Dr. Suresh Bandi

Assistant Professor
Department of Applied Mechanics
Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology Allahabad, Prayagraj, India-211004
E-mail: sureshbandi[at]mnnit[dot]ac[dot]in
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Other Academic Achievements

Keynote Address/Invited Talks in Conferences & Workshops:

Invited G C Jain lecture for best thesis: Formation pathways and growth mechanisms of metal oxide/graphene nanostructures, International Union of Materials Research Societies-International Conference in Asia (IUMRS-ICA 2022) and 33rd AGM of MRSI and 4th Indian Materials Conclave, Indian Institute of Technology Jodhpur, 19-23 Dec 2022.

Conferences Attended for Presenting Paper:

Invited G C Jain lecture for best thesis: Formation pathways and growth mechanisms of metal oxide/graphene nanostructures, International Union of Materials Research Societies-International Conference in Asia (IUMRS-ICA 2022) and 33rd AGM of MRSI and 4th Indian Materials Conclave, Indian Institute of Technology Jodhpur, 19-23 Dec 2022.

Oral presentation: Graphene from discharged dry cell battery electrodes, International Virtual Conference on Advances in Functional Materials (AFM 2020), Kalinga Institute of industrial technology, Bhubaneswar, 26-28 August 2020.

Poster presentation: Grain size dependent lattice parameter variation in nanocrystalline solids: The role of non-equilibrium grain boundary structure, 26th International Symposium on Metastable, Amorphous and Nanostructured Materials (ISMANAM-2019), The rain tree, Anna salai, Chennai, 8-12 July 2019.

Poster presentation: Extracting graphene from waste dry cell battery electrodes, International Conference on Energy and Environmental Challenges (CE2C-2019), Visvesvaraya national institute of technology – Nagpur, 18-19 Jan 2019.

Oral presentation: In-situ TiO2/rGO Nanocomposites for Gas Sensing Applications, A national conference on Intra and inter Disciplinary Blend of Chemical Engineers CHEMIX’18, Visvesvaraya national institute of technology – Nagpur, 7-8 April 2018.

Poster presentation: In-situ TiO2/rGO Nanocomposites for CO Detection, 29th annual general meeting of Materials Research Society of India (MRSI) and a national symposium on “Advances in Functional and Exotic Materials (AFEM)”, Bharathidasan University – Tiruchirappalli, 14-16 Feb 2018.

Poster presentation: α-Fe2O3/rGO nanocomposites for Gas Sensing Applications, Conference on Advances in Catalysis for Energy and Environment (CACEE-2018), TIFR – Mumbai, 10-12 Jan 2018.

Award and Honors:

Our paper titled “Understanding the growth mechanism of hematite nanoparticles: The role of maghemite as an intermediate phase” published in Crystal Growth & Design has been selected for the 2021 emerging investigators virtual issue by Crystal Growth & Design.

Certificate of appreciation for the image titled “Balanced Stones” at the International Sci-Art Image competition 2021 sponsored by INYAS, Carbon Lab, IIT-Hyderabad and organized by INYAS, NYAB, and TYSA.

Augmenting Writing Skills for Articulating Research (AWSAR) – 2018 award (for the story titled “Necessity of Gas Sensing in Daily Life: Graphene/Metal Oxide Nanocomposites for Carbon Monoxide Sensing”) sponsored by the Department of Science and Technology (DST), Government of India

Logo designer for Materials Research Society of India (MRSI) Nagpur chapter, through a competition.

3rd best oral presentation: “In-situ TiO2/rGO Nanocomposites for Gas Sensing Applications”, CHEMIX’18, Visvesvaraya national institute of technology – Nagpur, 7-8 April 2018.

Expert Lectures:

Understanding the XRD: A non-technical discussion, I-STEM Skill Development Programme on R&D equipment, Organised by Central Research Instrumentation Facility, NIT Warangal, 27th December 2022.