Organized Networks of Carbon Nanotubes

Prof. K.R.V. Subramanian is a Professor with the Mechanical Engineering department and a Co-Research Coordinator, Ramaiah Institute of Technology, Bangalore, India. His research interests are solar technology, nanotechnology, carbon nanotubes, fuel cells, energy storage, sensors. He earned his PhD from Cambridge University in 2006 specialising in nanotechnology. His bachelors and masters degree in Materials Engineering were from NIT Trichy and IISc Bangalore. He has over 20 years of academic and industrial work experience and has published over 100 journal and conference papers, and is the editor of two books. He is a Marquis Who's Who of the World and IBC Top 100 professionals. He has been a co-principal investigator for many government funded research projects.

Dr. Aravinda C.L. Rao is working as a General Manager at Product Application & Research Center, Reliance Industries Ltd., Vadodara. After completing his doctoral studies at Bangalore University in 2001, he pursued his post-doctoral work at IISc., Bangalore, as an Alexander Humboldt fellow at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Technical University of Munich,Germany and University of California at Riverside, USA. His research interests encompass nanotechnology, graphene based advanced materials, polymer composites, biosensors, thin films and coatings for electronics. He has rich and varied academic history as well as over 18 years of Industrial R&D experience in multinational companies. He has authored more than 25 papers in reputed journals, a book chapter and several conference papers. He has handled large to medium scale R&D projects successfully and has established and managed large research labs.

Dr. Raji George is a Professor and Head in the Mechanical Engineering Department of Ramaiah Institute of Technology (RIT), Bangalore. His areas of interests include Nano Technology, Mechanics of Materials, Design and Finite element methods. He earned his Ph.D from Visweswaraya Technological University (VTU) in 2008 and has more than 33 years experience in academia and teaching. He was awarded the Scientific Award of Excellence of 2011 by the American Biographical Institute.He was conferred the Best Engineering Teacher Gold Medal Award for the year 2009, Instituted by Sir. M. Visvesvaraya Memorial Foundation, Bangalore. He has more than 40 journal and conference papers to his credit. He has one patent granted, and has applied for an additional patent. He is the principal investigator for a major research project for Boeing Inc. USA.