Dr. Rahul Vaish

Dr. Rahul Vaish
Phone : 01905-237908
EMail : rahul[at]iitmandi[dot]ac[dot]in
Address : School of Engineering
IIT Mandi, PWD Rest House 2nd floor,
near Bus Stand, Mandi - 175001
India

Research interests

  • Glasses
  • Transparent Glass-ceramics
  • Dielectrics and Ferroelectrics
  • Materials Informatics

Education

  • B.Tech. Mechanical Engineering (2002): GBPUA&T, Pantnagar, Uttrakhand, INDIA.
  • M.Tech. Material Science and Engineering (2005): 8.67/10.00 CPI, Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology (MNNIT), Allahabad, U.P, INDIA.
  • Ph. D (Engg.) (2010) “Borate based glasses, transparent glass-microcrystal composites and their physical properties” 7.00/8.00 (CGPA) Materials Research Centre, Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore, INDIA.

Academic Positions

  • August, 2011- Present: Asst. Prof. School of Engineering IIT Mandi, Mandi - 175001 India
  • March, 2010- July, 2011: Asst. Prof. (Mechanical Department), Galgotias College of Engineering and Technology, Greater Noida, India
  • June - Sept 2009: Visiting Scientist at Department of Materials Science & Metallurgy, Univ. of Cambridge (U. K.)
  • Sept-Dec 2006: Visiting Scientist at Institut de Chimie de la matière condensée de Bordeaux (ICMCB)-CNRS, France

Academic Awards

  • INSPIRE Faculty Award-2011
  • Ph.D. Best Thesis Award (SUDBOROUGH MEDAL): 2010
  • Gold Medal for scoring highest grades in M.Tech.: 2005

Book Published

Rahul Vaish “Borate Based Glasses and Glass-Micro Crystal Composites” Lambert Academic Publishing, Germany, (Accepted, 2011)

International Peer Reviewed Publications


2012

Manuscripts (Communicated/to be communicated)
  • Neeraj Sharma and Rahul Vaish “Microstructural Modeling of Ni-Al2O3 composites” (To be communicated, 2012).
  • Rahul Vaish “Borate-based glasses for capacitor/supercapacitor applications (To be communicated, 2012).
  • Rahul Vaish “Electrocaloric materials and their selection” (To be communicated, 2012)
  • Aditya Chauhan and Rahul Vaish “Hard coating material selection using multi-objective optimization techniques” (To be communicated, 2012.)
  • Rahul Vaish “ Metallic glass selection using Ashby approach” (To be communicated, 2012).
  • Rahul Vaish “Piezoelectric materials selection using fuzzy multiple attribute decision making approach” (To be communicated, 2012).
  • Aditya Chauhan and Rahul Vaish, “Multiple attribute decision making approach on piezoelectric material selection: a comparative study” (To be communicated, 2012).
Accepted manuscripts
  • Aditya Chauhan and Rahul Vaish, “A comparative study on MEMS materials selection” Materials and Design (Accepted, 2012).
  • K. R. S. Preethi Meher, Rahul Vaish, J. Hou, D. Krsmanovic, K. B. R. Varma and R. V. Kumar, “Ferroelectric relaxor behavior of Ca0.180Sr0.226Ba0.594Nb2O6 ceramics” Int. J. Mater. Res. (Accepted, 2012).
  • Koushik Majhi, Rahul Vaish, G. Paramesh and K.B.R. Varma, “Electrical transport characteristics of ZnO-Bi2O3-B2O3 glasses” Ionics (Accepted, 2012).
  • Aditya Chauhan and Rahul Vaish, “Pareto-optimal microwave dielectric materials” Advanced Science, Engineering and Medicine (Accepted, 2012).
  • Rahul Vaish “Piezoelectric and pyroelectric materials selection” Int. J. Appl. Ceram. Tech. (Accepted, 2012).
  • Rahul Vaish and K. B. R. Varma, “Fabrication of transparent BaNaB9O15 glass- microcrystal composites” J. Elect. Mater. (Accepted, 2012).
  • Aditya Chauhan and Rahul Vaish, “Magnetic material selection using multiple attribute decision making approach” Materials and Design 36, 1 (2012).

2011

  • Rahul Vaish and K. B. R. Varma, “Electrical transport studies on Na6B13O22.5 glasses” J.Adv. Die. 1, 337 (2011).
  • Rahul Vaish and K. B. R. Varma, “Dielectric behavior of sodium borate glasses” Ionics 17, 727 (2011).
  • G. Paramesh, Rahul Vaish and K. B. R. Varma, “Electrical transport properties of 0.5Li2O–0.5M2O–2B2O3 (M = Li, Na and K) glasses,” J. Non. Cryst. Solids, 357, 1479 (2011.)
  • J. Hou, Rahul Vaish, Y. Qu, Dalibor Krsmanovic, and R. V. Kumar, “Effect of Sb substitution on the structural and electrical properties of  Bi4Ti3-2xNbxTaxO12 ceramics” J. Am. Ceram. Soc. 94, 2523 (2011).
  • Rahul Vaish and K. B. R. Varma, “Linear optical properties of BaNaB9O15, BaLiB9O15,SrLiB9O15 glasses ” J. Non. Cryst. Solids, 357, 1485 (2011).
  • M. Niyaz Ahamad, Rahul Vaish and K.B.R. Varma, “Calorimetric studies on Te2V2O9 glasses” J. Therm. Anal. and Calorimetry 105, 239 (2011).
  • Rahul Vaish and K. B. R. Varma, “Electrical relaxation and transport in 0.5Cs2O-0.5Li2O-3B2O3 glasses,” IEEE Trans. Diel. Electric Insulator 18, 155 (2011).

