ExecutiveExecutive Director's profile

  • Academic Qulification
    * Ph.D. -1998 Moisture sensitivity of advanced polymer resins, University of Sheffield, UK.
    *     M.Sc.-1996 Polymer and Polymer Composite Sci ence & Engineering, University of   Sheffield, UK with Distinction.
    * B.E.-1993. Polymer Engineering from University of Pune with First Class.

  • AWARDS AND HONORS
     *1996 University Endowed Scholarship from University of Sheffield U.K. for PhD
      *1996 Research Fellowship from British Aerospace Plc., Bristol, U.K.
      *1998 Research Excellence Award from University of Sheffield, U.K.
      *2001 Visiting Post Doctoral Research Fellowship from University of Sheffield, U.K.
      *2003 “Role Model” in the field of research and education by Times of India

  • RESEARCH INTERESTS
    *Study the effect of moisture and thermal spiking on glass transition temperature and   other thermomechanical properties of the advanced polymer resins using Group   Interaction Modelling.
    *To develop non-woven networks from drawn sheets of aliphatic Polyesters (biodegradable   polymers) with plasma polymerized for cell compatibility, to be used as a   scaffolds for   the treatment of damaged skin.
    *Study the network build-up during cyanate ester cure using different characterization   techniques.

  • RECENT FIVE PUBLICATIONS
    1. Sunil Karad, Frank Jones, David Attwood, Mechanisms of moisture absorption by   cyanate ester modified epoxy resin matrices. Part I: Effect of spiking parameters,   Polymer 2002; 43(19):5209.
     2. Sunil Karad, Frank Jones, David Attwood, Mechanisms of moisture absorption by   cyanate ester modified epoxy resin matrices. Part II: The reverse thermal effect, Polymer   2002; 43(21):5643.
    3. Sunil Karad, Frank Jones, David Attwood, Mechanisms of thermal spiking-enhanced   moisture absorption by cyanate ester cured epoxy resin matrices. Part III: Effect of blend
      composition, Composites :Part A, 2002, 33:1665
    4. Sunil Karad, Frank Jones, David Attwood, Mechanisms of thermal spiking-enhanced   moisture absorption by cyanate ester cured epoxy resin matrices. Part IV: Effect of cure   schedules, Polymer Composites 2003, 24(7).
    5. Sunil Karad, Frank Jones, David Attwood, Moisture absorption by cyanate ester resins under thermal spiking conditions, 10 th European Conference on Composite Materials   (ECCM10), June 2002 Brugge Belgium..

  • Projects Carried out : “ Moisture sensitivity of advanced polymer resins ”