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Aruna,S.T.Dr.(Mrs)

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Chief Scientist & Head, DTS

Area of Expertise

Materials Science & Surface Engineering


Research Interests

Thermal and environmental barrier coatings; Solid Oxide Fuel Cells; Electrocomposite coatings; Sol-gel Coatings; Nanomaterials Synthesis; Plasma spray coatings, Ceramic processing, Emission control sensors (Oxygen & NOx), Superhydrophobic coatings


Academic_Qualification

Ph.D.


Professional Experience

1. Postdoctoral fellow at Bar-Ilan University - 1998-1999
2. Postdoctoral fellow at IISc - 1999-2001
3. Working at CSIR-NAL since 2001



Awards and Honors

1. Prof. Satish Dhawan Award for Engineers, Karnataka State Award-2021
2. MRSI Medal-2022
3. NM Sampat Award-2016
4. Thermal Spray Excellence Award-2025
5. Prof. Sasadhar Ray Memorial Award for Industrial Excellence -2023
6. ISAMPE Award for Smart Materials and Systems Technology Development-General -2019
7. Pavan Nagpal memorial Award -2019


Patents

8 Indian, 1 US patents granted
2 Indian patents filed


Research Group

My research group consists of two scientists, one technical officer and 2 Ph.D. students