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Curriculum Vitae
Name Thomas Paul K.
Sex Male Nationality Indian Marital Status Married
Date of Birth August 3, 1978
Address for Kanjirathadathil House,
Communication Pattithanam P. O., Ettumanoor, Kottayam District Kerala-686631, India. Phone: +914812531217 e-mail: [email protected]
Educational Qualification M.Tech (Polymer Technology): 2004: 1st Class Cochin University of Science and Technology,
Kochi, Kerala.
B.Tech (Polymer Engineering): 2001:1st Class Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, Kerala.
Experience in Research Senior Research Fellow: Rubber Technology Centre, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur. (July 2005 – July 2010).
Technical Officer, Indiana Polymers (P) Ltd., Kerala (Jan 2001-Dec 2002)
List of Publications on PhD work
¾ K. Thomas Paul, S. K. Satpathy, I. Manna, K. K. Chakraborty, G. B. Nando, Preparation and characterization of nanostructured material from fly ash: a waste from thermal power stations, by high energy ball milling, Nanoscale research letters, 2, (2007), 397–404. (cited 4 times)
¾ K. Thomas Paul, S. K. Pabi, K. K. Chakraborty, G. B. Nando, Studies on nanostructured fly ash – Styrene Butadiene Rubber hybrid nanocomposites, Polymer Composites, 30(11), (2009), 1647–1656.
¾ K. Thomas Paul, K. K. Chakraborty, G. B. Nando. Surface modification of nanostructured fly ash by alkali etching and its effect on the Styrene Butadiene Rubber based hybrid nanocomposites, Polymer Engineering and Science (Under Review)
¾ K. Thomas Paul, K. K. Chakraborty, G. B. Nando. Investigations on the use of nanostructured fly ash as a novel additive in the styrene butadiene rubber in comparison with conventional reinforcing fillers, Rubber Chemistry and Technology, (Under Review)
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Papers Presented in Conferences
¾ K. Thomas Paul, K. K. Chakraborty, G. B. Nando, Preparation and characterization of nanostructured material from fly ash by mechanical activation, International and INCCOM-6 Conference on future trends in composite materials and processing, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, India, Dec 12-14, 2007
¾ K. Thomas Paul, G. B. Nando, Preparation and characterization of nano-fly ash as a reinforcing filler in Styrene Butadiene Rubber, Proceedings of the 20th IRMRA Rubber conference, Mumbai, India, December 19-20, 2008
¾ K. Thomas Paul, S. K. Pabi, K. K. Chakraborty, G. B. Nando, Studies on nanostructured fly ash – Styrene Butadiene Rubber hybrid nanocomposites, Proceedings of the 5th International Exhibition, Conference and Reverse buyers- sellers meet, IRE 2009, Kolkata, India, January 28-31, 2009