Alumni
KRISHNADAS NARAYANAN NAMPOOTHIRI
PhD (2020)
Email: krishnadas@iisc.ac.in
Faculty Advisors: Prof. Prosenjit Sen, CeNSE., Prof M.S.Bobji, Mechanical Engineering.
Associated Departments: Mechanical Engineering
• B.Tech, (2009), Mechanical Engineering, Mar Athanasius college of Engineering, Kerala. India.
• M.Tech, (2013), Nanotechnology, NIT Calicut, Kerala, India.
Experience
• Lecturer, Mangalam College of Engineering, Kerala, India, (2010-2011).
• Assistant Professor, Amritha School of Engineering, Kerala, India, (2013-2014).
Theses Title (Year)
Investigations on Joule Heating and Associated Effects during Liquid Dielectrophoresis of Aqueous Droplets (2019)
Research Area
Microfluidics, Interfacial Microfluids, Droplet Based Devices, Lab-on-a-Chip
Publications
K. N. Nampoothiri, M.S. Seshayee, V. Srinivasan, M.S Bobji and P. Sen,” Direct Heating of Aqueous Droplets using High Frequency Voltage Signals on an EWOD Platform” Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical, 273, 862-872, 2018.
Conference and Seminars
• K.N.Nampoothiri and N. Sandhyarani, “Graphene supported metal nanoparticles as anode material for direct methanol fuel cell”, 1st Indo-Israel Meeting, Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, Kerala, India, 2013 (poster presentation).
• K. N. Nampoothiri, V. Srinivasan, M.S Bobji and P. Sen, “Active Thermal Cooling Using Liquid Dielectrophoresis” 3rd International Conference on Emerging Electronics (ICEE), 2016, IIT Bombay, Mumbai, India (oral presentation).
• K. N. Nampoothiri, V. Srinivasan, M.S Bobji and P. Sen, “A Novel Sub-Picoliter Monodispersed Droplet Generation Device based on Liquid Dielectrophoresis”, 30th IEEE Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS 2017), January 22 – 26, 2017, Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.A (oral presentation).
• K. N. Nampoothiri, M.S. Seshayee, V. Srinivasan, M.S Bobji and P. Sen, “Direct Heating of Droplets for Chemical and Biological Reactions on Lab-On-Chip Devices using High Frequency AC Voltage” MicroTAS 2017: The 21st International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences, Savannah, U.S.A (poster presentation).
• K. N. Nampoothiri, M.S Bobji and P. Sen,”Formation of Droplet Jet by Enhanced Condensation of a Heated Drop Subjected to AC Electric Field”, The 11th Electrowetting Conference 2018, University of Twente, The Netherlands (poster presentation).