[Profile Evaluation-Materials Science, MS+PhD- Fall 17]

Name: Praveen Gupta

College : IIT Roorkee

Branch: Metallurgical & Materials Engineering

Field of Interest: Materials Engineering (Biomaterials, Nanomaterials for biological applications)

Degree Goal (MS/PhD): MS or PhD (preferably PhD)

GPA/Percentage (Do not Convert to US Scale): 8.18

GRE: not appeared yet 
Toefl: not appeared yet

 

Internships: 
 

1. IISc Bangalore : Titanium based implant materials (Dr Kaushik Chatterjee) ; Summer ‘16

1. Log9 Materials : Research & Development (Winter ‘15)- Development and charaterization of  SWCNTs using chemical approach

2. BHEL, Haridwar : Summer ‘15

Submitted or Accepted Publications: 

 

Conference:1) GNP reinforced UHMWPE composite for orthopaedic implants,

                        Praveen Gupta, Manoj Kumar, Dr. Debrupa Lahiri 

                        NMD-ATM ‘15 (Oral Presentation) 

                    2) Grain Size control in metastable Ti alloys,

                        Srijan Acharya, Praveen Gupta, Dr. Kaushik Chatterjee

                        International Symposium for Research Scholars ‘16 (submitted) 

Aggregate Publication Statistics: 
Journal: 0 (written, to be submitted next month)
Conference: 2  
 

Projects: (If applicable) 

1) Grain Size control in metastable Ti alloys for orthopaedic implants, IISc Bangalore (Conference 2)
2) Polymer nanocomposites (PCL-based) for auxiliary orthopaedic accessories, B.Tech Thesis, IIT Roorkee (undergoing)
3) GNP reinforced UHMWPE composite for orthopaedic implants, IIT Roorkee (Conference 1)
4) CNT reinforced cytosan composite for neuro-tissue implants, IIT Roorkee

Recommendations: 

1) Asst Prof, IIT Roorkee, BTP guide, Strong 

2) Asst Prof, IISc Bangalore, Project Guide, Strong 

3) Prof, IIT Roorkee, Projecr Guide, Moderate

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Misc Achievements:

- KVPY
- NTSE
- Won 3rd prize for oral presentation at NMD-ATM, 2015
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Tentative Universities (if you have decided) :
1. Northwestern University
2. Georgia Tech
3. UT Austin
4. Penn State University
5. UIUC
6. UToronto
7. McGill
8. UCSD
9. TAMU
10. UMich
11. Purdue 
12. CMU

 

 

Please review my profile and categorize the list as ambitious, moderate and safe. Also, considering that I opt for masters in this fall, is there any chance to get funding?

I want to do a PhD from top 20 only.