO2) as fillers.

Surface discharges of these materials due to high electric voltage are being studied using

Scanning Electron Microscope and Laser Surface Profilometer

Molecular Modeling of these materials using Computational Chemistry

Summer Training Program on Frontiers in Polymer Chemistry, June 2006, Indian Institute of

Science (IISc) Bangalore, India

Obtained fundamental knowledge of Polymer Chemistry including structure, synthetic

mechanisms, major classification, and physical and chemical properties.

Actively participated in technical discussions on the present research on Block Co-Polymers,

Dendrimers, Inorganic Polymers, OLEDs, LCDs, Polymer Solar Cells, and Biopolymers.

Research Assistant, May 2005 to September 2006, Department of Chemistry, IIT Kanpur, India

Synthesized and Characterized mono-carboxylic acid porphyrin derivatives of AB3 type having

4-carboxyphenyl group on 5th position, and by changing the substituents on 10th, 15th and 20th

positions of porphyrin ring depending on their characteristics.

Synthesized and Characterized novel functional dendrimers having multi-porphyrin arrays as

macrocyclic coordinating ligands to different metals using mono-carboxylic acid porphyrin

derivatives.

Summer Internship, May 2004 to July 2004, School of Chemistry, University of New South

Wales, Sydney, Australia.

Worked on preparation of pyrrolo[a] indoles and cyclopentano[b] indoles.

Obtained through N1 and C2 substitution on 4, 6-Dimethoxy-3-methylindole and, C2 and C3

substitution on 4, 6-Dimethoxy-1-methylindole respectively.

4, 6-Dimethoxy-3-methylindole and 4, 6-Dimethoxy-1-methylindole were prepared from 3, 5-

Dimethoxyanaline through several steps.

Summer Project, May 2003 to July 2003, Department of Chemistry, IIT Kanpur, India

Coronaviruses (the cause of SARS), and Inflenzaviruses (the cause of Flu).

Morphology, Genome, Replication inside the cell and Pathogenesis of these viruses have been

described in this project report.

PUBLICATIONS

S.V. Kasisomayajula, Xiaoning Qi, Chris Vetter, Kenneth Croes, Drew Pavlacky and Victoria

J. Gelling, A structural and morphological comparative study between chemically synthesized and

photopolymerized poly(pyrrole), Journal of Coatings Technology and Research, DOI 10.1007/s

11998-009-9186-0, 2009.

D.K. Shukla, S.V. Kasisomayajula, V. Parameswaran, Epoxy composites using functionalized

alumina platelets as reinforcements, Composites Science and Technology Composites Science and

Technology (2008), Vol. 68, Issue. 14, 2008, Pages 3055-3063.

P. Maity, S. V. Kasisomayajula, S. Basu, V. Parameswaran, Nandini Gupta. Improvement in

Surface Degradation Properties of Polymer Composites due to Pre-processed Nanometric Alumina

Fillers . IEEE Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation Vol. 15, No. 1; February 2008.

P. Maity, S. V. Kasisomayajula, S. Basu, V. Parameswaran, Nandini Gupta. Effect of

particle dimensions and Pre-processing of nanoparticles in improving surface degradation

characteristics of nanodielectrics . IEEE Conference on Electrical Insulation and Dielectric

Phenomena (CEIDP), Vancouver, BC, Canada, October 2007.

P. Maity, S. V. Kasisomayajula, S. Basu, V. Parameswaran, Nandini Gupta. Effect of

nanoparticle properties on surface degradation characteristics of nanocomposite specimens .

International Conference on Polymeric Materials in Power Engineering (ICPMPE 2007), Central

Power Research Institute (CPRI), Bangalore, India, October 2007.

S. V. Kasisomayajula, Synthesis and Characterization of Porphyrin derivatives and

Functional dendrimers, Master's Thesis, Indian Institute of Technology, (IIT) Kanpur, India, May

2006.

POSTERS / ORAL PRESENTATIONS

Subramanyam V. Kasisomayajula, 2008, A comparative study between chemically synthesized

and photo-chemically synthesized polypyrroles for corrosion protection of Al 2024 T3 alloy,

FutureCoat! 2008, Chicago, IL, USA.

Subramanyam V. Kasisomayajula, 2008, A novel approach towards polypyrrole synthesis using

photocatalytic activity of TiO2, U.S. Army Corrosion Summit 2008, Clearwater Beach, FL, USA.

Subramanyam V. Kasisomayajula, 2006, Polymer Solar Cells, Indian Institute of Science (IISc)

Bangalore, India.

Subramanyam V. Kasisomayajula, 2005, Synthesis and Characterization of Porphyrin derivatives

and Functional dendrimers, Department of Chemistry, IIT Kanpur.

Subramanyam V. Kasisomayajula, 2004, Synthesis of Pyrrolo[a] indoles and Cyclopentano[b]

indoles, School of Chemistry, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia.

OTHER INTERDISCIPLINARY PROJECTS

Subramanyam V. Kasisomayajula, Sunil A Vaidya, Neeraj Jhakar, Abhishek Ranjan, 2002 A

mechanical engineering project to construct an environmental friendly vehicle, Department of

Mechanical Engineering, IIT Kanpur.

Subramanyam V. Kasisomayajula, Neeraj Jhakar, Mrutyunjaya Pandey, 2002 A metallurgical

engineering project to perform Heavy duty welding and Brazing, Department of Materials &

Metallurgical Engineering, IIT Kanpur.

Subramanyam V. Kasisomayajula, 2001 A computer science engineering project in 1st year to

write a Java program on IIT Kanpur Library database, Department of Computer Science

Engineering, IIT Kanpur.

COMPUTER SKILLS

C, C++ and Java languages through special courses at IIT Kanpur

Operating Systems : Unix/Linux, Windows 98/NT/2000/XP/Vista, Sun Solaris

Web Design: HTML, Flash and Adobe Photoshop

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENTS

Prestigious Phi Kappa Phi honor for Academic Excellence for academic year 2007-2008

Selected through an intensive screening at national level for prestigious summer training program at

Indian Institute of Sciences (IISc), Bangalore

Awarded Merit Cum Means (MCM) Scholarship for the five year integrated program in IIT Kanpur

Secured second place during the Master of Science(Integrated) Program in the Department of

Chemistry at IIT Kanpur

Stood among the top 2% out of 150,000 participants enrolled in the Indian Institute Technology,

Joint Entrance Examination, a national level examination

Secured first place in a class of 200 students in Grade 10 in the state level examination.

EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES

Cultural Secretary, Association of Students from India, North Dakota State University

Member of American Chemical Society (ACS), Electrochemical Society (ECS), National

Association of Corrosion Engineer (NACE) and Federation of Societies for Coatings Technology

(FSCT)

Organizing member for Chemical Industrial Tour, 2004.

Music Club member as a Classical Flautist (or Flutist) at IIT Kanpur: Actively Participated in

several Cultural festivals and presented several solo stage performances.

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