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Manjesh Kumar Singh
PhD (ETH Zurich, Switzerland)
Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering
Research Interest
Tribology, Soft Matter and Rheology.
Research Area
Complex Fluids and Flow
Computational Materials Science
Mechanical Behavior of Materials
Molecular Simulations
Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology
Surface and Interface
Specialization
Solid Mechanics and Design
Education
Ph. D. (2016) Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH Zurich), Switzerland
ME (2011) Indian Institute of Science (IISc.), Bangalore, India
BE (2009) Bengal Engineering and Science University (Now IIEST), Shibpur, West Bengal, India
Teaching Area
Jan. 2020: ME698T – Introduction to Tribology (New course)
Sep.2020: ME681: Mathematics for Engineers
ESO209: Dynamics (Tutor)
Previous Work Experience
09/2019 - present: Assistant Professor, IIT Kanpur
08/2016 - 09/2019: Postdoctoral Researcher, Polymer Theory, MPIP, Mainz.
02/2016 - 07/2016: Postdoctoral researcher, ETH Zurich.
09/2011 - 01/2012: Research Assistant, ETH Zurich.
Selected Publications
Glass Transition Temperature of Disentangled Polymer Melts: Single-chain-nanoparticles approach; Manjesh K. Singh, Minghan Hu, Yu Cang, Hsiao-Ping Hsu, Heloise Therien-Aubin, Kaloian Koynov, George Fytas, Katharina Landfester and Kurt Kremer; Macromolecules 2020, 53 (17), 7312-7321.
To Precipitate or to Mix: Why do Elastin-like Polypeptides have Different Solvation Behaviors in Water-ethanol and -urea Mixtures?; Yani Zhao, Manjesh K. Singh, Kurt Kremer, Debashish Mukherji and Robinson Cortes-Huerto; Macromolecules 2020, 53 (6), 2101-2110.
Combined Experimental and Simulation Studies of Cross-Linked Polymer Brushes under Shear; Manjesh K. Singh, Chengjun Kang, Patrick Ilg, Rowena Crockett, Martin Kröger and Nicholas D. Spencer; Macromolecules 2018, 51 (24), 10174-10183.
Effect of Crosslinking on the Microtribological Behavior of Model Polymer Brushes; Manjesh K. Singh, Patrick Ilg, Rosa M. Espinosa-Marzal, Martin Kröger and Nicholas D. Spencer; Tribol. Lett. 2016, 63, 17.
Influence of Chain Stiffness, Grafting Density and Normal Load on the Tribological and Structural Behavior of Polymer Brushes: A Nonequilibrium-Molecular-Dynamics Study; Manjesh K. Singh, Patrick Ilg, Rosa M. Espinosa-Marzal, Nicholas D. Spencer and Martin Kröger; Polymers 2016, 8 (7), 254
Polymer Brushes under Shear: Molecular Dynamics Simulations Compared to Experiments; Manjesh K. Singh, Patrick Ilg, Rosa M. Espinosa-Marzal, Martin Kröger and Nicholas D. Spencer; Langmuir 2015, 31 (16), 4978-4805.
Awards & Fellowships
Scholarship covering registration, accommodation and travel assistance to attend International Nanotribology Forum: Thailand 2020, Jan. 12-17, 2020 at Chiang Rai, Thailand.
Best Oral Presentation (academia) at IndiaTrib-2019, Dec. 1-4, 2019, at Bangalore, India.
Scholarship covering registration, accommodation and travel assistance to attend International Nanotribology Forum: Kerala 2014, Jan. 6-10, 2014 at Kochi, Kerala, India
Travel grant to attend Gordon Research Conference: Tribology, July 8-13, 2012 at Waterville, ME, USA
Scholarship covering registration, accommodation and travel assistance to attend International Nanotribology Forum: The Hoi An Discussions, May 23-27, 2011, Hoi An, Vietnam.
Keywords
tribology, rheology, soft-matter, AFM, molecular dynamics simulations
Additional information
Life Member of Tribology Society of India