I am working as a research scientist to make dielectric elastomer actuator

(DEA) based smart metamaterial devices. My PhD and current job involves various transparent conductive thin film coating material using PVD/CDV processes, inkjet printing, screen prinitng, flexo printing and so on to make DEA based tunable winkled surface for transpareny tuning and tunable smart sound absorbers. I have more than 6 years experience on physical vapour deposition

(PVD) based nanometric optical film coating and 3D Printing technologies

(Inkjet Printing) to make polymeric/metallic thin film electrodes. I have specialized on DC/RF sputtering and e-beam ev aporation based thin film deposition methods, inkjet prinitng and Aerosol Jet printing methods and screen prinitng seting up and application. Also, I have a good theoretical and experimental knowledge of MEMS fabrication processes (i.e. cleanroom processing) and their mechanical and optical metrology. I am also familiar with 3D Printing technologies (Stereolithography(SLA), Pro-jet, Polyjet, Fused- Deposition Molding(FDM). I took Nanyang Technological Universities’ Masters level MEMS course and Rapid Prototyping courses and passed them w ith an A+. I have successfully secured three different research grants while working in Temasek Laboratories at NUS. My proficient spoken and w ritten English w ill be plus point for documentation and publications.

Nanometric Thin Film Deposition

Processes (PVD, Sputtering, E-

beam evaporation, Laser-

induced reduction)

Functional Thin Film Deposition

(Inkjet Printing, Aerosol Jet

printing)

Advanced Metrology (SEM/EDS,

AFM, Confocal microscopy,

UV/Vis/IR spectroscopy)

Computer aided design

(Solidworks, LABView, CATIA,

ANSYS, COMSOL)

Programming (MATLAB)

SKILLS

Date of Birth

20-January-1991

R E S E A R C HER

MILAN

SHRESTHA

HOBBIES

LANGUAGES

Football, Singing, Sketching,

Watching Movies

English, Nepali, Hindi

CONTACT

604 Jurong West Street 62, #07-203,

Singapore 640604

Mobile No. +65 83600602

Email:

adii8o@r.postjobfree.com

WORK EXPERIENCE

E&T Nepal Pvt. Ltd, Nepal

• 3D CAD modeling and simulation of the components of cars CAD Engineer November 2013 –July 2014

PRO-AM2018, Singapore

The 3rd International Conference on Progress i n Additive manufacturing

• Presented paper ” Ink-jet printing of transpaent and stretchable electrodes for dielectric elastomer actuators”

Best Paper Award 14-17 May 2018

AWARD

Academic Team, NTU MAE Graduate Students' Club

• Co-ordinated ev ent organization (academic, career-related, social) to create a vibrant student life for graduate students in school

• Collaborated w ith other student clubs for ev ent organization and other relevant activities

Director

EXTRA-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES

May 2017-May 2018

EDUCATION

Nanyang Technological University, S ingapore

• Thesis topic "Smart w indow for tuning transparency and noise absorption "

• Successfully accomplished academic course requirements for Ph.D. studies w ith an excellent CGPA of 5.00 out of 5.00 Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Engineering August 2014 – May 2019 Kathmandu University, Nepal

• Outstanding academic record w ith CGPA 3.89 out of 4.00 Bachelors in Mechanical Engineering June 2009 – June 2013 Nanyang Technological University, S ingapore

• Lead the research activites of the project ”Smart Windows for transparency tuning” funded by S ingapore Millennium Foundation

• Conducted lab sessions (on Basic Mechanics, Static and Dynamic Balancing) and mentored Final Year Undergraduate students in their research project

Research Assistant/Teaching Assistant August 2014 – April 2019 National University of S i ngapore(Temasek Laboratories), S ingapore

• Research on industrial level manufacturing of novel smart transparent acoustic absorbers involving thin film depositons. Research Scientist July 2019 – Present

Sun Yat-Sen University

adii8o@r.postjobfree.com +65 90569612

2. Associate Prof LU Zhenbo

REFERENCES

PROFILE SUMMARY

Nanyang Technological University

adii8o@r.postjobfree.com +65 67905504

1. Associate Prof Liu Erjia

Nanyang Technological University

adii8o@r.postjobfree.com+65 98586019

3.Dr. Tan Wei Yee (Adrian)

List of Publications:

• M. Shrestha, Z. Lu, and G.-K. Lau, "High humidity sensing by hygromorphic dielectric elastomer actuator"

, Sensors and Actuators: B. Chemical, 2020.

