Benudhar Sahoo,Dr.

Area of Expertise

Piezoelectric ceramics (PZT, PMN, PMN-PT, Lead free piezo), high temperature sensor materials, Tape casing of ceramic materials, multilayer ceramics, sensor, accelerometer for aerospace application. Energy Harvesting using Piezo materials, Electrospun Nanofibers for societal applications, Radar Absorbing Materials (RAMs).

Research Interests

"Piezoelectric (PZT) and Electrostrictive (PMN), lead free piezo, high temperature sensor materials.
Tape casting of ceramic materials.
Fabrication of sensor, accelerometer using developed piezo materials
Preparation of ceramic oxide powders by sol-gel and co-precipitation techniques.
Synthesis of Radar Absorbing materials for stealth application.
Ceramic and polymer Nanofibers by electrospinning technique."

Academic_Qualification

"Ph.D(Materials Science), Visvesvaraya Technological University (VTU), Belagavi, Karnataka in 2008.
M.Sc. (Advanced Inorganic Chemistry), Utkal University, Odisha in 2000.
B.Sc. (Chemistry Honours), Utkal University, Odisha in 1998."

Professional Experience

"Principal Scientist, CSIR-NAL, Bengaluru, June 2019 - Continuing...
Senior Scientist, CSIR-NAL, Bengaluru, June 2015 - June 2019.
Scientist, CSIR-NAL, Bengaluru, June 2011- June 2015.
Junior Scientist, CSIR-NAL, Bengaluru, June 2008 - June 2011.
Project Scientist, NALTECH PVT. LTD. Apr. 2007 – May. 2008.
CSIR-Senior Research Fellow (SRF), CSIR-NAL, Bengaluru, Apr. 2004 - Apr. 2007.
CSIR-Junior Research Fellow (JRF), CSIR-NAL, Bengaluru, Apr. 2002 - Apr. 2004."

Publication (ORCID ID/ Googal Scholar ID/ IRINS ID/ Vidwan ID

"Orchid ID:0009-0008-8967-9641
Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=SKQAiY0AAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao"

Awards and Honors

"(i) K. Suryanarayain Rau Memorial Senior Student Award – 2006 for Research & Development in Smart Technology from “Indian Society for Advancement of Materials and Process Engineering” (ISAMPE) on 23rd June 2006. Topic: “Development of PZT and PMN materials and fabrication of Actuators and Sensors”
(ii) Best poster presentation award in International Conferences on Emerging Materials and Processes (ICEMP)-2014, held at CSIR-IMMT, Bhubaneswar during February, 26-28, 2014.
(iii) CSIR-Junior Research Fellowship (CSIR JRF NET) from CSIR, India, in July’2001.
(iv) Qualified GATE-2002, (Percentile Score- 89.89)"

Patents

"(i) P.K.Panda, B.Sahoo, “A Process for the Preparation of Lead Free Barium Calcium Tin Titanate (BCTS) Nanofibers”, NF No. 0030NF2014/IN, Comp. Filing Date: 23/May/2014, Application No. 1365DEL2014. Patent No. 372291, granted in July 2021.
(ii) P.K.panda, B.Sahoo, P. Sivagnanapalani, High curie temperature lead free piezoceramic materials for high temperature applications, filing date: 28 June 2022, Application No. 202211037184."