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Susy Varughese
Department of Chemical Engineering, Indian Chennai – 600 036 Tel: 044
22574172, Fax: 044 -2257 4152, Email: susy[at]iitm.ac.in |
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Research
Areas/interests
·
Physics
and mechanics
of polymers
·
Viscoelasticity
and
vibration
damping/isolation behaviour of polymers
·
Polymers
at surfaces
and interfaces (physics/mechanics)
·
Free
volume in
polymers
·
Electronically
and
ionically
conducting polymers
·
Polymer-filler
interactions
·
Recycling
of
high
volume plastic wastes/electronic waste
·
Eco-friendly
products
and
processes
Publications
International
Journals
· Rohit Vijay, Abhijit p. Deshpande and Susy Varughese, Nonlinear rheological modeling of asphalt using White-Metzner model with structural parameter variation based asphaltene structural build-up and breakage, Applied Rheology, 18(2) pp 23214-23228, 2008
· Shivendra Upadhayay, M. Vishwanth, Vaideesh K. Subbaraj and Susy Varughese, Swelling and diffusion characteristics of polar and a non-polar polymers in asphalt, Journal of Applied Polymer Science, 109, 135-143, 2008
· R. Vetri Murugan, S. Bharat, Abhijit P. Deshpande, Susy Varughese and Prathap Haridoss, Milling and separation of the multi-component printed circuit board materials and the analysis of elutriation based on a single particle model, Powder Technology, 183, 169-176, 2008
·
S.
Balakrishnan, Susy Varughese and Abhijit P.Deshpande,
Micellar characterisation of saponin from Sapindus
mukorossi, Tenside, Sufactants and Detergents, 43, 5 262-268, 2006
· D. Murugan, Susy Varughese and T.Swaminathan, Recycled polyolefin-based plastic wastes for sound absorption, Polymer-Plastics Technology & Engineering, 45, 885-8, 2006
· M.V. Ramana, Dennis George Thomas and Susy Varughese, Estimating Nuclear Waste in India, Current Science, Vol. 81, 11, p101-105 Dec. 2001.
· Susy Varughese and D. K. Tripathy Effect of mode of filler addition and concentration on the dynamic mechanical properties of epoxidised natural rubber - cis-1,4-polybutadiene rubber blend, Journal of Applied Polymer Science, 49, 6, 1115, 1993
· Susy Varughese and D. K. Tripathy Investigation on the reinforcement mechanism of silica filled epoxidised natural rubber, Indian Journal of Natural Rubber Research,1 , 55, 1993
· Susy Varughese and D. K. Tripathy , Dynamic mechanical properties of epoxidised natural rubber vulcanizates - Effect of curing system and aging, Polymer Degradation and Stability, 38, 7, 1993
· Susy Varughese and D. K.Tripathy, Effect of plasticizer type and concentration on the dynamic mechanical properties of epoxidised natural rubber vulcanizates Journal of Elastomers and Plastics, 25 , 4, 343, 1993
· Susy Varughese and D. K. Tripathy, Rubber-filler interaction studies-A dynamic mechanical thermal analysis approach, Plastics, Rubber and Composites - Processing and Applications, 17 , 4, 219, 1992
· Susy Varughese and D. K. Tripathy , Chemical interaction between epoxidised natural rubber and silica-studies on cure characteristics and low temperature dynamic mechanical properties, Journal of Applied Polymer Science, 10, 1847, 1992
· Susy Varughese, D. K. Tripathy and S. K .De, Low strain dynamic mechanical properties of carbon black and clay filled epoxidised natural rubber, Journal of Elastomers and Plastics, 23, 1, 34, 1991
· Susy Varughese, D. K. Tripathy and S. K .De Epoxidised natural rubber as a dry adhesive for metal to metal bonding , Journal of Adhesion Science and Technology, 4, 847, 1990
· Susy Varughese, D. K. Tripathy and S. K .De, Studies on epoxidised natural rubber-cis-1,4-polybutadiene rubber blends, Kautchuk Gummi Kunststoffe, 10, 810, 1990
· Abhimanyu Deshpande, K. Gururaj, Susy Varughese, G. Amarendra and C.S. Sundar, Positron Annihilation Lifetime Spectroscopy studies on polyvinyl alcohol and its blends, 52nd DAE Solid State Physics Symposium, 27 - 31 December 2007, Mysore
· V.O. Rejini and Susy Varughese, Thermal and mechanical properties of conducting polyaniline/ethylene vinyl acetate blends with single and mixed dopants, Poster presented at MACRO 2006, Poster No. SPP-P-61, Session on Polymers and Energy, 9th National Conference, Polymers for Advanced Technologies, December 17 - 20, PUNE, 2006
