S.Kanagaraj
Professor
IIT Guwahati
India
Biography
He graduated from Thiagarajar college of Engineering, Madurai, affiliated to Madurai Kamaraj University in 1997. He received his Ph.D degree from Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur in 2004 and post doctoral fellowship in University of Aveiro, Portugal till May 2008 and then he has been with the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati. He was appointed as an Associate Professor in 2012 and Professor in 2017. He has received many awards including BIRAC-SRISTI GYTI Award 2016, Silver Award for Best Innovator at 7th India Innovation Initiative - i3 National Fair 2015, appreciation award under MLM (More from Less for Many) category from Gandhian Young Technical Innovation Award 2015. He has authored more than 75 journal and conference papers. One US patent was granted and 4 Indian patents were applied. Three students completed their Ph.D and 7 students are currently doing their Ph.D under his supervision. He has completed 6 projects as a PI worth of about Rs. 5.5 crore and there are 4 on-going projects worth of Rs.2.4 crore. He completed 1 consultancy project, 4 projects as a co-PI.
Research Interest
Biomaterials, biomedical devices, assistive technology devices, prosthesis and orthosis, and materials characterization