Dr Ajith Soman
About
Biography
Dr Ajith Soman Narayanan received his PhD in 2022 from the Sathyabama Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai, India.
He is currently a postdoctoral researcher in the research group of Prof. Qiong Cai and Dr. Bahman, working on the fabrication and electrochemical evaluation of tubular solid oxide electrolysis cells (SOECs). His project is funded by EPSRC (UK) and is conducted in collaboration with Robert Gordon University, Scotland, and the National Physical Laboratory (NPL), United Kingdom.
Research Positions / Experiences
- 2019-2022: Scientist-C, Centre for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Sathyabama Institute of Science & Technology, Chennai-India
Awards & Appreciations
- Col. Dr. Jeppiaar Best Thesis Award: Board of Research & Management of Sathyabama Institute of Science and Technology (2022)
- Second Prize: National level flash talk competition on Ceramics Materials for Solid Oxide Fuel Cells organized by ARCI-Indian Ceramics Society & University of Hyderabad (2021)
- International ¿Û¿Û´«Ã½ing fellowship: National Dong Hwa University and Tzu Chi University funded by the Ministry of Education (MoE) Taiwan (2019)
- 2 Best Oral Presentation Awards (2018)
- Research fellowship: Funded by the Ministry of Human Resource and Development (MHRD)-India (2015-2018)
Areas of specialism
My qualifications
Thesis entitled: "Investigation on Microstructural and Electrical Properties of Ceria based Electrolytes and Electrodes for Intermediate Temperature Solid Oxide Fuel Cells"
Affiliations and memberships
Academic networks
ResearchResearch interests
- Advanced materials for green energy conversion.
- Durable cathodes for next-generation solid oxide electrolyzers (SOE) and fuel cells
- Nanomaterials (ceramic thin films/coatings) for clean energy applications.
Research collaborations
Prof. Yen-Pei Fu
Professor & Chairman
Department of Materials Science and Engineering
National Dong Hwa University, Shou-Feng, Hualien 97401, Taiwan
Dr. K. Prabahar
Scientist ‘D’, Advanced Magnetics Group
Defense Metallurgical and Research Laboratory (DMRL)
Hyderabad, Telangana 500066, India
Research interests
- Advanced materials for green energy conversion.
- Durable cathodes for next-generation solid oxide electrolyzers (SOE) and fuel cells
- Nanomaterials (ceramic thin films/coatings) for clean energy applications.
Research collaborations
Prof. Yen-Pei Fu
Professor & Chairman
Department of Materials Science and Engineering
National Dong Hwa University, Shou-Feng, Hualien 97401, Taiwan
Dr. K. Prabahar
Scientist ‘D’, Advanced Magnetics Group
Defense Metallurgical and Research Laboratory (DMRL)
Hyderabad, Telangana 500066, India