Dr. Ravi Mohan Prasad

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Room: 
Room - 113 [HoD Office]
Designation: 
Head of the Department & Assistant Professor
Department: 
Room No - 421, Satish Dhawan Block, Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, Main Campus, Rupnagar, Punjab, INDIA, Phone: +91-1881-232401 [HoD office], +91-1881-232405 [Faculty office]
Areas of Research: 
Polymer-derived Porous Ceramics, Metal Matrix composite, Corrosion and High Temperature Oxidation Resistance, Membranes for Hydrogen Purification,
Chemiresistor Gas sensors, Hydrogen Storage Materials, Photocatalysts for Wastewater Decontamination
Education: 
Ph.D., Technische Universität Darmstadt, Germany
M.Tech. (Metallurgical and Materials Engineering), Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, India
B. Tech. (Metallurgical Engineering), Indian Institute of Technology Madras, India
Work Experience: 
Postdoctoral Research Associate, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Germany
Selected Publications/Patents: 
[1] R.M. Prasad, A. Gurlo, R. Riedel, M. Hübner, N. Barsan, U. Weimar, “Microporous ceramic coated SnO2 sensors for hydrogen and carbon monoxide sensing in harsh reducing conditions,” Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical, 149 (2010) 105-109
[2] R.M. Prasad, Y. Iwamoto, R. Riedel, A. Gurlo, “Multilayer amorphous-Si-B-C-N/gamma-Al2O3/alpha-Al2O3 membranes for hydrogen purification,” Advanced Engineering Materials, 12 (2010) 522-528
[3] M. Hojamberdiev, R.M. Prasad, K. Morita, Y. Zhu, M.A. Schiavon, A. Gurlo, R. Riedel, “Template-free synthesis of polymer-derived mesoporous SiOC/TiO2 and SiOC/N-doped TiO2 ceramic composites for application in the removal of organic dyes from contaminated water,” Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 115-116 (2012) 303-313
[4] R.M. Prasad, G. Mera, K. Morita, M. Mueller, H.-J. Kleebe, A. Gurlo, C. Fasel, R. Riedel, “Thermal decomposition of carbon-rich polymer-derived silicon carbonitrides leading to ceramics with high specific surface area and tunable micro- and mesoporosity,” Journal of the European Ceramic Society, 32 (2012) 477-484
[5] M.Pashchanka, R.M. Prasad, R.C. Hoffmann, A. Gurlo, J.J. Schneider, “Inkjet printed nanoscaled CuO for miniaturized gas sensing devices,” European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry, 2013 (2013) 1481-1487
[6] O. Ruzimuradov, S. Nurmanov, M. Hojamberdiev, R.M. Prasad, A. Gurlo, J. Broetz, K. Nakanishi, R. Riedel, “Preparation and characterization of macroporous TiO2-SrTiO3 heterostructured monolithic photocatalyst,” Materials Letters, 116 (2014) 353-355
[7] O. Ruzimuradov, K. Sharipov, A. Yarbekov, K. Saidov, M. Hojamberdiev, R.M. Prasad, G. Cherkashinin, R. Riedel, "A facile preparation of dual-phase nitrogen-doped TiO2–SrTiO3 macroporous monolithic photocatalyst for organic dye photodegradation under visible light", Journal of the European Ceramic Society, 35 (2015) 1815-1821