Raghavendra Nunna PhD Student CRISMAT Laboratoire, ENSICAEN Université de Caen Basse Normandie Caen Cedex 04, France -14050 Email : nunna.raghavendra@ensicaen.fr rnunna@doct.ulg.ac.be Mobile : +917659873749 Career Objective Seeking a challenging career in Materials Science Engineering and Technology Summary Extensive experience in developing inter-metallic materials using Solid-state (seal tube method) and Spark Plasma Sintering Strong background in design and synthesis of Nano-crystalline ceramics materials using Sol-Gel, Hydrothermal, and Combustion techniques Academic communication skills-oral and written (grant writing, presentations and publications) Strong background in thermal and electronic transport mechanism in bulk materials Project management from idea creation to implementation Fosters collaborative relationships with internal and external resources in support of projects Technical skills Carrier Transport Measurement Hall measurement, Electrical Conductivity, Seebeck Coefficient, Four Point Probe Resistivity Measurement Thermal Analysis Thermal diffusivity measurement, Specific heat measurement (DSC) and TGA (Thermo Gravimetric Analysis) Synthesis Techniques Solid state route (Seal Tube, Open Air), Spark Plasma Sintering (SPS), Combustion method and Sol Gel Technique Microstructure determination Optical Microscope AFM(Atomic Force Microscope) And Scanning electron microscopy (SEM), Energy Dispersive Spectroscopy (EDS)
Structural characterizations Rietveld refinement of XRD data using FULLPROF suit for the structural characterization of materials Software Origin labs, Diamond, Full Proof Suite, Mercury, Powder cell, LabView(Basics) and Microsoft Windows family Education Ph.D. in Inorganic Chemistry [2010 Sept 2013] International Doctorial School in Functional Materials (IDS-FunMat) Université de Caen Basse Normandie (France) and Université de Liège (Belgium) Thesis title : Novel Intermetallic Materials for Thermoelectric Applications Advisors : Dr. Franck Gascoin,Dr. Emmanuel Guilmeau and Dr. Rudi Cloots M.Tech in Materials Science and Technology [2008-2010] Indian Institute of Technology - BHU, Varanasi, India. Master's thesis Advisor : Prof. Dhananjay Pandey Masters' thesis area : Synthesis and Structural Characterization of Nano Ceramics CGPA : 8.3/10 B.Tech in Electronics and Instrumentation [2004-2008] Sir C.R.Reddy College of Engineering, Andhra University, India Bachelor Thesis Advisor : Asst.prof. Lavanya Kotha Bachelor Thesis area : Touch Screen Controlled Robotic Car Passed : Distinction. Research Experience [Sept 2008- Dec 2008] Synthesis and characterization of a BaTiO3 ceramic capacitor as a part of mini Project in Masters, Materials Science Department, IIT-B.H.U [May 2009 July 2009] Carried out summer project on Thin Film Based UV and Infrared Photo detectors with Prof. P. Chakrabarthi, Department of Electronics Engineering, Institute of Technology, Banaras Hindu University [August 2009- June 2010] "Synthesis, characterization of Nano Crystalline La1-XSrxMnO3 ceramics for microwave absorption applications" as part of Masters dissertation work, Materials Science Department, IIT-B.H.U [Oct 2010 Sept 2013] Synthesis and characterization of different intermetallic materials for thermoelectric applications mainly in chalchogenides, CRISMAT Laboratory, ENSICAEN, University de Caen
Awards All India Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) Fellowship in Masters [2008-2010]. Excellent grade [S, 10 out of 10 SGPA (term grade point average)], M.Tech project (2010). Erasmus Mundus Doctorial Scholarship [2010-2013] Affiliations Member of International Thermoelectric society Member of European material research society Member, Erasmus Mundus Students and Alumni Association (EMA) Active member in ISTE (Indian society for technical education) national level student chapter Publications CdI2 structure type as potential thermoelectric materials: Synthesis and high temperature