• M. Shrestha, Z. Lu, and G.-K. Lau, "Transparent tunable acoustic absorber membrane using inkjet printed PEDOT: PSS thin-film compliant electrodes," ACS applied materials & interfaces, 2018.

• M. Shrestha, A. Asundi, and G.-K. Lau, "Smart Window Based on Electric Unfolding of Microwrinkled TiO2 Nanometric Films," ACS Photonics, 2018.

• M. Shrestha and G.-K. Lau, "Tunable window device based on micro-wrinkling of nanometric zinc-oxide thin film on elastomer," Optics Letters, vol. 41, p. 4433, 2016.

• H.-Y. Ong, M. Shrestha, and G.-K. Lau, "Microscopically crumpled indium-tin-oxide thin films as compliant electrodes with tunable transmittance," Applied Physics Letters, vol. 107, p. 132902, 2015.

• Z. Lu, M. Shrestha, and G.-K. Lau, "Electrically tunable and broader-band sound absorption by using micro-perforated dielectric elastomer actuator," Applied Physics Letters, vol. 110, p. 182901, 2017.

• G.-K. Lau, K.-R. Heng, A. S. Ahmed, and M. Shrestha, "Dielectric elastomer fingers for versatile grasping and nimble pinching," Applied Physics Letters, vol. 110, p. 182906, 2017.

• G.-K. Lau and M. Shrestha, "Ink-Jet Printing of Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems (MEMS)," Micromachines, vol. 8, p. 194, 2017.

• G.-K. Lau, T.-G. La, E. S.-W. Foong, and M. Shrestha, "Stronger multilayer acrylic dielectric elastomer actuators with silicone gel coatings," Smart Materials and Structures, vol. 25, p. 125006, 2016. List of Patents:

• M. Shrestha, Z. Lu, and G.-K. Lau, " Transparent Tunable Acoustic Metasurface With Diameter- Controllable Micro-Perforated Holes On A Double-Layer Membrane," SG Non-Provisional Application No. 10201908100X, 3 September 2019.

• LAU Gih Keong; WEI Deyuan; LING Han Wei; XIE Hanlin; SHRESTHA Milan; ASUNDI Anand Krishna,

“Thermal-Responsive Smart Window and Solar Concentrator”, Technical Disclosure NTUitive Ref # 2018- 139-01-SG PRV

Conference Proccedings:

• M. Shrestha, G. K. Lau, Z. Lu, and A. Asundi,” Multifunctional smart window based on Dielectric elastomer actuator”, 1st International Electronic Conference on Actuator Technology: Materials, Devices and Applications (IeCAT2020), 2020.

• M. Shrestha, Z. Lu, and G. K. Lau, "Humidity Sensors based on Dielectric Elastomer Actuators made of PEDOT:PSS Thin Film Electrode,” in International Conference on Smart Sensors (ICSS 2019) Taiwan, 2019.

• M. Shrestha, Z. Lu, and G. K. Lau, "Ink-jet printing of transpaent and stretchable electrodes for dielectric elastomer actuators," in 3nd International Conference on Progress in Additive Manufacturing (Pro-AM 2018) Singapore, 2018.

• M. Shrestha, A. K. Asundi, and G. K. Lau, "Electrically tunable window based on wrinkled ZnO/Ag thin film," presented at the SPIE Smart Structures/NDE Portland, USA, 2017.

• M. Shrestha, T.-G. La, and G. K. Lau, "Inkjet Printed Stretchable Electrodes For Tunable Focus Lens," in 2nd International Conference on Progress in Additive Manufacturing (Pro-AM 2016) Singapore, 2016.

• M. Shrestha and G.-K. Lau, " Full range transparency tuning by wrinkling of ZnO thin film," presented at the Conference: ThinFilms 2016, Singapore, 2016.

• H.-Y. Ong, M. Shrestha, and G.-K. Lau. "Crumpled indium-tin-oxide electrodes for transparency tuning." Electroactive Polymer Actuators and Devices (EAPAD) 2016. Vol. 9798. International Society for Optics and Photonics, 2016.

• D. Wei, M. Shrestha, A. Asundi, and G.-K. Lau, "Controlled micro-wrinkling of ultrathin indium-tin-oxide films for transparency tuning," vol. 10449, p. 104492Q, 2017.

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