Parikshit Tamhane

• Automotive field component analysis for corrosion damage • Development of precorrosion approach for Aluminium alloys • Fatigue testing and fatigue model parameter determination of precorroded components • Test validation and material selection for automobile components

• Quality control of micro-electromechanical system components • Test scanning probes using Atomic Force Microscopy

• Evaluated process and product development samples • Analyzed automobile components for failure analysis • Examined samples using Metallography, Hardness testing, Scanning electron microscopy and chemical analysis • Prepared and issued technical investigation reports based on analysis

• Developed biomass derived ZnCl2–activated carbon (AC) by single step pyrolysis process for supercapacitors • Carried out physicochemical characterization and electrochemical testing of activated carbon

• Synthesized multilayer graphene oxide electrode from organic waste for high-performance supercapacitors • Prepared novel flexible substrate for wearable electronics and performed electrochemical testing

• Studied customer’s proposal for case hardening of gear–pinion system • Designed gas carburizing heat treatment cycle

• Key courses: >Mechanical properties and structures of advanced materials >High temperature alloys >Structural materials >Materials characterization >Advanced processes • Miniproject: Synthesis of Gold-Silver core-shell nanoparticles using different surfactants

• Key courses: >Corrosion and surface protection >Heat treatment technology >Design and selection of materials >Fracture and failure analysis • Thesis: Three-phase Graphene/BaTiO3/PAEK nanocomposites with enhanced dielectric properties for embedded capacitor applications