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Niraj Sinha
PhD (University of Waterloo)
Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering
Research Interest
Additive Manufacturing, Biomaterials, Biomedical Engineering, Prosthetic Devices, Nanotechnology
Office
FB-333,
Department of Mechanical Engineering
IIT Kanpur,
Kanpur 208016
Education
PhD (Systems Design Engineering): University of Waterloo, Canada
M.Sc. (Mechanical Engineering): University of Saskatchewan, Canada
B.Tech. (Manufacturing Engineering): NIFFT, Ranchi, India
Selected Publications
First research group in Canada to build a device for generation of X-rays using carbon nanotubecold cathodes, with the ultimate aim of making a portable handheld X-ray device for medical andindustrial applications.
Sinha, N., Field emission from carbon nanotube thin films. Encyclopedia of Nanoscience andNanotechnology. Ed. H.S. Nalwa, American Scientific Publishers. vol. 14, pp. 149-159, 2011.
Roy Mahapatra, D., Sinha, N. and Melnik, R.V.N., Degradation and failure of field emitting carbonnanotube arrays, Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, vol. 11, no. 5, pp. 3911-3915, 2011.
Park, S., Sinha, N. and Hamad-Schifferli, K., Effective size and zeta-potential of nanorods byFerguson analysis, Langmuir, vol. 26, no. 16, pp. 13071-13075, 2010.
Sinha, N., Roy Mahapatra, D., Sun, Y., Yeow, J.T.W., Melnik, R.V.N. and Jaffray, D.A., Electromechanicalinteractions in carbon nanotube based thin film field emitting diode, Nanotechnology,vol. 19, no. 2, pp. 25701 (1-12), 2008.
Awards & Fellowships
NSERC Postdoctoral Fellowship 2008 – 2010 (NSERC stands for Natural Sciences and EngineeringResearch Council of Canada)
Nominated for NSERC Doctoral Prize by Faculty of Engineering, University of Waterloo, 2008(Only one thesis is nominated each year by the faculty for the award)
NSERC Alexander Graham Bell Canada Graduate Scholarship- Doctoral 2006-2008 (Awarded totop PhD candidates nationally)
University of Waterloo President's Graduate Scholarship 2006 – 2008 University of Waterloo GraduateScholarship (Awarded 9 times during Ph.D.)