· Dennis George Thomas and Susy Varughese, Fracture behaviour of polymer modified asphalt, Chemcon 2001, December 2001, Chennai
· Susy Varughese and D.K.Tripathy, Effect of silica and silane coupling agent in natural rubber and epoxidised natural rubber with special reference to the dynamic mechanical properties, Rubbercon 93, New Delhi , Feb 1993, pp 74-79
International
Conferences
· P. Kanakasabai, Abhijit .P. Deshpande and Susy Varughese, Effect of crosslinking conditions on proton conductivity of PVA based membranes for fuel cell applications, Proceedings of International Conference on Polymeric Materials in Power Engineering, pp, ICPMPE-07- V B-3, pp 1-4, ICMPE-07, Bangalore, 2007
· D. Murugan, Satyajit Ray, Susy Varughese and T. Swaminathan, Environment friendly processing of plastic wastes, International Conference on Plastics and Environment- Opportunities and Challenges, New Delhi, 2003
· R. Vetrimurugan, A. P. Deshpande, S. Sankara Narayanan, Susy Varughese and Prathap Haridoss, Studies on size reduction and air classification of printed circuit boards for material recycling, International Seminar on Mineral Processing Technology (MPT 2005), pp 113-122, Dhanbad, January 2005.
· Vetri Murugan RA., A. P. Deshpande, Susy Varughese, P. Haridoss, Recycling of printed circuit boards, International Seminar on Advances in Polymer Technology, pp 334-341, Kochi, Jan 2004
·
Susy Varughese, Hugh Hunt and Alan
Muhr, Dynamic
behaviour of elastomeric railpads, International
Conference on Rubbers ,
Courses
·
Introduction
to
Engineering
Design
·
Polymeric
Materials
·
Polymers
for Devices
·
Polymers
·
Chemical
Technology
·
Ecological
Engineering
Research
Projects
· Principal Investigator, Development of eco-friendly disposable cups based on white clay, Socially Relevant Projects, IIT Madras, Co-investigator: Dr. Anju Chadha, Department of Biotechnology
· Co-investigator, Development of polymer blend membranes for fuel cell applications, Naval Research Board, Dr. Abhijit Deshpande, Department of Chemical Engineering, (P.I)
·
Co-Investigator,
Recycling of printed circuit boards,
2005-08, MHRD, Principal Investigator, Dr. Abhijit Deshpande, Chemical
Engineering, Co-investigators: Dr. Pratap Haridoss, Dr. K.C. Harikumar
and Dr.
S.K Seshadri (Metallurgical and Materials Engineering)
· Development of a polymer engineering laboratory, MHRD (Modernization), April 2002 – March 2005, PIs: Susy Varughese, A. P. Deshpande and N. R. Neelakanthan
Research
Based
Industrial
Consultancy Projects
o Co-Investigator, Solution to failure problem in non-metallic joints, BHEL, Trichy, 2003-04, Dr. N.R. Neelakantan, Chemical Engineering , Principal investigator and Dr. M. Balasubramanian, COMPTEC, Co-investigator
o
Principal
Investigator, Solution to the bonding of
paper related products, 2002, M/s
Raj Lubricants, Chennai, Co-investigator:
Dr.
Abhijit
Deshpande, Chemical Engineering
o Principal Investigator, Suitability analysis of polymers for corrosive applications, 2004-2006, High Energy Batteries Ltd. Trichy, Co-investigator: Dr. Abhijit Deshpande, Chemical Engineering
o
Principal
Investigator, Solution to
the adhesion problem of bitumen and coal tar based
coating materials, 1998, M/s
IWL India Ltd. Chennai, Co-investigator: Dr. Abhijit
Deshpande, Chemical Engineering
Continuing
education
programs/conferences organised
· STTP-CEP workshop on Advanced polymeric materials for electronic and electrochemical applications, July 2-7, 2007 (Co-organiser: Dr. Abhijit P. Deshpande, Department of Chemical engineering)
·
Fundamentals
of Emulsion Polymers and Composites, M/s Raman Boards,
Current
research activities/Areas
- Ionically conducting polymer systems (relevance to fuel cell applications)
- Development of electronically conducting polymers for optoelelctronics
- Filler-polymer interactions in selected systems
- Free volume and diffusion in polymeric systems
- Recycling of high volume plastic based wastes (polyolefins, expanded polystyrene) and printed circuit board wastes
- Recycling of domestic grey water using ecological methods