Sudarshan Narayanan Resum´e

Sudarshan Narayanan

Present Address: Permanent Address: Room Number 320, Tapti Hostel, S4, Madhurams Apartments, IIT Madras 141, Kutchery Road, Mylapore, Chennai, India-600036. Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India-600004 Phone no: (+91) 94448 11284 Email Address: [email protected]

Objective To pursue Graduate studies in the Applied Sciences so as to gain sufficient knowledge and expertise that would enable me to contribute professionally to Research and Development in the industry and eventually help me join academia as a researcher and teacher

Education Indian Institute Of Technology - Madras, INDIA August 2005 - Present Pursuing B. Tech in Engineering Physics, Minor in Chemistry Year of Graduation : 2009 Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) : 8.82/10 (Over 6 semesters) CGPA in Major Subjects : 9.08/10 (Over 6 semesters) Position in Branch : 2nd among 10 students

National University of Singapore, Singapore August 2007 to December 2007 IIT-NUS Student Exchange Program (5th Semester) Faculty of Science, Engineering Grade Point Average (GPA) Secured: 4.42/5.0 (Converted to 9.33 in 10 point grade scale at IITM)

Secondary Education : P. S. Senior Secondary School, Chennai Affiliated to Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) All India Secondary School Examination (AISSE 2003): Aggregate 483/500 (96.6%) All India Senior Secondary Certificate Examination (AISSCE 2005): Aggregate 486/500 (97.2%)

Test • GRE General Test - 1460/1600 Scores Verbal Ability - 660/800 ; Quantitative Aptitude - 800/800 ; Analytical Writing - 5.0/6.0

• TOEFL - 114/120 Reading - 29/30 ; Listening - 29/30 ; Speaking - 27/30 ; Writing - 29/30

Research Semiconductors - processing, device physics, fabrication and electronics; Compound Semi- Interests conductors - optoelectronics; VLSI Design Nanomaterials - Carbon Nanotubes; Spintronics; Multiferroics

Academic B. Tech Final year project on Multiferroics - Magnetoelectric Effect using alternating Projects PMN-PT and Terfenol-D layers August 2008 - Present Guide: Dr. M.S.R. Rao (Professor) Nano Functional Materials Technology Centre and Materials Science Research Centre, Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Technology - Madras

Date of Birth: 9th July, 1986 1 of 3 Email: [email protected] Sudarshan Narayanan Resum´e

Description : Working on extraction of Magnetoelectric effect using alternating layers of com- posite Magnetostrictive and Piezoelectric materials. The piezoelectric material being used is PMN-PT (PbMn 1 Nb 2 O3 - PbTiO3) and the magnetostrictive material is Terfenol-D (TbDyFe2). 3 3 The primary idea of having such layered multiferroics is to utilize the high magnetostrictive and piezoelectric coefficients of Terfenol-D and PMN-PT respectively, so as to extract a potential difference on the application of a magnetic field and vice versa.

“Synthesis and Characterization of Carbon Nanotubes” May 2008 to July 2008 Indian Academy of Sciences - Summer Research Fellow 2008

Guides: Dr. S.B. Krupanidhi (Chairman, Professor) and Dr. K.K. Nanda (Assistant Professor) Materials Research Centre, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore

Description : Worked on the the synthesis of Carbon nanotubes (Multi-walled bundles and helical/coiled) through Pyrolysis techniques using various precursors, followed by the study of the I-V characteristics of the synthesized samples. The main objective was to obtain I-V char- acteristics of CNTs of varying bundle diameters, over a wide range of temperatures to obtain the dependence of the conductance of the samples, on temperature and bundle diameter.

“Customization and solving of Ordinary Differential Equations on a Grid of points” With S. Karthikeyan (Dual Degree), A.R. Aakash (B.Tech), Department of Electrical Engineer- ing, IIT-Madras May 2006 to July 2006

Guide: Dr. Harishankar Ramachandran (Professor) Department of Electrical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology - Madras

Description : Worked on customizing 4th order Runge Kutta method for solving ODEs for points on a grid. Also studied implicit methods for the same problem and presented workable solutions for the same.

Relevant High Vacuum Science and Technology Networks and Systems course- Science & technology of Nanomaterials Electrical and Magnetic Circuits work Physics of Semiconductor Processing Digital Systems Numerical Methods & Programming Electronics (Analog Circuits) Analog and Digital Signal Processing Electronic Devices (Solid State Devices) Principles of Measurement Laboratory VLSI Design Digital Circuits Laboratory Analog Circuits Laboratory Statistical Physics and Applications Compound Semiconductors

Scholastic • Awarded Merit Scholarships by the CBSE for being among the top 0.1% of successful Achieve- candidates in the country in English and Chemistry in AISSCE 2005 ments • Adjudged 2nd Best Student in Science Group, P. S. Senior Secondary School, Chennai • Secured All India Rank (AIR) 1425 in Joint Entrance Examination (JEE 2005), out of about 1,90,000 candidates, for the Indian Institutes of Technology • Secured Tamil Nadu State Rank of 74 in All India Engineering Entrance Examination (AIEEE 2005) conducted by the Central Board of Secondary Education • Secured 27th rank among 566 students in the Physics Talent Test conducted by “The Physics Society, Chennai” during the academic year 2004-05 • Ranked 2nd in Engineering Physics batch of 2005, among 10 students

Date of Birth: 9th July, 1986 2 of 3 Email: [email protected] Sudarshan Narayanan Resum´e

Computer Programming Languages: Familiar with C, C++ Skills Operating Systems: Microsoft Windows (2000, NT, XP), Linux Ubuntu, Fedora Applications: Microsoft Office, Lotus Smartsuite, LATEX Mathematical, drafting & graphing softwares: MATLAB, SciLAB, PSpice, Origin, AutoCAD 2000

Extra • Coordinated a “Nanoscience Workshop” event in Shaastra 2008, the annual technical Curricular festival of IIT-Madras Activities • Coordinated a hands-on event called “Make Things Work” in Shaastra 2006 • An active participant in quizzes, Hands-on events in Shaastra • Member of IIT-Madras Basketball team - Won Gold in the Inter-IIT Sports meet held at Guwahati December 2006, 3rd Place in Inter-collegiate “Sportsfest” at IIT-Madras in September 2008 • Active member of P.S. Senior Secondary School Culturals team. Have won several prizes in inter-school culturals in events like Ad-Zap, Light Music and Carnatic Music • Member of the Editorial Board of P.S. Senior Secondary School’s magazine - Mystique • Have been learning to play the violin for the past 8-9 years

Date of Birth: 9th July, 1986 3 of 3 Email: [email protected]