thermoelectric properties of the solid solution TiSxSe2 x Franck Gascoin, Nunna Raghavendra, Emmanuel Guilmeau and YohannBréard. Journal of Alloys and Compounds 521 (2012) 121 125 From oxides to selenides and sulfides : the richness of thecdi2 type crystallographic structure for thermoelectric properties S. Hébert, W. Kobayashi, H. Muguerra,, Y. Bréard, N. Raghavendra F. Gascoin, E. Guilmeau, A. Maignan. Physica status solidi (a), Volume 210, Issue 1, pages 69 81, January (2013) Transport properties of an intermetallic with pseudo-hollandite structure as potential thermoelectric materials: the example of TlxCr5Se8 Hidefumi Takahashi, Nunna Raghavendra, Franck Gascoin, Denis Pelloquin, Sylvie Hébert and Emmanuel Guilmeau. Chem.mater. (2013), 25 (9), pp 1809 1815. Tuned thermoelectric properties of TiS 1.5Se 0.5 through copper intercalation Nunna Raghavendra, Franck Gascoin, and Emmanuel Guilmeau J. Solid State Chem. November (2013) submitted
Improved thermoelectric properties of TiSe2 with silver intercalation AgxTiSe2 (X= 0 0.025, 0.05, 0.075 and 0.1) Nunna Raghavendra, Franck Gascoin and Emmanuel Guilmeau. (2013) to be communicated Structural and thermoelectric properties of TlCr5Se8-xTex (x= 0.25, 0.5, 1, 1.5, 2 and 3) Nunna Raghavendra, Franck Gascoin and Emmanuel Guilmeau (2013) to be communicated International Conferences Oral presentation on Novel Intermetallic Materials for Thermoelectric Conversion Nunna Raghavendra, Franck Gascoin, Emmanuel Guilmeau and Rudi Cloots at IDS Funmat training school held in Portugal on 14-18 March 2011 Oral presentation on Synthesis and Thermoelectric Properties of Copper Intercalated TiSe2-xSx Nunna Raghavendra, Emmanuel Guilmeau and Franck Gascoin at GDR conference in Paris on 11-12 july 2011 Oral presentation on Properties of layered CdI2 type compounds Synthesis and Thermoelectric Nunna Raghavendra, Emmanuel Guilmeau and Franck Gascoin at 9 th European Thermoelectric Conference, in Thessaloniki (Greece), 28-30 September 2011 Presented a poster on Thermoelectric Properties of Hollandite Chalcogenide - TlCr5Se8 Nunna Raghavendra, Emmanuel Guilmeau and Franck Gascoin at IDS Funmat training school held in Anglet on 25-31 March 2012 Presented an oral presentation on Synthesis and Characterization of Novel Intermetallics for Thermoelectrics Nunna Raghavendra, Emmanuel Guilmeau and Franck Gascoin at Journees de l'ecole Doctorale, University of Caen Basse Normandie, 24-25 April 2012 in Caen Presented an oral presentation on Thermoelectric Properties of Hollandite Chalcogenide TlCr5Se8-xTex Nunna Raghavendra, Emmanuel Guilmeau and Franck Gascoin at E-MRS 2012 spring meeting in Strasbourg, France on May 14-18, 2012 My work presented in ICT/ECT Joint Conference 2012, Aalborg, Denmark Thermoelectric Properties of New Transistion Metal Chalcogenides Nunna Raghavendra, Franck Gascoin, Emmanuel Guilmeau, Yohann Bréard, Antoine Maignan on July 9-12, 2012
Oral presentation on Role of Nanoceramics in Biomedical Applications Nunna Raghavendra, Franck Gascoin, Emmanuel Guilmeau and Rudi Cloots in Journée du Département de Chimie, Universite de Liege (ULG) on 10 th September 2012 Presented a poster on Structure and Physical Properties of Titanium Dichalcogenides With Intercalation of 3d Elements MxTiSe2 (M= Cu And Ag) N. Raghavendra, B.Vertruyen, F. Gascoin and E. Guilmeau in 7 th Belgian Crystallography Symposium (BCS-7), Brussels on 10 th October 2012 Personal Details Sex : Male Nationality : Indian Date of Birth : 14 August 1987. Languages : Telugu, Hindi, English and French (Moderate) References Dr.Franck Gascoin, Associate Professor CRISMAT-CNRS-UMR 6508 Email: franck.gascoin@ensicaen.fr Tel: +33231452605 Dr.Emmanuel Guilmeau, Senior Research Scientist, CRISMAT-CNRS-UMR 6508 Email: emmanuel.guilmeau@ensicaen.fr Tel: +33231451367 Dr. Sylvie Hébert, Senior CNRS scientist (Research Director) Laboratory CRISMAT - ENSICAEN Email: sylvie.hebert@ensicaen.fr Tel: +33231452910