HONORS AND AWARDS

· Best paper award at International conference on Engineering Materials, Metallurgy and Manufacturing (ICEMMM2018), Chennai, India

 · Gold medalist as a University Topper in B.Tech (MME)

 · SSC (10^th Grade) Mandal Topper

PROFESSIONAL AND HONOR ORGANIZATION MEMBERSHIPS

· Life Member in Indian Ceramic Society (InCerS) (SL- 419)

RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS

1. Mubina Shaik^*, Mr. M. Ilayaraja, Asit Kumar Khanra, Bhaskar Prasad Saha, “Fabrication and microstructure analysis of continuous C fibers reinforced SiC based hybrid composite tubes”, Materials and Manufacturing process (2020), https://doi.org/10.1080/10426914.2020.1832685.

2. Mubina Shaik^*, Asit Kumar Khanra, Phani Sudarshan, Bhaskar Prasad Saha, “Effect of nanofibers on the mechanical properties of carbon fibers dispersed SiC composites: A nanoindentation based study”, Composite Interfaces (2020), https://doi.org/10.1080/09276440.2020.1780555.

3. Mubina Shaik^*, Asit Kumar Khanra, Bhaskar Prasad Saha, “Enhancement of oxidation resistance of CVD SiC coated SiC/C_f composites processed through Si-infiltration”, Alloys and Compounds 826 (2020), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jallcom.2020.154107.

4. Mubina Shaik^*, Asit Kumar Khanra, Bhaskar Prasad Saha, “Processing of sintered and CVD coated SiC/CNFs thin composite tubes”, Materials Chemistry and Physics 220 (2018),

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matchemphys.2018.08.086.

5. Mubina Shaik^*, Asit Kumar Khanra, Bhaskar Prasad Saha, “Optimization of processing parameters, physical and mechanical properties of SiC – CNF composites using Taguchi approach”, Materials Today: Proceedings 18 (2019), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matpr.2019.07.554.

TECHNICAL EXPERTISE

• Powder processing routes ( conventional drying, spray drying,  rotary drying & advanced spray freeze drying etc.)
• Surface treatment or functionalization of fibers
• Sol-gel coating
• Cold iso-static press (CIP), Pressureless sintering
• Liquid Si-infiltration (LSI),  Chemical vapor deposition (CVD)

 CHARACTERIZATION TOOLS

Topography Analysis: Scanning Electron Microscope, Digital Optical Microscopy, Energy Dispersive X-ray Spectroscopy (EDS) (Hands on) 

Mechanical & Thermal Testing: Vickers, Universal testing machine, High-speed Nano Indentation and Laser flash (Hands on) 

Spectroscopy Analysis: UV-Vis Spectroscopy, Electro Impedance Spectroscopy, Infrared Spectroscopy (Hands on)

Other Analysis Techniques: Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM), X-Ray Diffraction (XRD), Thermogravimetric analysis (TGA-DSC), Electron Backscatter Diffraction (EBSED), FDM 3D Printing