2010

  • Jungang Hou, Rahul Vaish, Yuanfang Qu, Dalibor Krsmanovic, K. B. R. Varma and R. V. Kumar, “Crystallographic evolution, dielectric and piezoelectric properties of Bi4Ti3O12:W/Cr ceramics,” J. Am. Ceram. Soc, 93, 1414 (2010).
  • Jungang Hou, Rahul Vaish, Yuanfang Qu, Dalibor Krsmanovic, K. B. R. Varma and R. V. Kumar “Dielectric and pyroelectric properties of Bi4Ti2.98Nb0.01Ta0.01O12 ceramics,” Mater. Chem. Phys. 121, 32 (2010).
  • Jungang Hou, Rahul Vaish, Yuanfang Qu, Dalibor Krsmanovic, K. B. R. Varma and R. V. Kumar “Dielectric relaxation and electrical conductivity in Bi5NbO10 oxygen ion conductors prepared by a modified sol-gel process,” J. Power Sources 195, 2613 (2010).
  • Rahul Vaish and K. B. R. Varma, “The glass forming ability and thermal stability of MO–0·5M'2O–4·5B2O3 (M=Ba, Sr and M'=Li, M=Ba and M'=Na) glasses,” Phys. Chem. Glasses 51, 159 (2010).
  • Rahul Vaish and K. B. R. Varma, “Dielectric and electrical conductivity relaxation in 0.5Li2O-0.5Na2O-2B2O3 glasses,” J. Electronic Mater 39,1334 (2010).
  • Rahul Vaish, Vincent Rodriguez, Mario Maglione, J. Etourneau, K.B.R. Varma “Laser induced periodic surface crystalline patterns on SrO-0.5Li2O-4.5B2O3 and BaO-0.5Na2O- 4.5B2O3 glasses and optical second harmonic generation” Int. J. Appl. Glass Sci.1, 350 (2010).

2009

  • Rahul Vaish and K. B. R. Varma, “Glass transition and crystallization kinetics of BaNaB9O15 glasses,” J. Phys D: Appl. Phys. 42, 015409 (2009).
  • Rahul Vaish and K. B. R. Varma, “Dielectric relaxation in SrLiB9O15 glasses,” J. Electrochem. Soc. 156, G17 (2009).
  • Rahul Vaish and K. B. R. Varma, “Influence of seeding on the crystallization behavior of BaNaB9O15 glasses,” Bull. Mater. Sci. 32, 93 (2009).
  • Rahul Vaish and K. B. R. Varma, “Thermal characteristics SrO-2B2O3 glasses,” Adv. Sci. Lett. 3, 319 (2009).
  • Rahul Vaish and K. B. R. Varma, “Thermal properties of Ba3Ti3O6(BO3)2 glasses,” Phil. Mag. 89, 1555 (2009).
  • Rahul Vaish and K. B. R. Varma, “Crystallization kinetics and electrical relaxation of BaLiB9O15 glasses,” J. Am. Ceram. Soc. 92, 1993 (2009).
  • Rahul Vaish and K. B. R. Varma, “Dielectric properties of Li2O-3B2O3 glasses,” J. Appl. Phys. 106, 064106 (2009).
  • Rahul Vaish and K. B. R. Varma, “Low loss and frequency (1 kHz-1 MHz) independent dielectric characteristics of 3BaO-3TiO2-B2O3 glasses,” J. Appl. Phys. 106, 114109 (2009).

2008

  • Rahul Vaish and K. B. R. Varma, “Crystallization kinetics of SrLiB9O15 glasses by differential thermal analysis,” Phys. & Chem. Glasses, 49, 334 (2008).
  • Rahul Vaish and K. B. R. Varma, “The effect of ultrasonic treatment on glass crystallization kinetic parameters of BaNaB9O15 glasses,” J. Am. Ceram. Soc. 91,1952 (2008).
  • Rahul Vaish and K. B. R. Varma, “The dielectric and electrical conductivity characteristics of BaNaB9O15 glasses,” J. Phys D: Appl. Phys. 41, 165401 (2008).

2007

  • Rahul Vaish and K. B. R. Varma, “Glass transition and crystallization kinetics of CsLiB6O10 glasses by differential scanning calorimetry”, J. Cryst. Growth, 307, 477 (2007).
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